Bjelland og Grindum Municipality

Bjelland og Grindum Municipality
Bjelland og Grindum herred
Former municipality
Vest-Agder within Norway
Vest-Agder within Norway
Bjelland og Grindum within Vest-Agder
Bjelland og Grindum within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°26′24″N 07°25′02″E / 58.44000°N 7.41722°E / 58.44000; 7.41722
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictSørlandet
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1902
 • Succeeded byBjelland Municipality and Grindheim Municipality
Administrative centreBjelland
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
294.1 km2 (113.6 sq mi)
Highest elevation
[1]
511.78 m (1,679.1 ft)
Population
 (1902)
 • Total
1,816
 • Density6.175/km2 (15.99/sq mi)
DemonymsBjelldøl
Grinddøl[2]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1024[3]
Data from Statistics Norway

Bjelland og Grindum (or sometimes Bjelland og Grindheim) is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 294.1-square-kilometre (113.6 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1902. The area is now divided between Lindesnes Municipality and Lyngdal Municipality in the traditional district of Lister in Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Bjelland where Bjelland Church is located.[4]

General information

The old (large) parish of Bjelland was divided on 1 January 1838 into two municipalities under the new formannskapsdistrikt law. The northern district became Aaseral Municipality and the southern district became the new Bjelland og Grindum Municipality. The area of Bjelland og Grindum had a population of 1,662 in 1835, just before the split.[5]

On 1 January 1902, Bjelland og Grindum Municipality was dissolved and divided into two new municipalities. The eastern areas (population: 907) became the new Bjelland Municipality and the western areas (population: 909) became the new Grindum Municipality. (These municipalities later became parts of Audnedal Municipality and Marnardal Municipality in the 1960s and in 2020, they became part of Lyngdal Municipality and Lindesnes Municipality respectively).[6]

Name

The old parishes of Bjelland and Grindum were merged in 1838 and the new, resulting municipality was given the compound name Bjelland og Grindum, literally meaning "Bjelland and Grindum".

The parish of Bjelland is named after the old Bjelland farm (Old Norse: Bjárland) since the first Bjelland Church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of the word bœr which means "farm" or "farmstead". The last element is land which means "land" or "district".[7]

The parish of Grindum is named after the old Grindum farm (Old Norse: Grindeimr) since the first Grindheim Church was built there. The first element is grind which means "gate" or "fence". The last element is heimr which means "home" or "abode".[8][9]

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within Bjelland og Grindum Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Bjelland prestegjeld and the Mandal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder.[10]

Churches in Bjelland og Grindum Municipality
Parish (sokn)Church nameLocation of the churchYear built
BjellandBjelland ChurchBjelland1793
GrindheimGrindheim ChurchByremo1783

Geography

The municipality was located in the upper Mandalen valley, along the border with Nedenes county. The highest point in the municipality was the 511.78-metre (1,679.1 ft) tall mountain Ørteknappknuten.[1] Aaseral Municipality was located to the north, Hornnes Municipality (in Nedenes county) was located to the northeast, Hægeland Municipality was located to the east, Finsland Municipality was located to the southeast, Laudal Municipality was located to the south, Nordre Undal Municipality was located to the southwest, and Hægebostad Municipality was located to the west.

Government

While it existed, Bjelland og Grindum Municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[11] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Mandal District Court and the Agder Court of Appeal.

Mayors

The mayor (Norwegian: ordfører) of Bjelland og Grindum Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:[12]

  • 1838–1838: Torkel Knutsen Foss
  • 1839–1841: Torkel T. Roland
  • 1842–1843: Reier D. Midbø
  • 1844–1851: Torje L. Refsnes
  • 1852–1853: Reier D. Midbø
  • 1854–1860: H. Carlsen
  • 1861–1864: Ole Å. Hesså
  • 1865–1873: Kjetil Foss
  • 1874–1879: Thore Foss
  • 1880–1885: Anders Homme
  • 1886–1898: Thore Foss
  • 1899–1901: Søren Seland

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune: Lindesnes" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ↑ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (9 January 2024). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
  4. ↑ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (26 November 2024). "Bjelland og Grindheim". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  5. ↑ Registreringssentral for historiske data. "Hjemmehørende folkemengde Vest-Agder 1801-1960" (in Norwegian). University of Tromsø. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2006.
  6. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  7. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 127.
  8. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 122.
  9. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1898). Norske gaardnavne: Forord og innledning (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 52–53.
  10. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 1951). Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 (PDF). Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.
  11. ↑ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (25 November 2024). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  12. ↑ Breilid, Magnus (1974). Kultursoga for Bjelland og Grindheim (in Norwegian). Bjelland: Bygdesogenemndene. p. 513.

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