Skaun is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Børsa. Other villages include Buvika, Eggkleiva, Melby, Skaun, and Viggja.

Skaun kommune
Municipality
View of the local Skaun Church
Flag Coat of arms Trøndelag within Norway
Skaun within Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°16′53″N 10°03′19″E
Country	Norway
County	Trøndelag
District	Orkdalen
Established	1 Jan 1890
• Preceded by	Børsa Municipality
Administrative centre	Børsa
Government
• Mayor (2019)	Gunn Iversen Stokke (Sp)
Area
• Total	224.20 km2 (86.56 sq mi)
• Land	213.17 km2 (82.31 sq mi)
• Water	11.03 km2 (4.26 sq mi)  4.9%
• Rank	#297 in Norway
Population  (2022)
• Total	8,360
• Rank	#127 in Norway
• Density	39.2/km2 (102/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+20.4%
Demonym	Skauning[1]
Official language [2]
• Norwegian form	Neutral
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-5029
Website	Official website
Data from Statistics Norway

Skaun is predominantly rural, but is nonetheless situated only 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Norway's third largest city, Trondheim. Most inhabitants, except agricultural and public sector workers, work outside of Skaun in Trondheim, Orkanger, or Melhus. The European route E39 runs east to west across the northern part of the municipality and Norwegian County Road 709 runs north and south through the municipality.

The 224-square-kilometre (86 sq mi) municipality is the 297th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Skaun is the 127th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,360. The municipality's population density is 39.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (102/sq mi) and its population has increased by 20.4% over the previous 10-year period.[3][4]

General information

The municipality of Børseskognen was established on 1 January 1890 when it was separated from the municipality of Børsa. The initial population was 1,410. In 1930, the name was changed to Skaun.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the three neighboring municipalities of Skaun (population: 1,251), Børsa (population: 1,476), and Buvik (population: 1,267) were merged to form a new, larger municipality of Skaun.[5]

On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old Sør-Trøndelag county to the new Trøndelag county.

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was (also) Skaun. The name comes from the Old Norse word "skinr", meaning "to shine". This is believed to refer to the lake Laugen.[6]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was adopted on 9 January 1987. The silver and blue colored arms are based on the four large, old standing stones found in the municipality. The four stones are most likely associated with a large grave site dating back to around 500-1000 AD.[7]

Churches

The Church of Norway has three parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Skaun. It is part of the Orkdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

Geography

The municipality of Skaun lies on the south side of the Gaulosen, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord. The river Mora flows north into the lake Laugen and the river Børselva flows north out of the lake Laugen up to the fjord. The lake Malmsjøen is located in the southeastern part of the municipality.

Skaun has three neighboring municipalities: Orkland to the west, Melhus to the south and east, and Trondheim to the north across the Gaulosen.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Skaun, 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 is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor.[8] The municipality falls under the Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Skaun is made up of 23 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the council is as follows:

Mayor

The mayors of Skaun (incomplete list):

• 2019–present: Gunn Iversen Stokke (Sp)
• 2003-2019: Jon P. Husby (Sp)
• 1995-2003: Asbjørn Leraand (Ap)

Notable residents

• Einar Tambarskjelve (ca.980–ca.1050) the Viking, and his estate. The legend says he used the four monumental standing stones in Børsa to moor his boats. The stones are the theme for the coat-of-arms.
• Egil Aarvik (1912 in Børsa – 1990) a newspaper editor, author and politician
• Bjarne Saltnes (1934 in Skaun – 2016) a politician, Mayor of Skaun 1971–1975 and 1979–1983
• Jostein Wilmann (born 1953 in Viggja) a former professional road racing cyclist, best placed Norwegian in the Tour de France
• Kari Aalvik Grimsbø (born 1985) is goalkeeper for the Norway women's national handball team

Fictional residents

• Kristin Lavransdatter, who was the key character in a trilogy written by the Nobel Prize winner in literature, Sigrid Undset. There is a celebration of this every year the second week-end in August. It takes place at Husaby, where Sigrid Undset lived while writing the second book, Husfrue ("Houselady"). The books also have large parts of their storyline from Husaby.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Skaun.

• Trøndelag travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)
• Skaun Tourist Information
• Celebration "Kristin på Husaby" (in Norwegian)

На других языках

[de] Skaun

[ru] Скёун