Kinn (former municipality)

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Kinn herad
Former municipality
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Kinn within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61°33′59″N04°45′25″E / 61.56639°N 4.75694°E / 61.56639; 4.75694
Country Norway
County Sogn og Fjordane
District Sunnfjord
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created as Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded by Flora Municipality
Administrative centre Kinn
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total159 km2 (61 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total3,567
 • Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1437
Data from Statistics Norway

Kinn is a former municipality in the Sunnfjord district of Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The parish of Kinn has existed for centuries and in 1838, the large parish was established as a municipality that existed from then until 1964. The municipality was centered around the island of Kinn where the main Kinn Church is located. The municipality encompassed most of the southern part of the present-day municipality of Kinn (same name, different borders) as well as parts of Askvoll (in the south) and the southwestern part of Bremanger (in the north). Upon its dissolution in 1964, it covered 159 square kilometres (61 sq mi). [1]

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On 1 January 2020, the old Kinn name was brought back into use when the municipalities of Flora, Norway and Vågsøy merged, creating a new Kinn Municipality. [1]

History

The parish of Kinn was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 3 January 1861, the village of Florø (population: 846) was established as a ladested (port town) and it was therefore separated from the municipality of Kinn to become a municipality of its own. This left 6,531 residents in Kinn. Then on 1 January 1866, the northern district of Kinn on the islands of Bremangerlandet and Frøya and the mainland area surrounding the Gulen Fjord (population: 1,852) was separated from Kinn to form the separate municipality of Bremanger. After the split, Kinn was left with 4,679 inhabitants. [2]

On 1 January 1923, Kinn was split into three separate municipalities: [2]

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, a merger took place which reunited most of the old municipality of Kinn. Before the merger Kinn had a population of 3,567. The new municipality was called Flora, and it included: [2]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Kinn farm (Old Norse : Kinn) on the island of Kinn since the first Kinn Church was built there. The name is identical to the word kinn which means "cheek", referring to the steep slope of a mountain on the island. Historically, the island's name was spelled Kind. [3]

Government

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. [4]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Kinn was made up of 21 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Kinn heradsstyre 1960–1963 [5]   
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)9
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)2
  Liberal Party (Venstre)7
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister)3
Total number of members:21
Kinn heradsstyre 1956–1959 [6]   
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)9
  Conservative Party (Høgre)2
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)1
  Liberal Party (Venstre)8
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister)1
Total number of members:21
Kinn heradsstyre 1952–1955 [7]   
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)6
  Conservative Party (Høgre)3
  Liberal Party (Venstre)7
Total number of members:16
Kinn heradsstyre 1948–1951 [8]   
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Conservative Party (Høgre)3
  Liberal Party (Venstre)7
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidarar, fiskarar, småbrukarar liste)6
Total number of members:16
Kinn heradsstyre 1945–1947 [9]   
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)6
  Conservative Party (Høgre)4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister)6
Total number of members:16
Kinn heradsstyre 1938–1941* [10]   
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)5
  Liberal Party (Venstre)5
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister)6
Total number of members:16
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 (Nynorsk : ordførar) of Kinn: [11]

  • 1838–1839: Elias Skorpeide
  • 1840–1841: L. Tyvold
  • 1842-1845: H. H. Irgens
  • 1846–1847: Christopher Svanøe
  • 1848–1848: Salmon Grouf
  • 1849–1850: Christopher Svanøe
  • 1851–1851: H.M. Dahl
  • 1852–1853: Christopher Svanøe
  • 1854-1854: H. H. Irgens
  • 1855-1855: H. Lexau
  • 1856–1857: S.H. Hovden
  • 1857–1857: Hans Svanøe
  • 1858-1859: Hans J. Blom
  • 1860-1860: A. Tyvald
  • 1861–1862: Hans J. Blom
  • 1863-1863: A. Tyvald
  • 1864-1865: H.M. Dahl
  • 1866–1867: Ludvig Nøstdahl
  • 1868–1869: Christopher Svanøe
  • 1870–1901: Ludvig Nøstdahl
  • 1902–1907: A. Hødal
  • 1908–1911: T. Osen
  • 1912–1918: A. Svarthumle
  • 1919–1919: M. N. Seim
  • 1920–1922: Bjarne Svanøe
  • 1923-1926: Ivar Lykke Falch Lind (H)
  • 1927-1927: A. Hammerseth
  • 1928-1928: Ivar Lykke Falch Lind (H)
  • 1929–1931: K. Nybø
  • 1932-1934: M. N. Seim
  • 1935–1937: Alf Melvær
  • 1938–1939: M. Eide
  • 1940–1941: Anders Tansøy
  • 1942–1942: Karl Sunde
  • 1943–1944: A. Hovland
  • 1945–1945: Anders Tansøy
  • 1946-1947: Einar Seim
  • 1948-1960: Odd Færøyvik (V)
  • 1960–1964: Olav Færøyvik (Ap)

Notable people

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