Talvik or Talvig is a former municipality in

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county,

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. The municipality existed for 101 years, from 1863 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality included all the coastal areas in the outer

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in the northern part of what is now

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. The

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was the village of Talvik where the

Talvik Church Talvik Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Talvik, along the Altafjorden and the European route E06 highway. It is main church for the Talvik parish ...

is located. Other notable villages in the municipality included Komagfjord, Langenes, Langfjordbotn, and

Leirbotn Leirbotn is a village in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the Altafjorden, about west of the European route E06 highway in the northeastern part of Alta Municipality. The village, together with Kviby and ...

. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 36th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Talvik Municipality was the 268th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 3,378 (in 1963). The municipality's

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was .

History

The municipality was established in 1863, when the large Alten-Talvig Municipality was dissolved and it was divided into two separate municipalities: Talvik Municipality (population: 1,938) in the north and

(population: 2,442) in the south. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Talvik (population: 3,266) and Alta (population: 6,629) were merged to form a new, larger

Name

The municipality is named after the old ''Talvik'' farm since the first

was built there. The first element of the name is rather uncertain. If the first element was of

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origin then it is derived from the word which means "

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" (due to the large number of pine trees in the area). The other explanation is that it is a corruption of the

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word or the longer name which translates as "fog" or "fog bay". The early Norwegian settlers would have translated that as (meaning "fog bay") and this could have been corrupted from to . The last element of the name is which means "inlet" or "cove". Historically, the name was spelled ''Talvig'' using the old Danish spelling, and later it was "Norwegianized" to ''Talvik''.

Churches

The

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had one parish () within the municipality of Talvik. It was part of the Talvik

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and the Alta prosti (

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) in the

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Geography

The municipality was located along the outer

. The municipality also included the southern parts of the islands of

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and

Stjernøya or is an island in western Finnmark county, Norway. The island sits at the mouth of the Altafjorden on the south side of the Sørøysundet strait. It is divided among the municipalities of Loppa, Hasvik, and Alta. The highest point on th ...

. The highest point was the tall mountain Store Haldi, located on the border with

to the south.

Government

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

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Mayors

The

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() of Talvik (incomplete list): *1864-1865: Gerhard William Stuhr *1865-1867: Peder Andreas Olsen *1867-1871: Knud Toenberg *1871-1875: Ludvig Kristoffer Olavius Strømme *1875-1891: Peder Eilertson *1891-1893: Alexander Kristian William Hald *1893-1897: Anders Halvorsen *1897-1900: Andreas Nikolai Hammerø *1901-1905: Ove Edvard Olsen *1905-1907: Johan Petter Bjørgan *1908-1916: Jens Sevald Jensen *1917-1920: Ludvig Thomassen *1920-1923: Jens Sevald Jensen *1924-1926: Ludvig Thomassen *1926-1937: Kristoffer Kristoffersen *1938-1942: Hagbart Pedersen *1942-1945: Peder Frostmo ( NS) *1945-1945: Hagbart Pedersen *1945-1951: Cornelius Karlstrøm ( Ap) *1951-1959: Lauritz Mortensen *1959-1963: Thorleif Johansen ( Ap)

Municipal council

The

of Talvik was made up of 21 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political

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References

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