Spind

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title: "Spind" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["farsund", "former-municipalities-of-norway", "1893-establishments-in-norway", "1965-disestablishments-in-norway"] description: "Former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway" topic_path: "geography/norway" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spind" 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	Spind
herred	yes
former	yes
image_skyline	Spind kirke.jpg
image_caption	View of the municipal church
idnumber	1040
county	Vest-Agder
district	Lister
capital	Rødland
established	17 Oct 1893
preceded	Herad Municipality
disestablished	1 Jan 1965
succeeded	Farsund Municipality
demonym	Spindværing
area_total_km2	43
population_as_of	1965
population_total	606
population_density_km2	auto
coordinates
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Spind is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 43 km2 municipality existed from 1893 until 1965. It was located on the Spind peninsula in the western part of the present-day municipality of Farsund in Agder county. The peninsula lies between the Lygndalsfjord and the Rosfjord. The administrative centre of Spind was located in the village of Rødland where Spind Church is located.

History

The municipality of Spind was established on 17 October 1893 when it was split from the municipality of Herad. At the time of its establishment, Spind had 1,410 inhabitants. On 1 July 1916, a small part of the neighboring municipality of Austad (population: 4) was transferred to Spind. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, Spind (population: 606) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Herad and Lista and with the town of Farsund to form a new, larger municipality of Farsund.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Spind farm () since it was an old name for the area. The name is identical with the Old Norse word spind which means "lump" or "knoll", probably because the land has many rolling hills.

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 Spind 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 = Spind |herad = yes |start = 1964 |reference = |Total = 13 |Local_Lists = 13 |}} |name = Spind |herad = yes |start = 1960 |end = 1963 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 13 |Local_Lists = 13 |}} |name = Spind |herad = yes |start = 1956 |end = 1959 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 13 |Local_Lists = 13 |}} |name = Spind |herad = yes |start = 1952 |end = 1955 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Local_Lists = 12 |}} |name = Spind |herad = yes |start = 1948 |end = 1951 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Local_Lists = 12 |}} |name = Spind |herad = yes |start = 1945 |end = 1947 |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Local_Lists = 12 |}} |name = Spind |herad = yes |start = 1938 |end = 1941* |reference = |collapsed = yes |Total = 12 |Local_Lists = 12 |}}

Mayors

The mayors () of Spind:

• 1893-1895: Gabriel Jacobi Jensen Bekkevig
• 1895-1897: Tønnes Emanuel Tobiassen
• 1897-1907: Gabriel Jacobi Jensen Bekkevig
• 1908-1916: Gabriel Salvesen
• 1917-1922: Hans Jacob Olsen
• 1923-1939: Anders Risnes
• 1939-1940: Trygve Nøtland
• 1941-1942: Anders Risnes
• 1942-1944: Trygve Nøtland
• 1944-1945: Olaf Årikstad
• 1945-1945: Kåre Helle
• 1945-1945: Jørgen Farbrot
• 1946-1949: Sakarias Espeland
• 1950-1964: Theimann Theisen

References

References

1. "Spind".
2. Jukvam, Dag. (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen". [[Statistics Norway.
3. Rygh, Oluf. (1912). "Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt". W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri.
4. (2022-09-20). "kommunestyre". [[Kunnskapsforlaget]].
5. (1964). "Kommunevalgene 1963". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
6. (1960). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
7. (1957). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
8. (1952). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
9. (1948). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
10. (1947). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
11. (1938). "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937". Statistisk sentralbyrå.
12. (2021-10-04). "Ordførere i Farsund, Lista, Herad og Spind gjennom tiden".

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