Flosta

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title: "Flosta" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["arendal", "former-municipalities-of-norway", "1902-establishments-in-norway", "1962-disestablishments-in-norway"] description: "Former municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway" topic_path: "geography/norway" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flosta" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Former municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway ::

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Field	Value
name	Flosta
herred	yes
former	yes
image_skyline	Arendal Flosta krk a.JPG
image_caption	View of the Flosta Church
idnumber	0916
county	Aust-Agder
district	Østre Agder
capital	Kilsund
established	1 Jan 1902
preceded	Dypvåg Municipality
disestablished	1 Jan 1962
succeeded	Moland Municipality
language	Bokmål
area_total_km2	22.8
area_footnotes
population_as_of	1962
population_total	1205
population_density_km2	auto
coordinates
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Flosta is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The 22.8 km2 municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1962. It is currently part of the municipality of Arendal in Agder county. The administrative center of Flosta was at Staubø in the village of Kilsund. The municipality primarily encompassed the two islands of Flostaøya and Tverrdalsøya and about 9 km2 on the mainland just north of the islands including the villages of Eikeland, Borås, and Vatnebu.

History

The municipality of Dybvaag was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law), and this municipality included all of what would later become Flosta municipality. On 1 January 1902, the new municipality of Flosta was established when the islands of Flostaøya and Tverrdalsøya and some of the mainland north of those islands (population: 1,892) separated from the municipality of Dybvaag.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the municipalities of Stokken (population: 2,783), Austre Moland (population: 1,607), and Flosta (population: 1,205) as well as Strengereid area in neighboring Tvedestrand (population: 375) were all merged to create the new municipality of Moland. Later, on 1 January 1992, Moland (including the area of Flosta) was merged into the municipality of Arendal.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the island of Flostaøya () since the historic Flosta Church was built there. The meaning of the name is unknown, but one theory is that it comes from the word flóðr which means "high tide" or "flood".

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.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Flosta was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party. |name = Flosta |herad = yes |start = 1960 |end = 1961 |reference = |Total = 13 |Arbeiderpartiet = 5 |Høyre = 4 |Venstre = 4 |}} |name = Flosta |herad = yes |start = 1956 |end = 1959 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 13 |Arbeiderpartiet = 5 |Høyre = 4 |Venstre = 4 |}} |name = Flosta |herad = yes |start = 1952 |end = 1955 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Arbeiderpartiet = 4 |AFS = 4 |Venstre = 4 |}} |name = Flosta |herad = yes |start = 1948 |end = 1951 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Arbeiderpartiet = 3 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 9 |}} |name = Flosta |herad = yes |start = 1945 |end = 1947 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Arbeiderpartiet = 5 |Local_Lists = 7 |}} |name = Flosta |herad = yes |start = 1938 |end = 1941* |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 2 |Arbeiderpartiet = 2 |Local_Lists = 8 |}}

References

References

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5. Rygh, Oluf. (1905). "Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt". W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri.
6. (2022-09-20). "kommunestyre". [[Kunnskapsforlaget]].
7. (1960). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
8. (1957). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
9. (1952). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
10. (1948). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
11. (1947). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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