Lista is a former municipality located in the old

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county in

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The

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was the village of Vanse where Vanse Church is located. Lista municipality was historically known as the municipality of ''Vanse'' until 1911. The former municipality's land is now located in the present-day municipality of

Farsund is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Lister Region, Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Farsund (town ...

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county. Farsund Airport, Lista is located here, but it has not had any regularly scheduled commercial flights since 1999; however, there are discussions to use it as a base for offshore operations. Lista is located on a large peninsula along the Listafjorden and is home to the villages of Vestbygd and Vanse and the town of

History

The municipality of ''Vanse'' was established on 1 January 1838 (see

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law). According to the 1835 census, the municipality had a population of 4,213. On 1 January 1903, an area with 99 inhabitants was transferred from Vanse to the neighboring town of

. Again in 1948, another area with 64 inhabitants was transferred from Lista to the town of Farsund. During the 1960s, there were many major municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1965, the municipalities of Lista,

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, and Spind were merged with the town of Farsund to create a new, larger municipality of

. Prior to the merger, Lista had a population of 4,544.

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) was originally named after the old ''Vanse'' farm () since the first Vanse Church was built there. The meaning of the first element is uncertain. It is possible that the first element is derived from the plural of which means "

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", a group of

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gods. The last element is which means "

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" or "

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". On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Lista''. This was changed to bring back a modern version of the historical name for the area. The new name comes from the local

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called ''Lista'' (). The name comes from the word which means "border" or "edge", likely signifying its location on the southern edge of Norway. From 1662 until 1919,

county was named ''"Lister og Mandals amt"'', signifying the significance of the area. (The name ''Lista'' was misunderstood by Danish clerks as a plural form and therefore written with the plural ending ''-er''.)

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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, and municipal

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s. 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 Lista: * 1838-1843: Christian Schønning Wulff * 1844-1845: Lars Andreas Jensen Meberg * 1846-1849: Aslag Reiersen * 1850-1853: Lars Andreas Jensen Meberg * 1854-1857: Aslag Reiersen * 1858-1859: Aanen Olsen Bergsager * 1860-1865: Jørgen Ottesen * 1866-1867: Bernt Ludvig Nielsen * 1868-1869: Lars Severin Jensen Vinnem * 1870-1871: Reinert Aslagsen * 1872-1877: Adolf Fredriksen * 1878-1889: Johan Julius Olsen * 1890-1891: Adolf Fredriksen ( H) * 1892-1898: Johannes. T. Østensen ( H) * 1899-1901: Abraham Theodor Berge ( V) * 1902-1904: Nils Mikal Abrahamsen * 1905-1919: Ole Walaas Selvaag ( V) * 1920-1922: Karl Sanne ( H) * 1923-1925: Ole Walaas Selvaag ( V) * 1926-1931: August Skeibrok ( H) * 1932-1934: Adolf Østhassel ( Bp) * 1935-1937: Edwald Helvig ( V) * 1938-1940: Hjalmar Østensen ( H) * 1941-1945: Martin Vindheim ( Bp) * 1945-1947: Einar B. Nielsen ( V) * 1947-1947: Håkon Hansen ( KrF) * 1947-1950: August Skeibrok ( H) * 1950-1955: Andreas Emanuelsen ( V) * 1955-1963: Olaf Velle ( V) * 1963-1964: Sveinung Tveit ( V)

Municipal council

The

of Lista was made up of 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

* Evert Andersen * Marquis of Lista

References

External links

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Weather information for Lista
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