Innvik 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 ...

county in

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1965. Innvik is located in the present-day

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county, encompassing about the western third of the present municipality. Innvik included both sides of the Nordfjorden, from Randabygda in the west to just west of the village of

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. It stretched from the border with Hornindal Municipality in the north, through the

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valley all the way to the

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in the south.

History

The municipality was established as ''Indvigen''

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on 1 January 1838. In 1843, the eastern part of the municipality was separated from Innvik to form the new

, leaving Innvik with 2,675 inhabitants. On 1 October 1922, the Raksgrenda area (between the villages of Loen and

), with 120 inhabitants, was administratively transferred from Innvik to Stryn. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1965, Innvik Municipality and neighboring Stryn Municipality were merged back together, creating a much larger municipality named Stryn. Prior to the merger, Innvik municipality had 3,003 inhabitants.

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the old '' Innvik'' farm () since the first Innvik Church was built there. The original name was the plural form of the word which means "small

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", "

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", or "

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". Some time around the 15th century, the prefix (which means "inside" or "inner") was added to distinguish the area from nearby Utvik (meaning "outer" Vik). Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Indviken''. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Innvik'', removing the definite form ending ''-en'' and using an "inn" instead of more Danish spelling of "ind".

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.

Municipal council

The

of Innvik was made up of 25 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Mayors

The

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of Innvik: *1838-1841: Peter L. Brandt *1842-1843: Jørgen Fredrik Spørck *1844-1844: Arent Uchermann *1845-1845: Lars Olson Bruvoll *1846-1849: Ola Olson Flore *1850-1851: Anders Rasmusson Faleide *1852-1857: Ola Olson Flore *1858-1861: Hans Andersson Heggdal *1862-1871: Ola Hansson Langve *1872-1883: Anders H. Faleide *1884-1895: Anders H. Øiestad *1895-1908: Rasmus Elias Paulson Sindre ( V) *1908-1910: Anders A. Drageset *1910-1931: Knut A. Taraldset *1932-1942: Hallvard R. Sindre *1942-1946: Anders J. Rustøen *1946-1951: Per Reme *1952-1959: Ola Bruland *1960-1964: Einar A. Skarstein

References

External links

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Weather information for Innvik
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