Manger (municipality)

Manger Municipality
Manger herad
Former municipality
View of the village of Manger
View of the village of Manger
Hordaland within Norway
Hordaland within Norway
Manger within Hordaland
Manger within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°38′29″N 05°02′29″E / 60.64139°N 5.04139°E / 60.64139; 5.04139
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictNordhordland
Established1 January 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 January 1964
 • Succeeded byRadøy Municipality
Administrative centreManger
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total34 km2 (13 sq mi)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total1,328
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1261[1]
Data from Statistics Norway

Manger is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in what is now Alver Municipality in Vestland county. Upon its dissolution in 1964, Manger encompassed 34 square kilometres (13 sq mi). The municipality originally included almost all of the island of Radøy, the northern part of the island of Holsnøy, and all the islands of northern Øygarden. Over time, the municipality was reduced in size several times, so that by 1964, it was just the central part of Radøy island. The administrative centre was the village of Manger where Manger Church is located.[2]

History

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View of the Manger area surrounding the church

The parish of Manger was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1871, the northwestern island district (population: 2,484) was separated to form the new municipality of Herdla. Then on 1 January 1910, the rest of the islands in the west of Manger (population: 986) was separated to form the new municipality of Hjelme. This left Manger with a population of 4,453.[3]

On 1 July 1924, all that was left of Manger was divided into three separate municipalities: the northern part became the new municipality of Bø, the southern part became the new municipality of Sæbø, and the remainder in the center was a much smaller Manger municipality. After this, Manger had a population of 1,426.[3]

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality was dissolved and a merged with the following places to form the new Radøy Municipality.[3]

Name

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The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Manger farm (Old Norse: Mángr) since the first Manger Church was built there. The first element comes from the word már which means "seagull". The last element is angr which means "bay" or "inlet". Thus the name means "seagull bay".[4]

Government

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During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[5]

Municipal council

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The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Manger was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four-year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Manger heradsstyre 1960–1963 [6]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 2
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) 3
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 4
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
Total number of members:13
Manger heradsstyre 1956–1959 [7]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 2
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) 3
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 5
Total number of members:13
Manger heradsstyre 1952–1955 [8]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 3
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) 2
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 5
Total number of members:12
Manger heradsstyre 1948–1951 [9]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 2
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) 2
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 6
Total number of members:12
Manger heradsstyre 1945–1947 [10]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 3
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) 3
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 3
Total number of members:12
Manger heradsstyre 1938–1941* [11]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 2
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 1
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 3
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidarar, fiskarar, småbrukarar liste) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 2
Total number of members:12
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Manger – kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  4. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1910). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (11 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 394.
  5. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 16 May 2020.


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