Sør-Vågsøy is a
former municipality in the old
Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane (; literally "Parish and the Fjords") was a Counties of Norway, county in western Norway, from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsda ...
county
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in
Norway
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. The municipality existed from 1910 until 1964 and it encompassed the southern part of the
island of Vågsøy and a small area on the mainland just east of the island. The area is now located in the present-day
Kinn Municipality
Kinn is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020. It is in the traditional districts of Nordfjord and Sunnfjord. The municipality is the only non-contiguous municipality in Norway since the municipality of ...
in
Vestland
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county. The
administrative centre
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.
In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...
of the municipality was
Måløy
Måløy () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in the List of municipalities of Norway, municipality of Kinn in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the southeastern side of the Vågsøy (island), island of Vågsøy, about northea ...
, where
Sør-Vågsøy Church
Sør-Vågsøy Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Måløy on the southeastern coast of the Vågsøy (island), island of Vågsøy. It is the church for t ...
is located. Other population centres in the municipality are the villages of
Holvik,
Vågsvåg
Vågsvåg is a village in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the island of Vågsøy (island), Vågsøy along the Vågsfjorden, a part of the main Nordfjorden (Sogn og Fjordane), Nordfjorden. The ...
,
Torskangerpoll,
Færestrand, and
Ytre Oppedal.
History
Sør-Vågsøy was originally a part of the municipality of
Selje
Selje is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway and was located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The village of Selje was the administrative center this municipality. and neighborhoods in the municipality i ...
(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 1910, the western part of the municipality of Selje was split off into the two new municipalities of Sør-Vågsøy and
Nord-Vågsøy
Nord-Vågsøy is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1910 until 1964, and it encompassed the northern part of the island of Vågsøy. The area of Nord-Vågsøy now makes up the northe ...
. Sør-Vågsøy had an initial population of 1,517. On 1 July 1921, the Blesrød farm in
Nord-Vågsøy
Nord-Vågsøy is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1910 until 1964, and it encompassed the northern part of the island of Vågsøy. The area of Nord-Vågsøy now makes up the northe ...
(just north of Måløy) was transferred to Sør-Vågsøy. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the
Schei Committee
The Schei Committee () was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post-World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a ...
. On 1 January 1964, the new
Vågsøy Municipality
Vågsøy is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane counties of Norway, county, Norway. It was located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality's administr ...
was created by merging the municipalities of Sør-Vågsøy (population: 3,926) and
Nord-Vågsøy
Nord-Vågsøy is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1910 until 1964, and it encompassed the northern part of the island of Vågsøy. The area of Nord-Vågsøy now makes up the northe ...
(population: 1,476) with parts of the neighboring municipalities of
Davik
Davik is a former municipality in the traditional district of Nordfjord in the old Sogn og Fjordane county (now Vestland), Norway. The former municipality existed from 1838 until 1964 and it encompassed all the lands surrounding the outer par ...
and
Selje
Selje is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway and was located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The village of Selje was the administrative center this municipality. and neighborhoods in the municipality i ...
.
Name
The municipality is named ''Sør-Vågsøy'' since it encompasses the southern part of the island of
Vågsøy
Vågsøy is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality's administrative center was the town Måløy. Other population centers in Vågsøy included ...
(). The prefix is which means "southern". The first element of the name is the
genitive case
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of which means "
bay
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" or "
inlet
An inlet is a typically long and narrow indentation of a shoreline such as a small arm, cove, bay, sound, fjord, lagoon or marsh, that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake, estuary, gulf or marginal sea.
Overview
In ...
". The last element is which means "
island
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".
Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled . On 3 November 1917, a
royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Sør-Vaagsøy''. 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). The prefix was also modified from ''Søndre'' to ''Sør-'', using an alternate way of spelling the same thing. On 21 December 1917, a
royal resolution enacted the
1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled ''Sør-Vaagsøy'' with the
digraph
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* Digraph (orthography), a pair of characters used together to represent a single sound, such as "nq" in Hmong RPA
* Ligature (writing), the joining of two letters as a single glyph, such as " ...
"
aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled ''Sør-Vågsøy'', using the letter
Ã¥ instead.
Government
During its existence, this municipality was governed by a
municipal council
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of
directly elected representatives. The
mayor
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was
indirectly elected
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by a vote of the municipal council.
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 Sør-Vågsøy was made up of 29 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The
party
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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
Mayors
The
mayors
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() of Sør-Vågsøy:
* 1910-1919: Kristen J. Sunde
* 1920-1922: Hans Søreide
* 1923-1925: Rasmus Sæternes
* 1926-1928: Jakob Myrestrand
* 1926-1940: Gabriel Bruvoll
* 1940-1941: Johan Gotteberg (
NS)
* 1942-1945: Ingolf Hagevik (
NS)
* 1945-1945: Gabriel Bruvoll
* 1946-1951: Hans Nystad
* 1952-1964: Marius Larsen
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 ...
External links
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References
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Former municipalities of Norway
1910 establishments in Norway
1964 disestablishments in Norway