Drevja

Drevja herred
Drevja herred
Former municipality
	The Drevje Valley as seen from Drevjamoen
	Nordland within ; Norway
	Drevja within Nordland
	Coordinates: 65°58′57″N13°15′54″E / 65.98250°N 13.26500°E Coordinates: 65°58′57″N13°15′54″E / 65.98250°N 13.26500°E
Country	Norway
County	Nordland
District	Helgeland
Established	1 July 1927
• Preceded by	Vefsn Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1962
• Succeeded by	Vefsn Municipality
Population (1962)
• Total	1,001
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1823
	Data from Statistics Norway

Last updated March 05, 2023

Drevja is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1927 until its dissolution in 1962. It was located in the Drevja valley, north of the Vefsnfjorden in the northern part of the present-day Vefsn Municipality. Drevja Church was the main church for the municipality.^[1]

History

The municipality of Drevja was established on 1 July 1927 when the large Vefsn Municipality was divided into three municipalities: Drevja (population: 964) in the north, Grane (population: 1,746) in the south, and Vefsn (population: 3,119) in the center.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the municipality of Drevja (population: 1,001) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Elsfjord (population: 920) and Vefsn (population: 5,358) and with the town of Mosjøen) to form a new, larger Vefsn Municipality.^[2]

Name

The municipality was named after the river Drevja which flows from the lake Drevvatnet to the Vefsnfjorden. The name of the river is derived from the word drav which means "rubbish" or "waste". Thus the meaning of the name is something like "the river with unclean water".^[3]

Government

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.^[4]

Municipal council

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

*Drevja herredsstyre 1960–1963 ^[5]*
Party Name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	6
Total number of members:		13

Drevja herredsstyre 1956–1959 ^[6]
Party Name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	6
Total number of members:		13

Drevja herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[7]
Party Name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	5
Total number of members:		12

Drevja herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[8]
Party Name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	6
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	2
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	3
	List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste)	1
Total number of members:		12

Drevja herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[9]
Party Name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	5
	List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste)	4
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	3
Total number of members:		12

Drevja herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[10]
Party Name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	4
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	1
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 mayors of Drevja:^[11]

1927–1931: Sigvald Almlid
1932–1934: Ole Justad
1935–1940: Martin Hvidsten
1943–1945: Egil Brattbakk
1946–1951: Carl P. Scancke
1952–1956: Thorvald Enge
1956–1957: Ottar Almlid

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References

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↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
↑ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2017-03-18). "Drevja – elv i Vefsn". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget . Retrieved 2018-09-18.
↑ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (2022-09-20). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget . Retrieved 2023-01-01.
↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
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↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
↑ "Ordførere i Vefsn" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2023-03-04.

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[snl-1] Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2014-11-27). "Drevja – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget . Retrieved 2018-09-18.

[2] Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.

[snl2-3] Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2017-03-18). "Drevja – elv i Vefsn". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget . Retrieved 2018-09-18.

[ks-4] Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (2022-09-20). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget . Retrieved 2023-01-01.

[5] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 2020-03-18.

[6] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 2020-03-18.

[7] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 2020-03-18.

[8] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 2020-03-18.

[9] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 2020-03-18.

[10] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 2020-03-18.

[11] "Ordførere i Vefsn" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2023-03-04.

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