Laksevåg (municipality)
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Laksevåg is a former municipality in the old
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county in
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. The municipality was located on the western part of the
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. The
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of the municipality was the village of Loddefjord. The municipality, which existed from 1918 until 1972, was a located a short distance west of the city of
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, and today it makes up the borough of
Laksevåg Laksevåg is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough is located in the western part of the municipality. Historically, the area was called ''Laxevaag'', and it was a separate municipality until 1972 when it was ...
which is part of the city of
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in
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which is now in
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county. The municipality was located along the Byfjorden, north of the
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, and west of the
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valley.


History

The municipality of Laksevåg was established on 1 July 1918 when it was separated from the municipality of
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. Initially, the municipality had 6,957 residents. On 1 July 1921, the village area of
Gyldenpris Gyldenpris is a neighborhood in Bergen, Norway in the borough of Årstad, Bergen, Årstad. Geography Gyldenpris lies on the border between the boroughs of Årstad, Bergen, Årstad and Laksevåg, with the Solheim (Årstad), Solheim neighborhood ...
(population: 1,734) was transferred from Laksevåg to the growing city of Bergen, located to the east. On 1 January 1972, the city of Bergen was expanded and the four surrounding municipalities of Laksevåg (population: 24,672), Arna, Fana, and
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, were all merged with
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to form one large urban municipality with over 200,000 residents.


Name

The municipality (originally the
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) is named after the old ''
Laksevåg Laksevåg is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough is located in the western part of the municipality. Historically, the area was called ''Laxevaag'', and it was a separate municipality until 1972 when it was ...
'' farm () since the first Laksevåg Church was built there. The first element is the plural
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of the word which means "
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". The last element is which means "
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" or "
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". Thus, the name means "salmon bay". On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled ''Laksevaag'' with the
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" aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled ''Laksevåg'', using the letter å instead.


Government

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 Laksevåg: * 1919–1920: A. Andersen * 1920–1922: Ludvig Sæhoug * 1923–1925: D.M. Davidsen * 1926–1928: Bernhard Christensen * 1929–1931: Hermann Havre * 1932–1934: Bernhard Christensen * 1935–1936: B. Groufh-Jacobsen * 1936–1940: Alf Pettersen * 1945–1945: Alf Pettersen * 1946–1954: Andreas Nygaardsvik * 1954–1964: Olav Hereid * 1964–1971: Ingvald Iversen


Municipal council

The
municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...
of Laksevåg was made up of 41 representatives that were elected to four-year terms. The
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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:


See also

*
List of former municipalities of Norway This is a list of former municipalities of Norway, i.e. municipalities that no longer exist. When the local council system was introduced in Norway in 1837-38, the country had 392 municipalities. By 1958, the number had grown to a total of 744 rur ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Laksevaag (municipality) Geography of Bergen Former municipalities of Norway Laksevåg 1918 establishments in Norway 1972 disestablishments in Norway