Skoger Municipality
Skoger Municipality
Skoger herred | |
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| Skouger herred (historic name) | |
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 Vestfold within Norway | |
 Skoger within Vestfold | |
| Coordinates: 59°41′13″N 10°13′23″E / 59.68681°N 10.22303°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestfold |
| District | Jarlsberg |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Drammen Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Skoger |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 114 km2 (44 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
| • Total | 14,672 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Skaubøring[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0712[4] |
Skoger is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 114-square-kilometre (44 sq mi)[5] municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Drammen Municipality in Buskerud county. The administrative centre was the village of Skoger and the other notable village was Konnerud.
History
[edit]The parish of Skouger was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1843, Skouger Municipality was enlarged by merging with the small neighboring municipality of Strømsgodset (population: 731) and by adding an unpopulated area of Eiker Municipality (from neighboring Buskerud county). After this change, Skouger had 2,568 residents. On 1 January 1870, an area of northern Skoger (population: 1,363) was transferred into the neighboring town of Drammen (and also switching to the neighboring Buskerud county).[6]
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Skoger Municipality (population: 14,682) was merged with Drammen Municipality (population: 31,478) to form a new, larger Drammen Municipality. Since Drammen was in the neighboring county of Buskerud, Skoger also had to join Buskerud county.[6]
Name
[edit]The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the village of Skoger (Old Norse: Skógar) since the Old Skoger Church was built there. The name is derived from the plural form of skógr which means "woodland" or "forest".[7] Prior to 1889, the name was spelled Skouger.
Churches
[edit]The Church of Norway had two parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Skoger. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Nord-Jarlsberg prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg.
| Parish (sokn) | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Konnerud | Konnerud Church | Konnerud | 1996 |
| Old Konnerud Church | Konnerud | 1858 | |
| Skoger | Skoger Church | Skoger | 1886 |
| Old Skoger Church | Skoger | c. 1200 |
Government
[edit]Skoger 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.[8]
Mayors
[edit]The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Skoger:[9]
- 1838-1841: Rasmus Christensen
- 1842-1843: Nils Nilsen
- 1844-1853: Gabriel Smith
- 1854-1861: Knut Schartum
- 1862-1865: Jacob Gulliksen Styrmoe
- 1866-1869: Augustinus Olsen Kopperud
- 1870-1873: Jacob Gulliksen Styrmoe
- 1874-1875: Nils Peter Wølner Hansen
- 1876-1904: Lauritz Christiansen Hervig
- 1905-1910: Fredrik Frodesen Sand
- 1911-1913: Gustav Martinius Olsen
- 1914-1916: Fredrik Frodesen Sand
- 1917-1919: Jørgen Andvik
- 1920-1925: Arne Nicolai Anchersen (Bp)
- 1926-1928: Borgar Steinset (Ap)
- 1929-1931: Arne Nicolai Anchersen (Bp)
- 1932-1940: Borgar Steinset (Ap)
- 1941-1942: Einar Hjelmsø (NS)
- 1943-1945: Karl Hugo Malmkvist (NS)
- 1946-1957: Einar Aass (Ap)
- 1958-1961: Finn Grønland
- 1962-1963: Einar Mortensen
Municipal council
[edit]The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Skoger was made up of 41 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.
| Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 23 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 12 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 1 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 4 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 1 | |
| Total number of members: | 41 | |
| Note: On 1 January 1964, Skoger Municipality was merged into Drammen Municipality. | ||
Notable people
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Helland, Amund (1915). "Skoger herred". VII. Jarlsberg og Larvik Amt. Tredje del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 227. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1907). Norske gaardnavne: Jarlsberg og Larviks amt (in Norwegian) (6 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 8.
- ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ Borgen, Per-Otto (1998). "Ordførere". Drammen byleksikon. 2 : Skoger/Konnerud (in Norwegian). Drammen, Norge: Forlaget for by- og bygdehistorie. pp. 118–119. ISBN 8291649057.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938.
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