Hålandsdal Municipality

Hålandsdal Municipality
Hålandsdal herad
Former municipality
Haalandsdal herred  (historic name)
Haalandsdalen herred  (historic name)
View of Holdhus Church in Hålandsdal
View of Holdhus Church in Hålandsdal
Hordaland within Norway
Hordaland within Norway
Hålandsdal within Hordaland
Hålandsdal within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°14′N 05°49′E / 60.233°N 5.817°E / 60.233; 5.817
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictMidhordland
Established1 Jan 1903
 • Preceded byFusa Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byFusa Municipality
Administrative centreHoldhus
Government
 • Mayor (1951–1963)Ingebrigt Eide (Sp)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
130.7 km2 (50.5 sq mi)
 • Rank#462 in Norway
Highest elevation
[1]
1,299 m (4,262 ft)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total
534
 • Rank#675 in Norway
 • Density4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −10.6%
DemonymHålandsdøl[2]
Official language
[4]
 • Norwegian formNynorsk[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1239[5]
Data from Statistics Norway

Hålandsdal is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 130.7-square-kilometre (50.5 sq mi) municipality existed from 1903 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Bjørnafjorden Municipality in the traditional district of Midhordland in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Holdhus where the Holdhus Church is located.[6]

Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 130.7-square-kilometre (50.5 sq mi) municipality was the 462nd largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Hålandsdal Municipality was the 675th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 534. The municipality's population density was 4.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (11/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 10.6% over the previous 10-year period.[7][8]

General information

This municipality was established on 1 January 1903 when Fusa Municipality was divided into three municipalities as follows:[9]

  • the southern area (population: 1,876) became the new Strandvik Municipality
  • the northeastern area (population: 647) became the new Haalandsdalen Municipality (later spelled Hålandsdal)
  • the northwestern area (population: 1,072) became a much smaller Fusa Municipality

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, this municipality was dissolved and the following areas were merged to form a new, larger Fusa Municipality:

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the valley that is the site of the old Haaland farm (Old Norse: Hávaland or Háland) since the first Hålandsdal Church was built there. The first element comes from the word hár which means "high" or "tall". The second element is land which means "land". The last element of the name comes from dalr which means "valley" or "dale".[10]

Historically, the name of the municipality (and the Church of Norway parish) was spelled Haalandsdalen. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Haalandsdal, removing the definite form ending -en.[11] On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled Haalandsdal with the digraph "aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled Hålandsdal, using the letter å instead.[12][13]

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within Hålandsdal Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Fusa prestegjeld and the Midhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[8]

Churches in Hålandsdal Municipality
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Hålandsdal Hålandsdal Church Eide, just east of Holdhus 1890
Holdhus Church Holdhus 1726

Geogrpahy

The municipality included the Øvre Hålandsdalen valley, the sparsely populated Kikedalen valley and the areas surrounding the large lakes Skogseidvatnet, Gjønavatnet, Vengsvatnet, and the eastern end of the Henangervatnet. The highest point in the municipality was the 1,299-metre (4,262 ft) tall mountain Tveitakvitingen, a quadripoint on the borders of Samnanger Municipality, Strandebarm Municipality, Kvam Municipality, and Hålandsdal Municipality.[1] Other high peaks include Gjønakvitingen and Ottanosa.

Samnanger Municipality was located to the north, Kvam Municipality was located to the northeast, Strandebarm Municipality was located to the east, Varaldsøy Municipality was located to the southeast, Strandvik Municipality was located to the southwest, and Fusa Municipality was located to the west.

Government

While it existed, Hålandsdal Municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[14] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Gulating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Hålandsdal Municipality was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.

Hålandsdal heradsstyre 1959–1963 [15]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
Total number of members:13
Note: On 1 January 1964, Hålandsdal Municipality became part of Fusa Municipality.
Hålandsdal heradsstyre 1955–1959 [16]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
Total number of members:13
Hålandsdal heradsstyre 1951–1955 [17]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:12
Hålandsdal heradsstyre 1947–1951 [18]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:12
Hålandsdal heradsstyre 1945–1947 [19]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:12
Hålandsdal heradsstyre 1937–1941* [20]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 7
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.

Mayors

The mayor (Nynorsk: ordførar) of Hålandsdal Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people held this position:[21]

  • 1903–1904: Erik Holdhus[22]
  • 1905–1907: Hans Bjørndal[23]
  • 1908–1910: Erik Holdhus[22]
  • 1911–1913: Hans Bjørndal[24]
  • 1914–1916: Anders Hansen Bolstad[25]
  • 1917–1931: Erik Holdhus[22]
  • 1931–1947: Ingebrigt Eide (Bp)[26]
  • 1947–1951: Mathias Tombre[27]
  • 1951–1963: Ingebrigt Eide (Sp)[26]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
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  13. ^ Den Nye rettskrivning : regler og ordlister (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Den Mallingske Boktrykkeri. 1918.
  14. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (25 November 2024). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
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  20. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  21. ^ Tveit, Nils (1937). "Fusa herad". Ous prestegjeld 1837-1937 (in Norwegian). Bergen: AS Centraltrykkeriet. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  22. ^ a b c "Opne luke 10: 1903. Hålandsdalen blir eigen kommune. Det er ingen spøk". Bjørnafjorden kommune (in Norwegian). 11 December 2025. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  23. ^ "Søndre Bergenhus Amtsting". Hordaland Folkeblad (in Norwegian). 24 March 1905. p. 1. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
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