Stjørna is a former municipality in the old

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag (; ) was a Counties of Norway, county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag () county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. ...

county in

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. The municipality existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the land surrounding the Stjørnfjorden in what is now

Ørland Municipality Ørland is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen Districts of Norway, region. Ørland is located at the southwestern tip of the Fosen peninsula at the northern ...

and

Indre Fosen Municipality Indre Fosen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Fosen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnset. Other villages in Indre Fosen include Askjem, Dalbygda, ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county. The

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of Stjørna was the village of

Husbysjøen Husbysjøen or Husby is a village in Indre Fosen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the south side of the Sørfjorden (Trøndelag), Sørfjorden, an arm of the Stjørnfjorden. It is located about west of the v ...

. The municipality of Stjørna also included the villages of Høybakken,

Råkvåg Råkvåg () is a village in Indre Fosen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the inner part of the Stjørnfjorden in the northern part of what was the old Rissa Municipality. It is about north of the village of Husbysjø ...

, and Fevåg. The main church for the municipality was Stjørna Church which is now called Heggvik Church. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 266th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Stjørna Municipality was the 355th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,572. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 7.8% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The municipality of ''Skjørn'' was established on 1 January 1899 when

Bjugn Municipality Bjugn is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1853 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into Ørland Municipality. It was part of the Fosen region. The village of Botngård was the admini ...

was divided into three separate municipalities:

(population: 1,256), Skjørn Municipality (population: 2,166), and

Nes Municipality Nes is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnes. Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the o ...

(population: 1,285). In 1918, the spelling of the name was changed from ''Skjørn Municipality'' to ''Stjørna Municipality''. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, Stjørna Municipality was dissolved and its lands were divided as follows: *the northern part of the municipality ''(Nord-Stjørna)'' (population: 676) was merged with the neighboring

(population: 1,240),

(population: 1,107), and Jøssund Municipality (population: 1,917) to form a new, larger

. *the southern part of the municipality ''(Sør-Stjørna)'' (population: 1,868) was merged with the neighboring

Rissa Municipality Rissa is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county in Norway in the Fosen Districts of Norway, region. The municipality existed from 1860 until its dissolution on 1 Januar ...

(population: 3,264) and most of

Stadsbygd Municipality Stadsbygd is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality existed on the southern part of the Fosen peninsula, along the Trondheimsfjorden in ...

(population: 1,616) to form a new, larger

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the local Stjørnfjorden. The name was once the old name for the river which flows into the fjord. The old river name has an uncertain meaning. It may come from the

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word which means "governance". Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Skjørn''. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Stjørna''.

Churches

The

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

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and the

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(

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) in the

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Geography

Stjørna Municipality included the land surrounding the Stjørnfjorden on the

Fosen Fosen is a traditional district in coastal Trøndelag county, Norway. The district consists of the municipalities Osen, Åfjord, Ørland, Indre Fosen, Orkland, Heim, Hitra, and Frøya. In colloquial speech, Fosen also refers to the Fosen ...

peninsula.

and

were located to the west, Jøssund Municipality was to the northwest,

Åfjord Municipality Åfjord is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Å, Åfjord, Årnes ...

was located to the north, and

was located to the southeast. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Seksortklumpen.

Government

While it existed, Stjørna 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 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. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the

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Municipal council

The

of Stjørna was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political

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Mayors

The

() of Stjørna was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position: * 1899–1904: Johan Arnt Hegvik ( V) * 1905–1910: Johan Arnt Mollan ( V) * 1911–1916: Lars Bromstad ( V) * 1917–1925: Johan Arnt Mollan ( V) * 1926–1936: Kristian Ramsvik ( V) * 1938–1940: Hans Bromstad ( V) * 1941–1944: Christian Brun Jenssen ( NS) * 1944–1945: Johan Olav Bjørkvik ( NS) * 1945–1945: Karl Saltnes ( Bp) * 1945–1955: Hans Bromstad ( V) * 1956–1963: Georg Breivoll ( V)

References

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