Kjerringøy is a former municipality in

Nordland Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...

county,

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. The municipality existed from 1906 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality included the coastal and island areas around the entrance to the Folda fjord, plus the northern coast of the Mistfjorden to the south of the Folda fjord. About 400 small islands totaling about were part of the municipality. The areas are located in what is now

Bodø Municipality Bodø (; , ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Bodø (town ...

and a small part in

Steigen Municipality Steigen () is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Leinesfjorden. Other villages include Leirvikbogen, Leines, Nordfold, ...

. The

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of the municipality was the village of

Kjerringøy Kjerringøy is a village in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located about north of the Bodø (town), town of Bodø, along the Karlsøyfjorden, just south of the entrance to the Folda, Nordland, Folda fjord. The Kj ...

where

Kjerringøy Church Kjerringøy Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kjerringøy. It is one of the two churches for the ''Kjerringøy og Rønvik'' parish which is part ...

is located. Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the municipality was the 406th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Kjerringøy Municipality was the 672nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 573. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 17% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The municipality of Kjerringøy was established on 1 January 1906 when the old Nordfolden-Kjerringø Municipality was split into Kjerringøy Municipality (population: 857) and

Nordfold Municipality Nordfold is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1906 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality surrounded the Nordfolda branch off of the Folda fjord in what is now Steigen Municipality, plus ...

(population: 1,485). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, Kjerringøy Municipality ceased to exist. Most of Kjerringøy Municipality (population: 524) was incorporated into

Bodin Municipality Bodin is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1968. The area is now part of Bodø Municipality in the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre was locat ...

, its neighbor to the south. The Brennsund district, north of the Folda fjord (population: 30), was incorporated into

. Prior to the merger Kjerringøy had a population of 574. Later, on 1 January 1968, Bodin Municipality (including most of the old Kjerringøy Municipality) was incorporated into

Name

The municipality (originally the

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

was built there. The first element is the

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of which means "of the old woman", probably meaning that the land was once owned by a widow. The last element is which means "

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". Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Kjerringø''. On 6 January 1908, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Kjerringøy''. The letter ''y'' was added to the end of the word to "Norwegianize" the name ( is the Danish word for "island" and is the Norwegian word).

Churches

The

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had one parish () within Kjerringøy Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Kjerringøy

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and the Bodø prosti (

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) in the

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Geography

The municipality included all the area around the entrance to the Folda fjord. To the north was

Leiranger Municipality Leiranger is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1900 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality was encompassed the around the Leinesfjorden and the islands surrounding the mouth of the fjord in ...

and

, to the east was

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, and to the south was

. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Breiviktinden.

Government

While it existed, Kjerringøy Municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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and other

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, and municipal

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s and utilities. The 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. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the

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Municipal council

The

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

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Mayors

The

() of Kjerringøy was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position: * 1906–1907: Peder Nilssen-Fjære * 1908–1934: Gerhard Kristiansen * 1935–1937: Elling Tidemann * 1938–1940: Otto Fredriksen * 1940–1945: Rolf Johnsen * 1945–1947: Otto Fredriksen * 1948–1959: Henry Skålsvik * 1960–1963: Berby Johansen

References

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