Gravvik (municipality)

Gravvik is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 192-square-kilometre (74 sq mi) municipality existed from 1909 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality covered the northern coastal areas of the present-day municipality of Nærøysund in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Gravvik where the Gravvik Church is located.[1]

Gravvik herred
Former municipality
Official logo of Gravvik herred
Nord-Trøndelag within
Norway
Gravvik within Nord-Trøndelag
Gravvik within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°59′24″N 11°46′07″E
CountryNorway
CountyNord-Trøndelag
DistrictNamdalen
Established1 Jan 1909
 • Preceded byLeka Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byNærøy Municipality
Administrative centreGravvik
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total192 km2 (74 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total816
 • Density4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1754
Data from Statistics Norway

History
Gravvik Church

The municipality of Gravvik was established on 1 January 1909 when the municipality of Leka was divided in two. The northern island area (population: 1,209) became the new (smaller) municipality of Leka and the southern coastal area (population: 881) became the municipality of Gravvik.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Kolvereid (population: 2,426), Nærøy (population: 2,182), Gravvik (population: 816), and the western two-thirds of Foldereid were merged to form the new, larger municipality of Nærøy.[2]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Gravik farm which was named after the local Gravikvågen bay. The first element comes from the Old Norse word grǫf which means "grave". The last element is vik which means "cove" or "inlet". Historically, the name was spelled Gravigen or Gravik.[3]

Government

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

Mayors

The mayors of Gravvik:[5][6]

  • 1908–1913: Karl August Jensen (H)
  • 1914–1919: Martin Mortensen Skotvik
  • 1920–1922: Jakob Dølør (V)
  • 1923–1925: Ole Wang Skotnes
  • 1926–1928: Ole Dragland (Bp)
  • 1929–1942: Mathias K. Hagen (Bp)
  • 1942–1945: Arne Olsen
  • 1945-1945: Jens Wang
  • 1946–1947: Ingvard Hiller
  • 1948–1950: Bjarne Størdal
  • 1950–1951: Fredrik Gansmo
  • 1952–1959: Harald Tømmervik (Bp)
  • 1960–1963: Edvin Aspli (Sp)

Municipal council

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

Gravvik herredsstyre 1960–1963 [7]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
Total number of members:13
Gravvik herredsstyre 1956–1959 [8]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
Total number of members:13
Gravvik herredsstyre 1952–1955 [9]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 9
Total number of members:12
Gravvik herredsstyre 1948–1951 [10]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:12
Gravvik herredsstyre 1945–1947 [11]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:12
Gravvik herredsstyre 1938–1941* [12]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 1
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 1
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 6
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.

See also

References
  1. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (8 December 2017). "Gravvik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  3. Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 374.
  4. Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. Hansen, Runbjørg Bremset (2000). Nærøyfolket. Bind 1: 1800-1920 (in Norwegian). Kolvereid: Nærøy kommune. p. 348. ISBN 8299575419.
  6. Hansen, Runbjørg Bremset (2004). Nærøyfolket. Bind 2: 1920-1970 (in Norwegian). Kolvereid: Nærøy kommune. p. 282. ISBN 8299575427.
  7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  12. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

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