Dverberg is a former municipality in

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county,

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. The

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was the village of

Dverberg or is a small village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the east coast of the island of Andøya, along the Andfjorden, about south of the large village of Andenes. Dverberg Church is a wooden, octagonal c ...

where

Dverberg Church Dverberg Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Dverberg on the island of Andøya. It is one of the churches for the Andøy parish which is part of t ...

is located. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the central areas on the island of

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in what is now

Andøy Municipality Andøy is the northernmost List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Vesterålen archipelago. The main island in the municipality is Andøya. The administrative centre of the ...

. Starting out at about in 1838, it was reduced in size in 1924. Upon its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was only . Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 296th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Dverberg Municipality was the 500th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,681. The municipality's

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was and its population had increased by 0.4% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The historic

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of Dverberg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

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law). It originally included the whole island of

as well as about on the northeastern tip of the large island of

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, plus a number of very small surrounding islets. On 1 January 1924, Dverberg Municipality was divided into three. The northern part of Dverberg became the new Andenes Municipality (population: 2,213) and the southern part of Dverberg Municipality was separated to become the new

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(population: 1,410). This left 1,477 residents in Dverberg Municipality which now only covered the central part of the island of Andøya. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, Dverberg Municipality (population: 1,719) was merged (back) with the neighboring

(population: 1,835) and Andenes Municipality (population: 3,812) to create the new

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the old ''

'' farm () since the first

was built there. The first element is which means "

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". The last element is which means "

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". Thus the name is referring to a mountain where dwarfs live.

Churches

The

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had one parish () within Dverberg Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Dverberg

and the

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(

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) in the

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Geography

The highest point in the municipality is the tall mountain Ressmålstinden. The municipality was located in the central part of the island of

. Andenes Municipality was located to the north and

was located to the south. The

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was located to the east and the

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was located to the west of the municipality.

Government

While it existed, Dverberg Municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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and other

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, and municipal

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s and utilities. The municipality is governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the

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Mayors

The

() of Dverberg was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position: *1838-1840: August Thorvald Deinboll *1840-1844: Augustinus Johannesen Sellevold *1844-1848: Ole Anton Norman *1848-1852: Augustinus Johannesen Sellevold *1852-1854: Thorstein Hoel Jersin *1854-1856: Even Andreas Falch *1856-1860: Augustinus Johannesen Sellevold *1861-1864: Ingebrigt Olai Nielsen *1865-1865: Hans Fredrik Angell *1866-1872: Johan David Osenbroch *1873-1874: Jens Casper Mikkelborg *1875-1876: Nils Christian Hansen *1877-1888: Peder Pettersen *1889-1890: Martinus Heggelund Andreassen *1891-1892: Emil Bernhard Falch Olsen *1893-1894: Peder Pettersen *1895-1898: Wilhelm Nagel *1899-1904: Peder Pettersen *1905-1913: Benjamin Konrad Pettersen *1914-1918: Svend Christian Svendsen *1918-1923: Daniel Hveding Hægstad *1924-1925: Hans Petter Dybwik *1926-1934: Cedolf Olsen Baraa *1935-1940: Olaf H. Pettersen *1946-1949: Egil Sæbøe *1949-1963: Lindberg Nyborg

Municipal council

The

of Dverberg was made up of 15 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political

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Notable people

Torstein Raaby Torstein Pettersen Raaby (6 October 1918 – 23 March 1964) was a Norwegian telegrapher, resistance fighter and explorer. He is known as a crew member on the Kon-Tiki expedition. Biography Raaby was born in the village of Dverberg on the isl ...

(1918-1964), a Norwegian resistance fighter and explorer

References

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