Fåberg is a former municipality in the old

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county,

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1964 when it became part of

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county. The

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was the village of

Fåberg Fåberg is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1964 when it became part of Lillehammer Municipality in Innlandet county. The administrative c ...

History

The

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of ''Faaberg'' (later spelled ''Fåberg'') was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 Jan ...

law). On 1 January 1906, a part of Faaberg (population: 140) that was adjacent to the town of Lillehammer was transferred from Faaberg to the town of Lillehammer. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, Fåberg Municipality (population: 13,381) was merged with the town of Lillehammer (population: 5,905) to form a new

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the old '' Faaberg'' farm () since the first

Fåberg Church Fåberg Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lillehammer Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fåberg. It is the church for the Fåberg parish which is part of the Sør-Gudbrandsdal prosti (d ...

was built there. The meaning of the first element is uncertain, but it may come from the word which means "to clean" or "to polish". The last element is which means "

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" or "rock". On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled ''Faaberg'' with the

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" aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled ''Fåberg'', using the letter å instead.

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.

Municipal council

The

of Fåberg was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Mayors

The

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of Fåberg (incomplete list): * 1846-1847: Rasmus Lyng * 1848-1849: G. Fliflet * 1856-1859: Hans A. Jørstad * 1860-1867: Christian A. Rindal * 1868-1879: Bernt Dahl * 1880-1883: Christian A. Rindal * 1884-1891: Bernt Dahl * 1892-1897: Simen Tollersrud * 1898-1901: Thorstein Rustad * 1902-1907: Karl Lundgaard * 1908-1910: Johannes Skaug * 1911-1913: Karl Lundgaard * 1914-1922: Peder Aslak Owren ( ArbDem) * 1923-1925: Per Tollersrud ( Bp) * 1926-1928: Peder Aslak Owren ( ArbDem) * 1929–1931: Nils Christiansen * 1932–1934: Per Tollersrud ( Bp) * 1935–1937: Nils Christiansen * 1937–1940: Carl Haugen ( Ap) * 1941-1945: Nils Christiansen ( NS) * 1945–1957:

Oskar Skogly Oskar Skogly (4 February 1908 – 16 February 1988) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He is known as Minister of Local Government, mayor of Fåberg and three-term member of the Parliament of Norway. Career He w ...

( Ap) * 1958-1960: Ola Jensvold * 1961-1963: Magne Henriksen ( Ap)

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Fåberg include: *

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(1851–1922), an

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, and

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Kalle Løchen Kalle Løchen (9 May 1865 – 20 November 1893) was a Norwegian painter and actor. Biography Kalle Løchen was born in Fåberg (now Lillehammer), in Oppland, Norway, the son of cand.jur. Edvard Martin Løchen and his wife Anne Elisabeth Gr� ...

(1865–1893), a

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and

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* Lars Olsen Skrefsrud (1840–1910), a

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and language researcher in

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References

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