Snertingdal

Snertingdal herred

Snertingdalen herred *(historic)*
Snertingdal herred Snertingdalen herred (historic)
Former municipality
	View of the Snertingdal valley
	Oppland within ; Norway
	Snertingdal within Oppland
	Coordinates: 60°54′56″N 10°44′25″E
Country	Norway
County	Oppland
District	Vestoppland
Established	1 Jan 1910
• Preceded by	Biri Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1964
• Succeeded by	Gjøvik Municipality
Administrative centre	Seegård
Area (upon dissolution)
• Total	220 km2 (80 sq mi)
Population (1964)
• Total	2,471
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Demonym	Snertingdøl[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-0526
	Data from Statistics Norway

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]

History

Map of the Snertingdal area before 1964

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.[3]

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

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. 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.[5]

Mayors

The mayors of Snertingdal:[6]

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)

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 [7]
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 [8]
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 [9]
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 [10]
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 [11]
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* [12]
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.

References

"Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (28 January 2020). "Snertingdalen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 16 and 19.
Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
Lauvdal, Torgeir (1930). Vardal bygdebok (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Gjøvik, Norge.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960.
"Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957.
"Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952.
"Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948.
"Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947.
"Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938.

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[1] "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.

[snl-2] Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (28 January 2020). "Snertingdalen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

[Dag-3] Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.

[4] Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 16 and 19.

[ks-5] Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[6] Lauvdal, Torgeir (1930). Vardal bygdebok (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Gjøvik, Norge.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[7] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960.

[8] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957.

[9] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952.

[10] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948.

[11] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947.

[12] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938.