Klæbu is a former municipality in

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

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. It existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was incorporated into the neighboring

Trondheim Municipality Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populou ...

. It was located in the southern part of the

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, about south of the

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. The

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was the village of Klæbu. The other major village in Klæbu Municipality was Tanem. At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the municipality was the 337th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Klæbu Municipality was the 171st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,076. The municipality's

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was and its population had increased by 7.8% over the previous 10-year period. Even though

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was traditionally the main industry for Klæbu, the municipality most recently functioned more as a

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of Trondheim, where many of Klæbu's inhabitants worked or attended school.

General information

The municipality of Klæbu was established 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 1899, the small northwestern part of Klæbu (population: 533) was separated from Klæbu to form the new

Tiller Municipality Tiller is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality of Tiller existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed part of the south-central part of what is now Trondheim Municip ...

. On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old

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county to the new

county. On 1 January 2020, Klæbu Municipality merged with the neighboring

to the north.

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the old '' Klæbu'' farm () since the first Klæbu Church was built there. The first element is the

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of which means "rocky hill". The last element is which means "rural district". The district/parish has a lot of small rocky hills.

Coat of arms

The

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was granted on 8 July 1983 and it was in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official

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is ''"

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, flaunches azure"'' (). This means the arms have a field (background) that has a

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which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. Each side of the arms have blue

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es. The arms symbolize the Trangfossen

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in the

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river, which is now the deepest canyon in Norway measuring . The river has been of great importance for the local development, for

and

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generation, hence the use of the waterfall as a typical symbol for the municipality. The waterfall is no longer visible as that part of the river became part of Bjørsjøen lake after the building of the

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at Hyttfossen. The arms were designed by Einar H. Skjervold.

Churches

The

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had one parish () within Klæbu Municipality. It is part of the Heimdal prosti (

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) in the

Diocese of Nidaros Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Trøndelag county in Central Norway and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. Since 10 September 2017, the Bishop of Nidaros is Herborg ...

Geography

The

river flowed through Klæbu Municipality. The river was a large source of hydroelectric power with a total of 3 power stations within the municipal borders. The river runs north from the lake Selbusjøen. The mountain Vassfjellet was located along the western border with

Melhus Municipality Melhus is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Melhus (village), village o ...

. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Kråkfjellet. The landlocked municipality of Klæbu had three municipalities that bordered it:

to the west and south,

Selbu Municipality Selbu is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mebonden. Other villages in Selbu include Flora, Trøndelag, Flora, Fossan ...

to the east, and

to the north.

Media

The newspaper '' KlæbuPosten'' is published in Klæbu.

Government

While it existed, Klæbu 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 Sør-Trøndelag District Court and the

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Municipal council

The

() of Klæbu is made up of 23 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political

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Mayors

The

() of Klæbu was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position: *1838–1839: Hans Jørgen Darre *1840–1851: Lars Larsen Forseth, Sr. *1852–1855: Eskild Lysklæth *1856–1863: Nicolai Ulstad *1864–1867: Eskild Lysklæth *1868–1879: Lars Larsen Forseth, Jr. ( V) *1880–1881: Sivert Thonstad ( H) *1882–1887: Ludvig Lysklæth *1888–1892: Hannibal Hartmann *1892–1893: Andreas Nideng ( H) *1894–1895: Sivert Thonstad ( H) *1896–1904: Ole Aune ( V) *1905–1913: Paul O. Lium ( V) *1914–1916: Karl Ulstad ( V) *1917–1919: Ole Halseth ( Ap) *1920–1928: Paul O. Lium ( Bp) *1929–1931: Ole Halseth ( Ap) *1932–1934: John E. Nervik ( Ap) *1935–1937: Bernt Forset ( Bp) *1938–1941: John E. Nervik ( Ap) *1941–1945: Torbjørn Lium ( NS) *1945–1945: Bernt Forset ( Bp) *1945–1945: John E. Nervik ( Ap) *1946–1957: Johan Nervik ( Ap) *1958–1959: Lars Bendiksvoll ( Ap) *1960–1963: Sigurd Gjølgali ( Ap) *1964–1967: Lars Bendiksvoll ( Ap) *1968–1979: Reidar Fosshode ( Ap) *1980–1983: Arild Huitfeldt ( H) *1984–1987: Ivar Myhre ( Ap) *1988–1989: Kai Nordseth ( Ap) *1990–1991: Sverre Tangen ( Ap) *1992–2007: Ivar Skei ( SV) *2007–2015: Jarle Martin Gundersen ( Sp) *2015–2019: Kirsti Tømmervold ( Ap)

References

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