Singsås Municipality

Singsås Municipality
Singsås herred
Former municipality
Singsaas herred  (historic name)
View of the village of Singsås
View of the village of Singsås
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Singsås within Sør-Trøndelag
Singsås within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 62°57′22″N 10°43′51″E / 62.9562°N 10.7308°E / 62.9562; 10.7308
CountryNorway
CountySør-Trøndelag
DistrictGauldalen
Established1841
 • Preceded byHoltaalen Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byMidtre Gauldal Municipality
Administrative centreSingsås
Government
 • Mayor (1960–1963)Ivar Grytdal (Sp)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
765.3 km2 (295.5 sq mi)
 • Rank#121 in Norway
Highest elevation
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1,332 m (4,370 ft)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total
1,598
 • Rank#522 in Norway
 • Density2.1/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −7.8%
DemonymSingsåsbygg[2]
Official language
[4]
 • Norwegian formNeutral[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1646[5]
Data from Statistics Norway

Singsås is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 765-square-kilometre (295 sq mi) municipality existed from 1841 until its dissolution in 1964. Singsås Municipality encompassed the eastern part of what is now Midtre Gauldal Municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative center was the village of Singsås, where the Singsås Church is located.[6]

Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 765.3-square-kilometre (295.5 sq mi) municipality was the 121st largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Singsås Municipality was the 522nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,598. The municipality's population density was 2.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.4/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 7.8% over the previous 10-year period.[7][8]

General information

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Looking north from Forollhogna
View of the Singsås Church

In 1841, the western district (population: 1,272) of the old Holtaalen Municipality was split off to form a separate municipality called Singsaas Municipality (under the recently passed formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1875, an unpopulated area of Singsås Municipality made up of rural farmland and mountains was transferred to the neighboring Budal Municipality.[9]

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, a municipal merger took place: Budal Municipality (population: 529), Singsås Municipality (population: 1,554), Soknedal Municipality (population: 1,916), and Støren Municipality (population: 2,296) were all merged to form the new Midtre Gauldal Municipality.[9]

Name

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The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Singsås farm (Old Norse: Singillsaas) since the first Singsås Church was built there. The first element is a male name Singull or Singulfr. The last element is possibly áss which means "hill" or "ridge".[6][10] On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled Singsaas with the digraph "aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled Singsås, using the letter å instead.[11][12]

Churches

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The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within Singsås Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Haltdalen prestegjeld and the Gauldal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.[8]

Churches in Singsås
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Singsås Singsås Church Singsås 1884

Geography

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The municipality was located in the Gauldalen valley. Haltdalen Municipality was to the east, Selbu Municipality was to the northeast, Støren Municipality was to the northwest, Budal Municipality was to the southwest, and a small part of Tolga Municipality (in Hedmark county) was to the south. The highest point in the municipality was the 1,332-metre (4,370 ft) tall mountain Forollhogna, on the border with neighboring Haltdalen Municipality.[1]

Government

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While it existed, Singsås 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.[13] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

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The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Singsås was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.

Singsås herredsstyre 1959–1963 [14]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 5
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
Total number of members:17
Singsås herredsstyre 1955–1959 [15]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 9
Total number of members:17
Singsås herredsstyre 1951–1955 [16]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 8
Total number of members:16
Singsås herredsstyre 1947–1951 [17]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 8
Total number of members:16
Singsås herredsstyre 1945–1947 [18]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 8
Total number of members:16
Singsås herredsstyre 1937–1941* [19]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 8
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

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The mayor (Norwegian: ordfører) of Singsås was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position:[20]

  • 1841–1841: Peder Olsen Reppe
  • 1842–1845: Peder Thomassen Talsnes
  • 1846–1849: Esten Andersen Hovstad
  • 1850–1851: Hans Jacobsen Winsnes
  • 1852–1855: Ole Pedersen Kjelden
  • 1856–1859: Peder Pedersen Winsnes
  • 1860–1861: Hans Jacobsen Winsnes
  • 1862–1865: Peder Pedersen Winsnes
  • 1866–1867: Peder Tønder Monsen
  • 1868–1879: Peder Pedersen Winsnes
  • 1880–1898: Hans Olsen Mahlum (H)
  • 1899–1901: Tomas Jensen Bogen (V)
  • 1902–1904: Peder Pedersen Reppe (V)
  • 1905–1916: Ingebrigt Ingebrigtsen Huus (V)
  • 1917–1919: Tomas Jensen Bogen (V)
  • 1920–1922: Ole Olsen Koth (Ap)
  • 1923–1928: Ole Hansen Malum (H)
  • 1929–1934: Hans Pedersen Winsnes (Bp)
  • 1935–1937: Ingebrigt Ingebrigtsen Huus (Bp)
  • 1938–1941: Hans P. Foros (Ap)
  • 1941–1943: Arnt P. Hinsværk
  • 1943–1945: Johan P. Kristiansen
  • 1945–1947: Hans P. Foros (Ap)
  • 1948–1959: Arnt P. Hinsværk (Bp)
  • 1960–1963: Ivar Grytdal (Sp)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
  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.
  4. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  5. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (9 January 2024). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
  6. ^ a b Rosvold, Knut; Haugen, Morten O., eds. (26 November 2024). "Singsås". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  8. ^ a b Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 1951). Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 (PDF). Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.
  9. ^ a b Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  10. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1901). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (14 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 228.
  11. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1000. 1917.
  12. ^ Den Nye rettskrivning : regler og ordlister (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Den Mallingske Boktrykkeri. 1918.
  13. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (25 November 2024). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  17. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  18. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  19. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  20. ^ Lodgaard, Christian (1966). "Fra ætt- og grendesamfunn til kommune". Singsåsboka (in Norwegian). Vol. 1–1. Singsås bygdeboknemnd. pp. 141–148.

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