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Flosta

Coordinates: 58°31′43″N 08°56′02″E / 58.52861°N 8.93389°E / 58.52861; 8.93389
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Flosta Municipality
Flosta herred
Former municipality
View of the Flosta Church
View of the Flosta Church
Aust-Agder within Norway
Aust-Agder within Norway
Flosta within Aust-Agder
Flosta within Aust-Agder
Coordinates: 58°31′43″N 08°56′02″E / 58.52861°N 8.93389°E / 58.52861; 8.93389
CountryNorway
CountyAust-Agder
DistrictØstre Agder
Established1 Jan 1902
 • Preceded byDypvåg Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1962
 • Succeeded byMoland Municipality
Administrative centreKilsund
Area
 (upon dissolution)[1]
 • Total22.8 km2 (8.8 sq mi)
Population
 (1962)
 • Total1,205
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Official language
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 • Norwegian formBokmål[2]
Time zoneUTC 01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC 02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0916[4]
Data from Statistics Norway

Flosta is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The 22.8-square-kilometre (8.8 sq mi) municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1962. It is currently part of the municipality of Arendal in Agder county. The administrative center of Flosta was at Staubø in the village of Kilsund. The municipality primarily encompassed the two islands of Flostaøya and Tverrdalsøya and about 9 square kilometres (3.5 sq mi) on the mainland just north of the islands including the villages of Eikeland, Borås, and Vatnebu.[1][5]

History

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The municipality of Dybvaag was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law), and this municipality included all of what would later become Flosta municipality. On 1 January 1902, the new municipality of Flosta was established when the islands of Flostaøya and Tverrdalsøya and some of the mainland north of those islands (population: 1,892) separated from the municipality of Dybvaag.[6]

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the municipalities of Stokken (population: 2,783), Austre Moland (population: 1,607), and Flosta (population: 1,205) as well as Strengereid area in neighboring Tvedestrand (population: 375) were all merged to create the new municipality of Moland. Later, on 1 January 1992, Moland (including the area of Flosta) was merged into the municipality of Arendal.[6]

Name

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The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the island of Flostaøya (Old Norse: Flóstr) since the historic Flosta Church was built there. The meaning of the name is unknown, but one theory is that it comes from the word flóðr which means "high tide" or "flood".[5][7]

Government

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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]

Municipal council

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The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Flosta was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.

Flosta herredsstyre 1960–1961 [9]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 4
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 4
Total number of members:13
Flosta herredsstyre 1956–1959 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 4
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 4
Total number of members:13
Flosta herredsstyre 1952–1955 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 4
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 4
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 4
Total number of members:12
Flosta herredsstyre 1948–1951 [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 3
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 9
Total number of members:12
Flosta herredsstyre 1945–1947 [13]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 7
Total number of members:12
Flosta herredsstyre 1938–1941* [14]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 2
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 8
Total number of members:12
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

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References

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  1. ^ a b Kiær, Anders Nicolai; Helland, Amund; Vibe, Johan; Strøm, Boye (1904). "Flosta herred". Norges land og folk: Nedenes amt (in Norwegian). Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 168. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ a b Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (3 August 2017). "Flosta". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  7. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt (in Norwegian) (8 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 32.
  8. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
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  • Arendal travel guide from Wikivoyage


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