Grindheim

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title: "Grindheim" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["lyngdal", "former-municipalities-of-norway", "1902-establishments-in-norway", "1964-disestablishments-in-norway"] description: "Former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway" topic_path: "geography/norway" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindheim" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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

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Field	Value
name	Grindheim
herred	yes
former	yes
former_name	Grindum herred
image_skyline	Grindheim kirke.jpg
image_caption	View of the municipal church
idnumber	1025
county	Vest-Agder
district	Sørlandet
capital	Byremo
established	1 Jan 1902
preceded	Bjelland og Grindum Municipality
disestablished	1 Jan 1964
succeeded	Audnedal Municipality
demonym	Grinddøl
area_total_km2	130
population_as_of	1964
population_total	701
population_density_km2	auto
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Grindheim is a former municipality in former Vest-Agder county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village of Byremo where Grindheim Church is located. The 130 km2 municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1964. It was generally located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Lyngdal, in what is now Agder county.

History

The municipality of Grindum was established on 1 January 1902 when the old municipality of Bjelland og Grindum was divided into two separate municipalities: Grindheim (population: 909) and Bjelland (population: 907). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Grindheim (population: 701) was merged with the Ågedal and Midtbø areas (located just east of the lake Ytre Øydnavatnet; population: 96) in Bjelland and the neighboring municipality of Konsmo (population: 712) to create the new municipality of Audnedal.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Grindem farm () since the first Grindheim Church was built there. The first element is which means "gate" or "fence". The last element is which means "home" or "abode". Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Grimdem. In 1889, the spelling was changed to Grindum. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Grindheim.

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.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Grindheim 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. |name = Grindheim |herad = yes |start = 1960 |end = 1963 |reference = |Total = 13 |Arbeiderpartiet = 3 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2 |Senterpartiet = 5 |Venstre = 3 |}} |name = Grindheim |herad = yes |start = 1956 |end = 1959 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 13 |Arbeiderpartiet = 3 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 8 |}} |name = Grindheim |herad = yes |start = 1952 |end = 1955 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Arbeiderpartiet = 3 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 7 |}} |name = Grindheim |herad = yes |start = 1948 |end = 1951 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Arbeiderpartiet = 3 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 6 |}} |name = Grindheim |herad = yes |start = 1945 |end = 1947 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Arbeiderpartiet = 4 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 8 |}} |name = Grindheim |herad = yes |start = 1938 |end = 1941* |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Arbeiderpartiet = 3 |Local_Lists = 9 |}}

References

References

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5. (1917). "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri.
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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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