Hillesøy

Hillesøy Municipality
Hillesøy herred
Former municipality
Hillesø herred  (historic name)
Northern Lights over Hillesøy Church
Northern Lights over Hillesøy Church
Troms within Norway
Troms within Norway
Hillesøy within Troms
Hillesøy within Troms
Coordinates: 69°35′53″N 18°1′54″E / 69.59806°N 18.03167°E / 69.59806; 18.03167
CountryNorway
CountyTroms
DistrictHålogaland
Established1855
 • Preceded byLenvik Municipality
Disestablished1 January 1964
 • Succeeded byLenvik and Tromsø
Administrative centreBrensholmen
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total458 km2 (177 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total2,475
 • Density5.4/km2 (14/sq mi)
DemonymHillesøyværing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1930[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Hillesøy is a former municipality in the old Troms county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1855 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located on both sides of the Malangen fjord in what is now the present-day municipalities of Tromsø and Senja. The administrative centre was located at Brensholmen on the western shore of the island of Kvaløya. Brensholmen is also the location of Hillesøy Church, the main church for the municipality.[3]

Hillesøy Municipality included about 458 square kilometres (177 sq mi) of land with 164 square kilometres (63 sq mi) on the island of Senja, about 263 square kilometres (102 sq mi) on the island of Kvaløya, and about 31 square kilometres (12 sq mi) of smaller islands including Hillesøya and Sommarøya. On Senja island, Hillesøy Municipality included the larger villages of Fjordgård, Husøy, and Botnhamn. On Kvaløya island, it included Ersfjordbotn and Brensholmen. The island of Sommarøya is connected to the large island of Kvaløya by the Sommarøy Bridge. Most of the other islands are only accessible by boat.[4]

History

The municipality of Hillesøy (originally spelled Hillesø) was established in 1855 when it was separated from the large Lenvik Municipality (or it might have been in 1871–some sources do not concur).[5][6] The initial population of Hillesøy was around 800 people. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Hillesøy Municipality was dissolved and its lands were divided as follows:

Name

The municipality is named after the old Hillesøy farm (Old Norse: Hillesøy) on the island of Hillesøya since the first Hillesøy Church was originally built there. The meaning of the name is not entirely clear. The first element of the old name may come from the old Norwegian male name Hildulfr. Another possibility is that the name was originally Hellisøy. If this is the case, then the first element would be derived from the word hellir which means "rock slab" or "cave". The last element of the name is not disputed. The last element is øy which means "island".[3][7] Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Hillesø. On 6 January 1908, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Hillesøy, to give the name a more Norwegian and less Danish spelling due to Norwegian language reforms.[8]

Government

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[9]

Mayors

The mayors of Hillesøy:[10]

  • 1855-1857: Ole Johan Olsen
  • 1857-1859: John Pedersen
  • 1859-1862: Daniel Heitmann Hansen
  • 1863-1874: John Pedersen
  • 1875-1878: Jacob Bolche Matheson
  • 1879-1883: Peder Svendsen
  • 1883-1886: Ole Larsen Aaker
  • 1887-1889: Johannes Næstaas
  • 1889-1904: Ole A. Hanssen
  • 1904-1904: Ingvald Kristoffersen
  • 1905-1907: Samuel O. Kvamme
  • 1907-1913: Carl Bertheussen
  • 1914-1919: Ingvald Kristoffersen
  • 1920-1922: Carl Bertheussen
  • 1923-1925: Kristoffer O. Larsen
  • 1926-1928: Ingvald Kristoffersen
  • 1929-1931: Alfred Olufsen
  • 1932-1942: Thorvald Nordheim
  • 1942-1942: Carl Bersvendsen
  • 1942-1945: Hagerup Paulsen
  • 1945-1945: Alfon Engenes
  • 1946-1963: Edvin O. Haugland

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Hillesøy was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the council was as follows:

Hillesøy herredsstyre 1960–1963 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:17
Hillesøy herredsstyre 1956–1959 [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 1
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 7
Total number of members:17
Hillesøy herredsstyre 1952–1955 [13]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 4
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 3
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 5
Total number of members:16
Hillesøy herredsstyre 1948–1951 [14]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 5
Total number of members:16
Hillesøy herredsstyre 1945–1947 [15]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 11
Total number of members:16
Hillesøy herredsstyre 1938–1941* [16]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 9
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 1
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 6
Total number of members:16
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.

See also

References

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  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
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  8. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1908. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 24. 1908.
  9. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Hillesøy kommune" (in Norwegian). 24 January 2004. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  16. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

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