Tromsøysund is a former municipality in

Troms Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with ...

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed most of what is now

Tromsø Municipality Tromsø Municipality is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. Other notable settlements in the municipality include the vi ...

including areas on the island of Kvaløya and on the mainland. It completely surrounded the city of Tromsø, both on a number of islands as well as on the mainland. The municipality included the villages of Bjerkaker,

Tromsdalen or is an urban neighborhood in the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø which is in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located just to the east of the city centre on the mainland along the coast of the Tromsøysundet strait. The v ...

, and Movik. The

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was the village of

, just across the strait from the city of Tromsø. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 42nd largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Tromsøysund Municipality was the 25th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 16,191. The municipality's

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was and its population had increased by 29.9% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The large

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(parish) of ''Tromsøe'' existed for hundreds of years. In 1838, the new

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law established municipal self-government in Norway. According to the law, each prestegjeld became a municipality, but all cities in Norway had to be separated from their prestegjeld and be their own city-municipalities. So, on 1 January 1838, the city of Tromsøe became a municipality and the large surrounding district became a municipality called ''Tromsøe landdistrikt''. Initially, the new municipality had a population of 4,286. In 1860, the southern part of the municipality (population: 3,610) was split off from ''Tromsøe landdistrikt'' to become the new

Balsfjord Municipality Balsfjord ( - ; ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Storsteinnes. Other notable villages include Mestervik, Mortenhals ...

. This left ''Tromsøe landdistrikt'' with 2,632 inhabitants. In November 1860, the name of the municipality was changed to ''Tromsøsundet'' (the spelling was changed to the more modern spelling ''Tromsøysund'' later). On 1 January 1861, one area of Tromsøysund (population: 110) was transferred into the city of Tromsø. On 1 January 1873, a part of the neighboring

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(population: 287) was merged back into Tromsøysund (this area in Malangen had been separated from Balsfjord in 1871). This area included the Bakkejord-Kvalnes-Lauksletta-Mjelde area on the southern part of the island of Kvaløya and the Brokskar-Bentsjorda area on the mainland. At the same time, an uninhabited part of Tromsøysund was also transferred into the city of Tromsø. On 1 July 1915, another part of Tromsøysund (population: 512) was transferred into the city of Tromsø. Again on 1 July 1955, the Bjerkaker area of Tromsøysund (population: 1,583) was transferred to the city of Tromsø. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, a major municipal merger took place. All of Tromsøysund Municipality (population: 16,727) was merged with the city of Tromsø (population: 12,602), the parts of

Hillesøy Municipality Hillesøy is a Former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1855 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located on both sides of the Malangen (fjord), Malangen f ...

on Kvaløya island (population: 1,316), and most (except the Svensby area) of

Ullsfjord Municipality Ullsfjord (historically: ''Sørfjord'') is a Former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in what is now the ...

(population: 2,019) to form a new, larger

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) was originally named ''Tromsøe landdistrikt'', which means the rural district around

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. In 1860, the name of the municipality was changed to ''Tromsøsundet'', after the local

Tromsøysundet or is a strait located in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The long strait separates the island of Tromsøya (the location of the city of Tromsø) from the mainland east of the island. The strait is crossed by the Tromsøysund Tu ...

strait. The first element of the name comes from the island of

Tromsøya or is an island in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It lies in the Tromsøysundet strait between the mainland and the larger island of Kvaløya. The city of Tromsø is located on the island, which has 39,882 residents. The isla ...

(). The meaning of the name is uncertain. The last element is which means "

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" or "

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". On 6 January 1908, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Tromsøysund''.

Coat of arms

The

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was granted on 9 April 1954. The official

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is ''"

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, a two-masted ship Or"'' (). This means the arms have a red

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(background) and the

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is a two-masted ship. The ship has a

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of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The boat symbolized the importance of the sea and fishing for the municipality. The arms were designed by Sverre Mack who was helped by Hallvard Trætteberg. This coat of arms was the first municipal coat of arms for a rural municipality in Norway (previously, arms had been used for towns and cities, but not rural locations).

Churches

The

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had one parish () within the municipality of Tromsøysund. It was part of the Tromsøysund

and the Tromsø domprosti (arch-

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) in the

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Geography

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

Government

While it existed, Tromsøysund 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 is governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the

Hålogaland Court of Appeal The Hålogaland Court of Appeal () is one of six courts of appeal in the Kingdom of Norway. The Court is located in the city of Tromsø. The court has jurisdiction over the counties of Nordland, Troms, and Finnmark as well as the island territor ...

Municipal council

The

of Tromsøysund was made up of 53 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

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() of Tromsøysund: * 1838-1842: Leonhard Holmboe * 1842-1844: Hans Kiil Larsen * 1844-1848: Hans Simon Christoffersen * 1848-1852: Peder Jeremias Larsen * 1852-1854: Hans Lokkert Nilsen * 1854-1857: Hans A. Moursund, Jr. * 1857-1859: Hans Henrik Kjær * 1859-1861: Hans Bergesen Holmeslett * 1861-1865: Lars Moe * 1865-1866: Hans Bergesen Holmeslett * 1867-1875: Petter Jensen * 1875-1876: Hans Bergesen Holmeslett * 1877-1898: P. Chr. Nikolaisen * 1899-1910: Hans Pedersen Berg * 1911-1913: Hans Nilsen Finnvik * 1914-1916: Ole M. Gausdal * 1917-1925: Iver Walnum * 1926-1928: Anton Jakobsen * 1929-1931: Alfred Hansen * 1932-1934: Anton Jakobsen * 1935-1940: Alfred Hansen * 1941-1941: Otto Hj. Munthe-Kaas * 1941-1943: Theodor Hansen * 1943-1944: Einar W. Nilsen * 1944-1944: Fritz Posti * 1945-1945: Johan Smith Meyer * 1945-1948: Alfred Hansen * 1948-1961: Kåre Martin Hansen * 1962-1963: Kåre Nordgård

References

External links

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