Søndeled

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Former municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway

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

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Field	Value
name	Søndeled
herred	yes
former	yes
former_name	Østerrisør landdistrikt
image_skyline	Risør Søndeled kirke a.JPG
image_caption	View of the Søndeled Church
idnumber	0913
county	Aust-Agder
district	Østre Agder
capital	Søndeled
established	1 Jan 1838
preceded	none
disestablished	1 Jan 1964
succeeded	Risør Municipality
demonym	Sønndøling
language	Neutral
area_total_km2	189
area_footnotes
population_as_of	1964
population_total	3134
population_density_km2	auto
coordinates
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Søndeled is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The 189 km2 municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964 when it was merged into the municipality of Risør in what is now Agder county. The municipality encompassed the land around the Søndeledfjorden. The administrative centre of Søndeled was the village of Søndeled at the innermost part of the Søndeledfjorden. Other villages in Søndeled included Stamsø, Akland, Moen, Bossvika, and Sivik. The main churches for Søndeled municipality were Indre Søndeled Church in the village of Søndeled and Ytre Søndeled Church in the east, just outside of the town of Risør.

History

The municipality of Østerrisør landdistrikt was created on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). It was called Østerrisør (East Risør) to distinguish itself from the municipality of Vesterrisør ("West Risør" in Mandal) and the neighboring town of Østerrisør. In 1865, the name was changed to Søndeled. On 1 January 1867, an uninhabited part of Søndeled was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Dybvaag. Later, on 1 January 1901, a small urban area of eastern Søndeled (population: 658) was transferred to the neighboring town of Risør.

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 Søndeled (population: 3,134) was merged with the town of Risør (population: 3,002) to become the municipality of Risør.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the local Søndeledfjorden () since the first Søndeled Church was built there. The first element is the plural genitive case of the word which means "sound" or "strait". The last element is the plural form of which means "way" or "path". Thus, the name means something like the "paths between the straits".

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 Søndeled was made up of 25 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party. |name = Søndeled |herad = yes |start = 1960 |end = 1963 |reference = |Total = 25 |Arbeiderpartiet = 8 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 5 |Venstre = 8 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 4 |}} |name = Søndeled |herad = yes |start = 1956 |end = 1959 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 25 |Arbeiderpartiet = 8 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 5 |Venstre = 8 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 4 |}} |name = Søndeled |herad = yes |start = 1952 |end = 1955 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 24 |Arbeiderpartiet = 8 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4 |Venstre = 9 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 3 |}} |name = Søndeled |herad = yes |start = 1948 |end = 1951 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 24 |Arbeiderpartiet = 6 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 7 |DRF/V = 11 |}} |name = Søndeled |herad = yes |start = 1945 |end = 1947 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 24 |Arbeiderpartiet = 9 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 6 |DRF/V = 7 |Local_Lists = 2 |}} |name = Søndeled |herad = yes |start = 1938 |end = 1941* |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 24 |Venstre = 12 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 4 |Arbeiderpartiet = 7 |AFS = 1 |}}

Mayors

The mayors () of Søndeled (incomplete list):

1859-1879: Ole Torjesen Lindstøl
1896-1900: Tallak Lindstøl

References

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Jukvam, Dag. (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen". [[Statistics Norway.
Rygh, Oluf. (1905). "Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt". W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri.
(2022-09-20). "kommunestyre". [[Kunnskapsforlaget]].
(1960). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
(1957). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
(1952). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
(1948). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
(1947). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
(1938). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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(1895-12-23). "Til Ordfører". [[Kristianiaposten]].

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