Snertingdal

Snertingdal is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 220-square-kilometre (85 sq mi) municipality existed from 1910 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Gjøvik Municipality in the traditional district of Vestoppland. The administrative centre was the village of Seegård.[2]

Snertingdal herred
Former municipality
View of the Snertingdal valley
View of the Snertingdal valley
Official logo of Snertingdal herred
Oppland within
Norway
Snertingdal within Oppland
Snertingdal within Oppland
Coordinates: 60°54′56″N 10°44′25″E
CountryNorway
CountyOppland
DistrictVestoppland
Established1 Jan 1910
 • Preceded byBiri Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byGjøvik Municipality
Administrative centreSeegård
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total220 km2 (80 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total2,471
 • Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)
DemonymSnertingdøl[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0526
Data from Statistics Norway

History
The area around Segaard, Snertingdal's main church

The municipality of Snertingdal was established on 1 January 1910 when the municipality of Biri was divided in half. The western part (population: 2,028) became Snertingdal Municipality and the eastern part (population: 2,815) continued as Biri Municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Snertingdal (population: 2,471) was merged with the town of Gjøvik (population: 8,251), the municipality of Biri (population: 3,274), and most of the municipality of Vardal (population: (9,612) to create a new Gjøvik Municipality with 23,608 residents.[3]

Name

The municipality was named Snertingdalen after the Snertingdalen valley (Old Norse: Snartheimsdalr) in which it is located. The first element of the valley name is Snartheimr which comes from the old "Snartum" farm and church site in the valley. The first part of this name is possibly from an old river name and the last element is heimr which means "home". The last element of the valley name is dalr which means "dale" or "valley". In 1918, the spelling of the name was changed from "Snertingdalen" to just "Snertingdal".[4][2]

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Snertingdal, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[5]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Snertingdal was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Snertingdal herredsstyre 1960–1963 [6]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)10
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)5
 Liberal Party (Venstre)2
Total number of members:17
Snertingdal herredsstyre 1956–1959 [7]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)9
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)5
 Liberal Party (Venstre)3
Total number of members:17
Snertingdal herredsstyre 1952–1955 [8]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)9
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)4
 Liberal Party (Venstre)3
Total number of members:16
Snertingdal herredsstyre 1948–1951 [9]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)8
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)4
 Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and
the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet)		4
Total number of members:16
Snertingdal herredsstyre 1945–1947 [10]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)8
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)3
 Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and
the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet)		5
Total number of members:16
Snertingdal herredsstyre 1938–1941* [11]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)8
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)5
 Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and
the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet)		3
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.

Mayor

The mayors of Snertingdal:[12]

  • 1910-1910: Kristian Oudenstad
  • 1911-1913: Kristian Markeng
  • 1914-1916: Kristian Oudenstad
  • 1917-1928: Anton E. Haugen (AD)
  • 1929-1931: Johannes Kirkerud (Bp)
  • 1932-1938: Lars Ødegårdstuen (RF)
  • 1938-1940: Anders Tandberg (Ap)
  • 1945-1963: Anders Tandberg (Ap)

See also

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (28 January 2020). "Snertingdalen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 16 and 19.
  5. Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  6. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960.
  7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957.
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948.
  10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947.
  11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938.
  12. Lauvdal, Torgeir (1930). Vardal bygdebok (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Gjøvik, Norge.

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