Alversund is a former municipality in the old

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county,

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. The municipality existed from 1885 until 1964. It was located in the southwestern part of the mainland portion of the present-day

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county. It originally included area on the island of

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as well, but that was later separated. Alversund covered upon its dissolution in 1964. The

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of the municipality was the village of

Alversund Alversund is a village in Alver municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland of the Lindås peninsula, along the shore of the Alverstraumen strait. The village sits between the villages of Alverstraumen (ac ...

, where Alversund Church is located.

History

The municipality of Alversund was established on 1 January 1885 when the old municipality of

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was divided into two separate municipalities. The northwestern part of the old Hammer municipality became Alversund, and it also included the annex of Seim which had been a part of the municipality of

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before that time. The initial population of Alversund was 2,793. On 1 January 1904, a small area near

Hanevik Hanevik is a village in the municipality of Askøy in Vestland county, Norway. It is located along the Herdlefjorden, on the northeastern shore of the island of Askøy. The lake Askevatnet lies just southeast of the village. History Hanevik wa ...

on the island of

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(population: 32) was transferred from the municipality of

to Alversund. On 15 October 1923, the western district of Alversund (population: 1716) was separated to form the new municipality of

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. This left Alversund with 1,771 residents. On 1 January 1964, all of Alversund was merged with parts of the municipalities of

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, Hamre, Sæbø, and

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to form a new, larger municipality of Lindås. At its dissolution, Alversund had 2,099 residents.

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the old '' Alver'' farm () since the first Alversund Church was built there. The first element is a compound word derived from which means "all" or "entire" and the other part comes from which means "

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". Thus the farm name means "all weather" or "weather from all directions"–describing a farm with an exposed and unsheltered location. The last element of the name is which means "

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" or "

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", referring to the nearby

Alverstraumen Alverstraumen is a village in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the southern tip of the island of Radøy. The Alversund Bridge connects Alverstraumen to the village of Alversund across the Alverstraumen ...

strait.

Government

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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was

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by a vote of the municipal council.

Mayors

The

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of Alversund: *1886-1889: Ivar J. Hopland *1890-1891: Ole N. Rydland *1892-1897: Nils L. Seim *1898-1898: Nils K. Hjelmtveit *1899-1901: Askild E. Alver *1902-1910: Nils K. Hjelmtveit *1910-1916: Lars Nilssen Seim ( V) *1917-1934: Karl A. Elsås *1935-1937: Karl N. Hjelmtveit *1938-1945: Sigvard L. Hopsdal *1945-1946:

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( KrF) *1946-1947: Nils H. Herland *1948-1951: Knut L. Sellevold *1952-1955: Wilhelm Tvedt *1956-1963: Sverre Fosse

Municipal council

The

of Alversund was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

References