Spangereid

This article is about the former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway. For the village in Lindesnes, Norway, see Høllen, Lindesnes.

Spangereid is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 63-square-kilometre (24 sq mi) municipality^[2] existed from 1889 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality was located in the southwestern part of the present-day municipality of Lindesnes in Agder county. The municipality included the whole Lindesnes peninsula, plus part of the mainland adjacent to the narrow isthmus which connects the peninsula to the mainland. The administrative centre was the village of Høllen where the Spangereid Church is located.^[3]

Spangereid Municipality Spangereid herred
Former municipality
View of the Spangereid canal
Vest-Agder within Norway
Spangereid within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°02′42″N 07°08′34″E
Country	Norway
County	Vest-Agder
District	Sørlandet
Established	1 Jan 1889
• Preceded by	Sør-Undal Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1964
• Succeeded by	Lindesnes Municipality
Administrative centre	Høllen
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	63 km2 (24 sq mi)
Population  (1964)
• Total	899
• Density	14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1030[1]
Data from Statistics Norway

The area is one of Norway's richest archaeological sites. The abundant remnants from the Bronze Age and Viking Age show the Spangereid was a very important place at that time. Spangereid is strategically connected at the Lindesnes peninsula, Norway's southernmost point, where the east coast meets the west coast.

History

Aerial view of Spangereid

Map of the Spangereid area, showing the Spangereid canal

The municipality of Spangereid was established on 1 January 1899 when it was separated from the municipality of Sør-Undal. The initial population of the new municipality was 1,734. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1963, the Gitlevåg area (population: 103) of Spangereid was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Lyngdal. On 1 January 1964, Spangereid (population: 899) was merged with Sør-Audnedal and Vigmostad to form the new municipality of Lindesnes.^[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after a local isthmus called Spangereid (Old Norse: Spangarheið) since it connected the mainland to the large Lindesnes peninsula and the local Spangereid Church is located upon it. The first element is spǫng which means "small piece of land". The last element is eið which means "isthmus".^[5][3]

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.^[6]

Mayors

The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Spangereid:

• 1899–1912: I.P. Solaas^[7]
• 1929–1931: Hans Daland^[8]
• 1932–1934: L. Aanensen^[9]
• 1938–1940: August E. Fjeldskaar^[10]
• 1946–1948: Gunnar Gulli (V)^[11]
• 1960–1963: Abraham Lindland^[12]

Municipal council

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

Spangereid herredsstyre 1960–1963 ^[13]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	2
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	5
Total number of members:		13

Spangereid herredsstyre 1956–1959 ^[14]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	3
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	1
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	2
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	7
Total number of members:		13

Spangereid herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[15]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	2
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	1
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	7
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	2
Total number of members:		12

Spangereid herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[16]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	3
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet)	7
Total number of members:		12

Spangereid herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[17]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	1
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	4
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	7
Total number of members:		12

Spangereid herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[18]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	2
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	7
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	3
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.

Media gallery

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  Spangereid Canal
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  Central part of Høllen
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  Spangereid Church

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway