Talvik Municipality
Talvik herred
Former municipality
Talvig herred  (historic name)
View of the village (c. 1852)
View of the village (c. 1852)
Finnmark within Norway
Finnmark within Norway
Talvik within Finnmark
Talvik within Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°02′32″N 22°56′59″E / 70.04222°N 22.94972°E / 70.04222; 22.94972
CountryNorway
CountyFinnmark
DistrictVest-Finnmark
Established1863
 • Preceded byAlten-Talvig
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byAlta Municipality
Administrative centreTalvik
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total1,650 km2 (640 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total3,266
 • Density2.0/km2 (5.1/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Talvikværing
Taviking[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-2013[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Talvik or Talvig is a former municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The 1,650-square-kilometre (640 sq mi) municipality existed for 101 years, from 1863 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality included all the coastal areas in the outer Altafjorden in the northern part of what is now Alta Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Talvik where the Talvik Church is located.[3]

History

The municipality was established in 1863, when the large municipality of Alten-Talvig was dissolved and it was divided into two separate municipalities: Talvik (population: 1,938) in the north and Alta (population: 2,442) in the south. 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 Talvik (population: 3,266) and Alta (population: 6,629) were merged to form a new, larger Alta Municipality.[4]

Name

The municipality is named after the old Talvik farm since the first Talvik Church was built there. The first element of the name is rather uncertain. If the first element was of Old Norse origin then it is derived from the word Þelli which means "pine" (due to the large number of pine trees in the area). The other explanation is that it is a corruption of the Northern Sami word Dálbme or the longer name Dálbmeluokta which translates as "fog" or "fog bay". The early Norwegian settlers would have translated that as tåkebukta (meaning "fog bay") and this could have been corrupted from tåke to tal. The last element of the name is vík which means "inlet" or "cove".[3][5]

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[6]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Talvik was made up of 21 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Talvik herredsstyre 1960–1963 [7]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 11
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 2
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 1
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 4
Total number of members:21
Talvik herredsstyre 1956–1959 [8]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 12
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 2
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 5
Total number of members:21
Talvik herredsstyre 1952–1955 [9]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 11
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 1
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 4
Total number of members:16
Talvik herredsstyre 1948–1951 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 14
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
Total number of members:16
Talvik herredsstyre 1945–1947 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 10
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 6
Total number of members:16
Talvik herredsstyre 1938–1941* [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 7
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 4
Total number of members:16
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.

Mayors

The mayors of Talvik (incomplete list):[13]

  • 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-c.1940: Kristoffer Kristoffersen

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ↑ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. 1 2 Thorsnæs, Geir; Askheim, Svein, eds. (29 November 2014). "Talvik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  5. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1924). Norske gaardnavne: Finmarkens amt (in Norwegian) (18 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 49–50.
  6. ↑ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 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.
  13. ↑ Olsen, Brynjolf Olander (1937). Trekk av Talvik herreds historie (in Norwegian). Stavanger: Dreyers Forlag. pp. 23–24.

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