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Moland

Coordinates: 58°32′52″N 08°48′40″E / 58.54778°N 8.81111°E / 58.54778; 8.81111
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Moland Municipality
Moland kommune
Former municipality
Flag of Moland Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Moland Municipality
Coat of arms
Aust-Agder within Norway
Aust-Agder within Norway
Moland within Aust-Agder
Moland within Aust-Agder
Coordinates: 58°32′52″N 08°48′40″E / 58.54778°N 8.81111°E / 58.54778; 8.81111
CountryNorway
CountyAust-Agder
DistrictØstre Agder
Established1 January 1962
 • Preceded byTvedestrand, Stokken, Austre Moland, and Flosta municipalities
Disestablished1 January 1992
 • Succeeded byArendal Municipality
Administrative centreEydehavn
Area
 (upon dissolution)[1]
 • Total127 km2 (49 sq mi)
Population
 (1992)
 • Total8,148
 • Density64/km2 (170/sq mi)
DemonymMolending[2]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0918[3]
Data from Statistics Norway

Moland is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The 127-square-kilometre (49 sq mi) municipality existed from 1962 until 1992 when it was merged into the present-day municipality of Arendal which is located in what is now Agder county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Eydehavn which had a population of 6,011 in 1967 and 8,148 in 1992. Other villages in the municipality included Kilsund, Narestø, Saltrød, Brekka, Strengereid, Vatnebu, and Sagene. The municipality consisted of the mainland area to the north and northeast of the town of Arendal plus the islands of Flostaøya and Tverrdalsøya.[1]

History

View of the old Moland municipal government building in Eydehavn

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. The municipality of Moland was created on 1 January 1962 when a merger took place between the municipalities of Stokken (population: 2,783), Austre Moland (population: 1,607), and Flosta (population: 1,205) as well as Strengereid area (population: 375) of the municipality of Tvedestrand. On 1 January 1964, the Holte farm (population: 5) in Moland was transferred to Tvedestrand.

On 1 January 1992, another major municipality merger took place in this area. The municipalities of Moland (population: 8,148), Øyestad (population: 8,679), Tromøy (population: 4,711), and Hisøy (population: 4,026) were merged with the town of Arendal (population: 12,478) to form the new, much larger, municipality of Arendal with a population of nearly 40,000 people.[4]

Name

The municipality was named Moland, by dropping the word Austre (meaning "eastern") from the old name of one of its predecessor municipalities: Austre Moland. The name Moland comes from the Old Norse word Móðguland which is derived from the river name Móðga, which can be linked with the Old Norse word móðigr which means "brave".[5]

See also: Vestre Moland and Austre Moland

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 7 January 1983 and it was in use until the municipality's dissolution in 1992. The blue and white arms show a large, white letter "M" on a blue background. The colour represents the sea since the municipality has a long and rugged coastline, symbolized by the letter "M", the initial of the municipality. The three points in the "M" also refer to the three areas that formed Moland municipality: Stokken, Flosta, and Austre Moland.[6]

Government

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

Moland kommunestyre 1988–1991 [7]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 15
  Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) 3
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 6
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 3
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 1
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 1
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
Total number of members:31
Moland kommunestyre 1984–1987 [8]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 16
  Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) 2
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 7
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 4
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 1
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
Total number of members:31
Moland kommunestyre 1980–1983 [9]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 14
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 9
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 5
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 1
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
Total number of members:31
Moland kommunestyre 1976–1979 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 16
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 6
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 5
  New People's Party (Nye Folkepartiet) 2
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
Total number of members:31
Moland kommunestyre 1972–1975 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 17
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 5
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 3
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 4
Total number of members:31
Moland kommunestyre 1968–1971 [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 17
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 5
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 3
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 1
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 5
Total number of members:31
Moland kommunestyre 1964–1967 [13]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 18
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 5
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 1
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 5
Total number of members:31

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (14 January 2016). "Moland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  5. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt (in Norwegian) (8 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 87.
  6. ^ "Civic heraldry of Norway – Norske Kommunevåpen". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Kommunestyrevalget 1987" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo-Kongsvinger: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1988. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Kommunestyrevalget 1983" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo-Kongsvinger: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1984. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Kommunestyrevalget 1979" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1979. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene 1975" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1977. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene 1972" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1973. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene 1967" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1967. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene 1963" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1964. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  • Arendal travel guide from Wikivoyage

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