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Hopen is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 50-square-kilometre (19 sq mi) municipality existed from 1915 until its dissolution in 1960. It covered the northeastern part of the island of Smøla, plus the small islands to the north such as Veiholmen, Hammarøya, and Haugøya. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Hopen where the Hopen Church is located.[2]

Hopen herred
Former municipality
Møre og Romsdal within
Norway
Hopen within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 63°27′48″N 08°00′50″E
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictNordmøre
Established1 Jan 1915
 • Preceded byEdøy Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1960
 • Succeeded bySmøla Municipality
Administrative centreHopen
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total50 km2 (20 sq mi)
Population
 (1960)
 • Total1,550
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Hopaværing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1575
Data from Statistics Norway

History


The municipality of Hopen was established on 1 January 1915 when the large municipality of Edøy was split into three to form the new municipalities of Edøy (population: 973), Hopen (population: 1,050), and Brattvær (population: 1,452). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1960, the 1915 partition was reversed, reuniting the municipalities of Brattvær, Edøy, and Hopen as the new municipality of Smøla. Before the merger, Hopen had a population of 1,550.[3]


Name


The municipality was named after the village of Hopen which was the location of the local church. The name comes from the Old Norse word hópr which means "bay".[2]


Government


All municipalities in Norway, including Hopen, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[4]


Municipal council


The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Hopen was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Hopen Heradsstyre 1956–1959 [5]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)10
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)5
 Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister)2
Total number of members:17
Hopen Heradsstyre 1952–1955 [6]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)16
Total number of members:16
Hopen Heradsstyre 1948–1951 [7]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)16
Total number of members:16
Hopen Heradsstyre 1945–1947 [8]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)7
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)6
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)3
Total number of members:16
Hopen Heradsstyre 1938–1941* [9]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)9
 List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders
(Arbeidarar, fiskarar, småbrukarar liste)		2
 Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister)5
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.

See also



References


  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2015-12-14). "Hopen – Møre og Romsdal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. Hansen, Tore, ed. (2019-07-26). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  5. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957.
  6. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952.
  7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948.
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938.


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