Polmak Municipality
Polmak herred
Buolbmát
Former municipality
Finnmark within Norway
Finnmark within Norway
Polmak within Finnmark
Polmak within Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°04′11″N 28°00′40″E / 70.06972°N 28.01111°E / 70.06972; 28.01111
CountryNorway
CountyFinnmark
DistrictØst-Finnmark
Established1 Jan 1903
 • Preceded byNesseby Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byTana Municipality
Administrative centrePolmak
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total2,257 km2 (871 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total1,072
 • Density0.47/km2 (1.2/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-2026[1]
Data from Statistics Norway

Polmak is a former municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The 2,257-square-kilometre (871 sq mi) municipality existed from 1903 until its dissolution in 1964. The administrative centre was the village of Polmak where Polmak Church is located.[2]

The municipality of Polmak stretched along the northern shore of the Tana River (which also forms the border with Finland) from the little village of Leavvajohka in the west to the village of Polmak in the east and then it continues on both sides of the Tana River northwards to the Tana Bridge. The municipality included the upper Tana River valley, along the border with Finland.[2]

History

Historic photo of Polmak Church and parishioners

The municipality of Polmak was established on 1 January 1903 when the large municipality of Nesseby was divided in two: Polmak (population: 450) in the west and Nesseby (population: 1,058) in the east. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Polmak (population: 1,072) and Tana (population: 2,237) were merged to form a new, larger Tana Municipality.[3]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named "Polmak". It is possibly a Norwegianization of the Northern Sámi name for the area, Buolbmát. The meaning of the name is uncertain.[4][2]

Government

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[5]

Mayors

The mayors of Polmak:[6]

  • 1846-1847: Jørris Schielderup Hansen
  • 1848-1849: Johan Christien Astrup
  • 1851-1855: Søren Christian Sommerfelt
  • 1854-1854: Carl Johan Schancke
  • 1856-1857: Christian Andreasen
  • 1857-1858: Carl Johan Schancke
  • 1859-1862: Andreas Georg Nordvi
  • 1863-1863: Hieronimus Heyerdahl
  • 1865-1876: Otto Andreas Pleym Sr.
  • 1877-1879: Olaf Larsen
  • 1880-1880: Otto Andreas Pleym Sr.
  • 1881-1898: Bjørvik Johan Jacobsen
  • 1899-1904: Otto Andreas Pleym Jr.
  • 1903-1913: Aamund Nodland
  • 1914-1916: Gustav Adolf Lilleng
  • 1917-1931: Ole Erik Tapio
  • 1923-1934: Jens Eriksen
  • 1935-1944: Jacob Tapio
  • 1944-1945: Ole Torberg Nodland
  • 1945-1945: Jens Eriksen
  • 1946-1948: Johannes Ballovara
  • 1948-1951: John Solbakk
  • 1951-1952: Birger Pedersen
  • 1952-1959: Arne Isaksen
  • 1959-1959: John Solbakk
  • 1960-1961: Jann Olsen
  • 1962-1963: Reidar Dybvik

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Polmak was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Polmak herredsstyre 1960–1963 [7]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 5
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 1
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 4
Total number of members:15
Polmak herredsstyre 1956–1959 [8]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 9
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 4
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 1
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
Total number of members:15
Polmak herredsstyre 1952–1955 [9]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 4
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
Total number of members:12
Polmak herredsstyre 1948–1951 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 3
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 1
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 8
Total number of members:12
Polmak herredsstyre 1945–1947 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 4
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 4
Total number of members:12
Polmak herredsstyre 1938–1941* [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 9
Total number of members:12
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. 1 2 3 Askheim, Svein, ed. (9 December 2015). "Polmak". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  4. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1924). Norske gaardnavne: Finmarkens amt (in Norwegian) (18 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 266.
  5. ↑ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Oversikt over tidligere ordførere". Deanu gielda (in Norwegian). 12 November 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

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