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Brekke is a former municipality in the old
Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; literally "Parish and the Fjords") was a Counties of Norway, county in western Norway, from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsda ...
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,
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. The municipality has existed two separate times: from 1850 until 1861 and then again from 1905 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the northeastern part of the present-day
Gulen Municipality is a municipality in the western part of Vestland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Eivindvik. Other villages in Gulen include Brekke, Byrknes, D ...
in
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county. The municipality encompassed about south of the
Sognefjorden The Sognefjord or Sognefjorden (, ), nicknamed the King of the Fjords (), is the longest and deepest fjord in Norway. Located in Vestland county in Western Norway, it stretches inland from the ocean to the small village of Skjolden in the muni ...
, centered on the Risnesfjorden arm that reaches to the south from the main fjord. The
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of the municipality was the village of Brekke, located on the southern shore of the
Sognefjord The Sognefjord or Sognefjorden (, ), nicknamed the King of the Fjords (), is the list of Norwegian fjords, longest and deepest fjord in Norway. Located in Vestland county in Western Norway, it stretches inland from the ocean to the small village ...
, about a drive from the village of
Eivindvik Eivindvik is the administrative centre of the municipality of Gulen in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland, along the north shore of the Gulafjorden. It is also located about south of the village of Dingja (and th ...
. The main church for the municipality was Brekke Church.


History

The
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of Brekke was originally established as a
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in 1850 when it was split off from the municipality of ''Evindvig''. Initially, Brekke had a population of 898. In 1861, Brekke (population: 898) was merged with neighboring municipality of Lavik (population: 926) to form the new municipality of '' Lavik og Brekke''. On 1 January 1875, a part of Klævold municipality with 90 inhabitants was moved to Lavik og Brekke. On 1 January 1905, the municipality of Lavik og Brekke was split (back) into two parts, Lavik (population: 1,182) and Brekke (population: 982). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the
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. On 1 January 1964, Brekke municipality ceased to exist when it was merged with
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, the neighboring municipality to the west, forming a new, larger municipality of Gulen. Before the merger, Brekke had a population of 782.


Name

The municipality (originally the
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) is named after the old '' Brekke'' farm () since the first Brekke Church was built there. The name is identical to the word which means "slope". Historically, the spelling of the name was not formalized until the 1800s, so spellings such as ''Breche'', ''Bræcke'', and ''Brække'' were also used.


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 Brekke: * 1850-1855: Ola Mathiasson Asheim * 1856-1859: Lasse Hermundson Fram-Brekke * ''(1861-1905: Part of Lavik og Brekke)'' * 1905-1910: Johannes L. Wergeland * 1911-1916: Ivar Sjurson Haugland * 1917-1919: Ola K. Indre Oppedal * 1920-1922: Mons Hanson Ytre Takle * 1923-1925: Ola K. Indre Oppedal * 1926-1928: Mons Hanson Ytre Takle * 1929-1931: Ola K. Indre Oppedal * 1932-1934: Mons Hanson Ytre Takle * 1935-1937: Sjur I. Haugland * 1938-1943: Nils R. Dale * 1943-1945: Berner Ellingsen * 1945-1945: Nils R. Dale * 1946-1959: Torvald Hjellum * 1959-1963: Tormod Tynning


Municipal council

The
municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...
of Brekke was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The
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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:


Notable people

*
Peder Furubotn Peder Furubotn (29 August 1890 – 28 November 1975) was a Norwegian cabinetmaker, politician for the Communist Party and resistance member during World War II. Early and personal life Furubotn was born in Brekke, Sogn og Fjordane, the s ...
(born 1890 in Brekke), a Communist and anti-Nazi resistance leader


See also

*
List of former municipalities of Norway This is a list of former municipalities of Norway, i.e. municipalities that no longer exist. When the local council system was introduced in Norway in 1837-38, the country had 392 municipalities. By 1958, the number had grown to a total of 744 rur ...


References


External links


Weather information for Brekke

Map of the Municipality of Brekke
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