Sør-Audnedal

Sør-Audnedal (former name: Søndre Undal or Sør-Undal) is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 108-square-kilometre (42 sq mi) municipality[1][2] existed from 1845 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the present-day municipality of Lindesnes in Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Vigeland where Valle Church is.[3]

Sør-Audnedal herred
Søndre Undal herred (historic)
Former municipality
View of the village of Vigeland
View of the village of Vigeland
Official logo of Sør-Audnedal herred
Vest-Agder within
Norway
Sør-Audnedal within Vest-Agder
Sør-Audnedal within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°05′03″N 07°18′17″E
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictSørlandet
Established1845
 • Preceded byUndal Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byLindesnes Municipality
Administrative centreVigeland
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total108 km2 (42 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total2,323
 • Density22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1029
Data from Statistics Norway

Name

The municipality was named Sør-Audnedal, which means "southern Audnedal", since it is the southern part of the old Audnedal municipality, which encompassed the Audnedalen valley. The name Audnedal (Old Norse: Auðnudalr) is from the Audna river (Old Norse: Auðna), which runs through the valley ("-dalr") and empties into the Snigsfjorden. The river name means "destruction".[3][4] Historically, the municipality was named Sør-Undal or Søndre Undal, which uses an older version of the valley name (and an alternate way of spelling "southern").

History

The municipality of Søndre Undal was established in 1845 when the old Undal municipality was divided into Nordre Undal (population: 802) and Søndre Undal (population: 3,893). The name was later changed to Sør-Audnedal. On 1 January 1899, the western part of Sør-Audnedal (population: 1,734) was separated to become the new 63-square-kilometre (24 sq mi) municipality of Spangereid.[2] The split left Sør-Audnedal with 2,958 inhabitants and an area of 171.7 square kilometres (66.3 sq mi).[1] During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Sør-Audnedal municipality (population: 2,323) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Vigmostad (population: 589) and Spangereid (population: 899) to create the new municipality of Lindesnes.[5]

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Sør-Audnedal, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[6]

Municipal council

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

Sør-Audnedal herredsstyre 1960–1963 [7]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)4
 Conservative Party (Høyre)2
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)2
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)4
 Liberal Party (Venstre)5
Total number of members:17
Sør-Audnedal herredsstyre 1956–1959 [8]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)5
 Conservative Party (Høyre)2
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)2
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)4
 Liberal Party (Venstre)4
Total number of members:17
Sør-Audnedal herredsstyre 1952–1955 [9]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)4
 Conservative Party (Høyre)2
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)3
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)3
 Liberal Party (Venstre)4
Total number of members:16
Sør-Audnedal herredsstyre 1948–1951 [10]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)3
 Conservative Party (Høyre)2
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)2
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)4
 Liberal Party (Venstre)5
Total number of members:16
Sør-Audnedal herredsstyre 1945–1947 [11]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)5
 Conservative Party (Høyre)2
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)3
 Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and
the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet)		6
Total number of members:16
Sør-Audnedal herredsstyre 1938–1941* [12]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)4
 Conservative Party (Høyre)3
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)4
 Liberal Party (Venstre)5
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
  1. Helland, Amund (1903). "Søndre Undal herred". X Lister og Mandals amt. Anden del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 355. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. Helland, Amund (1903). "Spangereid herred". X Lister og Mandals amt. Anden del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 379. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. Store norske leksikon. "Sør-Audnedal – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  4. Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 155.
  5. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  6. Hansen, Tore, ed. (12 May 2016). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  12. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

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