Sør-Frøya is a former municipality in the old

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag (; ) was a Counties of Norway, county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag () county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. ...

county,

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. The municipality existed from 1906 until its dissolution in 1964. Sør-Frøya Municipality included the southwestern part of the island of Frøya in what is now

Frøya Municipality Frøya is the westernmost List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen Districts of Norway, region and consists of the Frøya (island), island of Frøya, which lies nor ...

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county. The main population center in the municipality was the village of Titran on the western tip of the island. The main church for the municipality was Sør-Frøya Church (now called ''Hallaren Church'') which is located in Storhallaren on the southern coast of the island. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 508th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Sør-Frøya Municipality was the 409th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,198. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 6.2% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The municipality was established on 1 January 1906 when the old Frøien Municipality was divided into two new municipalities: Sør-Frøya Municipality in the south (population: 2,091) and

Nord-Frøya Municipality Nord-Frøya is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1906 until its dissolution in 1964. Nord-Frøya Municipality included the northern part of the ...

in the north (population: 3,972). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, Sør-Frøya Municipality (population: 2,208) and

(population: 4,348) were merged (back together) to form the new

Name

The municipality is named after the island of Frøya. The prefix means "southern", literally meaning the southern part of Frøya. The second part of the name comes from

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. Although ''Frøya'' is a variant of the name of the Norse goddess

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, the

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form of the name of the island was ''Frøy'' or ''Frey'' (the ending ''-a'' in the modern form is actually the definite article - so the meaning of ''Frøya'' is 'the Frøy'). Therefore, the name of the island probably has the same root as the name of the

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, brother to Freyja. The names originally were titles: "

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" or "

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". The oldest meaning of the common word was "(the one) in front; the foremost, the leading" and here in the sense "the island in front of

Hitra Hitra may refer to: Places * Hitra Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Hitra (island), an island within Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Hitra Church, a church in Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county, Nor ...

". Until 1906, the name of the island and predecessor municipality was spelled ''Frøien'' (''-en'' is the definite article in Danish-Norwegian). When this new municipality was established in 1906, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Sørfrøya''. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Sør-Frøya''.

Churches

The

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

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and the

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(

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) in the

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Geography

The municipality was primarily located on the southern part of the island of Frøya along with many smaller islands and islets. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain

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, on the border with

. The municipality was bordered by

to the north (on the same island) and by

Hitra Municipality Hitra is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality covers the Hitra (island), island of Hitra and hundreds of smaller islands, islets, and Skerry, skerries as well as an ar ...

and

Kvenvær Municipality Kvenvær is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1913 until 1964. It is located in what is now Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county. The municipality included the western part of the ...

to the south (on the island of

Government

While it existed, Sør-Frøya 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 Sør-Frøya was made up of 17 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 Sør-Frøya was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position: * 1906–1910: Martin Bua ( V) * 1911–1913: Isak Gaustad ( H) * 1914–1919: Martin Bua ( V) * 1920–1925: Ludvig L. Flaahammer ( V) * 1926–1928: Julian Volden ( V) * 1929–1934: Ludvig L. Flaahammer ( V) * 1934–1941:

Paul Martin Dahlø Paul Martin Dahlø (29 August 1885 – 2 May 1967) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1945, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served as a de ...

( Ap) * 1941–1942: Olav Dahl ( NS) * 1942–1945: Julian Volden ( NS) * 1945–1947:

( Ap) * 1948–1951: Oddmund Flaahammer ( V) * 1952–1955: Bjarne Wedø ( Ap) * 1956–1963: Olaf Fillingsnes ( Ap)

References

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