Dypvåg is a former municipality in the old

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1960 when it was merged into the present-day municipality of

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which is in

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county. The small municipality included the coastal area about east of the town of Tvedestrand and several islands located just offshore. The

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was the village of

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where the Dypvåg Church is located.

History

The

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of ''Dybvaag'' (later spelled "Dypvåg") was established as a civil municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

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law). On 1 January 1881, a part of the municipality of Holt (population: 52) was transferred to Dypvåg. Then later, on 1 January 1887, an uninhabited part of neighboring

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municipality was transferred to Dypvåg. On 1 January 1902, the western half of Dypvåg (population: 1,892) was separated from the rest of Dypvåg (population: 3,235) to form the new municipality of

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. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1960, the municipality of Dypvåg (population: 1,805) was merged with the neighboring municipality of Holt and the town of Tvedestrand to form a new, enlarged municipality of Tvedestrand which had a population of 6,432.

Name

The municipality (originally the

) is named after the old '' Dybvaag'' farm ( or ) since the first Dypvåg Church was built there. The first element comes from the word which means "deep". The last element is which means "

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" or "

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". Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Dybvaag''. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Dyvaag''. On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled ''Dyvaag'' with the

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" aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled ''Dyvåg'', using the letter å instead. On 22 January 1932, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Dypvåg''.

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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, and municipal

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s. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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was

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by a vote of the municipal council.

Mayors

The

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() of Dypvåg: * 1838–1840: Schjøtt * 1840–1841: Anders Larsen * 1842–1853: Münster * 1853–1855: G. Jensen * 1855–1857: Ellev Knudsen * 1858–1861: Ole Albretsen Tangvall * 1862–1863: J.C. Christophersen * 1863–1867: P.E. Olsen * 1868–1873: Christian Olsen * 1874–1877: Knud J. Nilsen * 1878–1879: Ole Edv. Ellingsen * 1880–1885: A.E. Olsen * 1886–1898: J.M.A. Marcussen * 1899–1904: K. Jensen * 1905–1910: Haakon Thorvald Hansen ( H) * 1911–1925:

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( V) * 1926–1928: M. Hareide * 1928–1929: Yngve Sørensen * 1930–1937: E.M. Christophersen * 1938–1940: Halvor Halvorsen * 1945-1945: Halvor Halvorsen * 1946–1947: Gottfred Henriksen * 1948–1959: P. Lande

Municipal council

The

of Dypvåg was made up of 21 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political

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Notable people

(1926-2007), a

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* Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Jr. (1894-1980), a

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* Peter Olrog Schjøtt (1833-1926), a

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dypvaag Tvedestrand Former municipalities of Norway 1838 establishments in Norway 1960 disestablishments in Norway