Moland is a former municipality in the old

Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, en, "East Agder") was a county (''fylke'') in Norway until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . The ...

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. The municipality existed from 1962 until 1992 when it was merged into the present-day municipality of

Arendal Arendal () is a municipality in Agder county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the region of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Arendal (which is also the seat of Agder county). Some of the not ...

which is located in what is now

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county. The

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of the municipality was the village of Eydehavn which had a population of 6,011 in 1967 and 8,148 in 1992. Other villages in the municipality included Kilsund, Narestø,

Saltrød Saltrød is a village in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the Norwegian County Road 410, about northeast of the town of Arendal and about southwest of the village of Eydehavn. The village lies along ...

Brekka Brekka is a village in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the European route E18 highway on the western shore of the lake Molandsvann. Brekka sits about north of the town of Arendal and the village of L ...

, Strengereid,

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, and Sagene. The municipality consisted of the mainland area to the north and northeast of the town of Arendal plus the islands of Flostaøya and Tverrdalsøya.

History

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. The municipality of Moland was created on 1 January 1962 when a merger took place between the municipalities of

Stokken Stokken is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1919 until 1962 when it was merged into the newly-created Moland municipality. Today, the area is a part of the present-day municipality of ...

(population: 2,783), Austre Moland (population: 1,607), and Flosta (population: 1,205) as well as Strengereid area (population: 375) of the municipality of

Tvedestrand is municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the town of Tvedestrand. There are many villages in the municipality including Dypvåg, Fiane, Gjeving, Gødder ...

. On 1 January 1964, the Holte farm (population: 5) in Moland was transferred to Tvedestrand. On 1 January 1992, another major municipality merger took place in this area. The municipalities of Moland (population: 8,148), Øyestad (population: 8,679), Tromøy (population: 4,711), and Hisøy (population: 4,026) were merged with the town of Arendal (population: 12,478) to form the new, much larger, municipality of

with a population of nearly 40,000 people.

Name

The municipality was named ''Moland'', by dropping the word ''Austre'' (meaning "eastern") from the old name of one of its predecessor municipalities: Austre Moland. The name ''Moland'' comes from the

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word which is derived from the

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name , which can be linked with the Old Norse word which means "brave".

Coat of arms

The

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was granted on 7 January 1983 and it was in use until the municipality's dissolution in 1992. The blue and white arms show a large, white letter "M" on a blue background. The colour represents the sea since the municipality has a long and rugged coastline, symbolized by the letter "M", the initial of the municipality. The three points in the "M" also refer to the three areas that formed Moland municipality:

, Flosta, and Austre Moland.

Government

The

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of Moland was made up of representatives that were elected to four-year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Notable residents

Tore A. Liltved Tore A. Liltved (8 May 1939 – 13 July 2004) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Arendal. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1989, and was re-elected on one occasion. He had previously ...

, a local

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Thor Lund Thor Lund (27 May 1921 in Aker – 16 June 1999) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1969, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served as a deputy re ...

, a local

and mechanic

References

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* {{Use dmy dates, date=June 2021 1962 establishments in Norway 1992 disestablishments in Norway Arendal Former municipalities of Norway Populated places disestablished in 1992 Populated places established in 1962