Jevnaker is a municipality in Akershus county,Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302.
Rindal is a municipality in Trøndelag county,Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre is the village of Rindal. Other villages in the municipality include Tiset and Romundstad. The municipality centres on agriculture and forestry services.
Hemne is a former municipality in Trøndelag county,Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was incorporated into Heim Municipality. It was part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Kyrksæterøra. Other villages included Heim,Hellandsjøen,Holla,and Vinjeøra. The European route E39 highway runs through the southern part of Hemne.
Snillfjord is a former municipality in Trøndelag county,Norway. The municipality existed from 1924 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was split between the municipalities of Hitra,Heim,and Orkland. It was part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Krokstadøra. Other villages in Snillfjord included Ytre Snillfjord,Hemnskjela,Selnes and Vutudal.
(Norwegian) or Nåavmesjenjaelmie (Southern Sami) is a municipality in Trøndelag county,Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Namsos. Some of the villages in the municipality include Bangsund,Klinga,Ramsvika,Skomsvoll,Spillum,Sævik,Dun,Salsnes,Nufsfjord,Lund,Namdalseid,Sjøåsen,Statland,Tøttdalen,and Sverkmoen.
Hemnes is a municipality in Nordland county,Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Korgen. Other villages include Bjerka,Bleikvasslia,Finneidfjord,Hemnesberget,and Sund.
Arne Rettedal was Norwegian engineer,businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. He is best known as the Minister of Local Government and Labour from 1981 to 1986,mayor of Stavanger from 1965 to 1967 and 1972 to 1981 and county mayor of Rogaland from 1988 to 1991.
Heim is a municipality in Trøndelag county,Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020 upon the merger of three other municipalities. It is located in the traditional district of Fosen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kyrksæterøra. Other villages in Heim include Ytre Snillfjord,Heim,Hellandsjøen,Holla,Vinjeøra,Liabøen,Todalen,Halsanaustan,Valsøyfjord,Engan,Hjellnes,and Valsøybotnen.
Vinje is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county,Norway. The 222-square-kilometre (86 sq mi) municipality existed from 1924 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the areas around the inner Vinjefjorden and the Søo river valley in what is now the southern part of the present-day municipality of Heim. The administrative centre was the village of Vinjeøra. The lake Vasslivatnet lies in the eastern part of Vinje.
Kjell Gotfred Bohlin was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Ingvald Tøndel was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on 10 September 2007,with some areas polling on 9 September as well. For most places this meant that two elections,the municipal elections and the county elections ran concurrently. In addition,several municipalities held direct mayoral elections.
The Terra Securities scandal was a scandal that became public in November 2007. It involved highly speculative investments by eight municipalities of Norway in various hedge funds in the United States bond market. The funds were sold by Terra Securities to the municipalities,while the products were delivered by Citigroup. The municipalities involved were Narvik,Rana,Hattfjelldal and Hemnes in Nordland county,Vik and Bremanger in Sogn og Fjordane county,Haugesund in Rogaland county,and Kvindesdal in Vest-Agder county. All of these municipalities were large producers of hydroelectricity.
Sverre Johan Juvik was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Gunnar Hynne is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
Nils Agnar Valla was a Norwegian agrarian leader and politician for the Centre Party.
Kjell-Børge Freiberg is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party,formerly for the Progress Party who served as Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 2018 to 2019. He was also an MP for Nordland from 2017 to 2021. He currently serves as mayor of Hadsel Municipality since 2023,having done so previously from 2007 to 2015.
Heim is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The 271-square-kilometre (105 sq mi) municipality existed from 1911 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the northern part of what is now Heim and Orkland municipalities and the southeastern part of Hitra municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was the village of Heim where Heim Church is located.
Korgen is a former municipality in Nordland county,Norway. The 625.5-square-kilometre (241.5 sq mi) municipality existed from 1918 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality included the central part of what is now Hemnes Municipality,centered around the river Røssåga. It was located in the traditional district of Helgeland. The administrative centre was the village of Korgen where Korgen Church is located.
Juvik is a surname which is maybe created around Norway. Notable people with the surname include:
