Vevring

This article is about the former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. For the village in Sunnfjord, Norway, see Indrevevring.

Vevring is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed the land surrounding the western part of the Førdefjorden on both the north and south shores of the fjord in what is now Kinn, Askvoll, and Sunnfjord municipalities in Vestland county. It stretched from the Ålasundet strait (the narrowest part of the fjord) in the east to the mouth of the fjord in the west and from the Steindalen valley [ceb] in the north to the mountains south of the fjord. The municipality was 120 square kilometres (46 sq mi) in 1964 when it was dissolved.

Vevring Municipality Vevring herad
Former municipality
View of the local Vevring Church
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Vevring within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61.4922°N 5.4067°E / 61.4922; 5.4067
Country	Norway
County	Sogn og Fjordane
District	Sunnfjord
Established	1 Jan 1838
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished	1 Jan 1964
• Succeeded by	Flora, Askvoll, and Naustdal municipalities
Administrative centre	Indrevevring
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	120 km2 (50 sq mi)
Population  (1964)
• Total	464
• Density	3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1434[1]
Data from Statistics Norway

The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Indrevevring (on the north shore of the fjord), where the Vevring Church is located. The village of Kvammen, across the fjord from Indrevevring was the main village on the south side of the fjord.

History

The parish of Vevring was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality was dissolved and split between three surrounding municipalities:^[2]

• the Steindal valley (population: 25) in the north was incorporated into the newly created Flora Municipality
• the area south of the Førdefjorden (population: 407) was incorporated into Askvoll Municipality
• the area north of the Førdefjorden (population: 439) was incorporated into Naustdal Municipality

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Vevring farm (Old Norse: Vefring) since the first Vevring Church was built there. The name of the farm comes from the name of a local stream. The stream's original name was derived from the word vafra which means "to roam" or "to wander", likely describing the path of the stream.^[3][4]

Government

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]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Vevring was made up of 15 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Vevring heradsstyre 1960–1963 ^[6]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	15
Total number of members:		15

Vevring heradsstyre 1956–1959 ^[7]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	15
Total number of members:		15

Vevring heradsstyre 1952–1955 ^[8]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	14
Total number of members:		14

Vevring heradsstyre 1948–1951 ^[9]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	14
Total number of members:		14

Vevring heradsstyre 1945–1947 ^[10]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	14
Total number of members:		14

Vevring heradsstyre 1938–1941* ^[11]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)	2
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister)	12
Total number of members:		14
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

The mayors (Nynorsk: ordførar) of Vevring:^[12]

• 1838-1858: Johannes Skorven
• 1858-1863: Anders A. Redal
• 1864-1868: Johannes Skorven
• 1869-1900: Karl Vefring
• 1901-1910: Andreas Hegrenes
• 1911-1925: Gjert Hegrenes
• 1926-1932: Johannes Osland
• 1933-1937: Johannes Kvammen
• 1938-1942: Johannes Thingnes
• 1942-1943: Anders Øye
• 1943-1945: Sigvald Gjelsvik
• 1945-1945: Johannes Thingnes
• 1946-1955: Bertel Hundvebakke
• 1956-1964: Audun Hegrenes

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway