Fister Municipality

Fister Municipality
Fister herad
Former municipality
View of Fister from the fjord
Rogaland within Norway
Fister within Rogaland
Coordinates: 59°10′29″N 06°03′17″E / 59.17472°N 6.05472°E / 59.17472; 6.05472
CountryNorway
CountyRogaland
DistrictRyfylke
Established1 July 1884
 • Preceded byHjelmeland og Fister Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded byFinnøy Municipality and Hjelmeland Municipality
Administrative centreFister
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
47.2 km2 (18.2 sq mi)
 • Rank#470 in Norway
Highest elevation
[1]
502 m (1,647 ft)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total
730
 • Rank#505 in Norway
 • Density15.5/km2 (40/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
 −9%
Official language
[3]
 • Norwegian formNynorsk[2]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1132[4]
Data from Statistics Norway

Fister is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 47.2-square-kilometre (18.2 sq mi) municipality existed from 1884 until its dissolution in 1965. The area is now divided between Stavanger Municipality and Hjelmeland Municipality in the traditional district of Ryfylke. The administrative centre was the village of Fister, where Fister Church is located.[5]

Prior to its dissolution in 1965, the 47.2-square-kilometre (18.2 sq mi) municipality was the 470th largest by area out of the 525 municipalities in Norway. Fister Municipality was the 505th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 730. The municipality's population density was 15.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (40/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 9% over the previous 10-year period.[6][7]

General information

The municipality of Fister was established on 1 July 1884 when the large Hjelmeland og Fister Municipality was divided into two municipalities: the eastern district (population: 832) became the new Fister Municipality and the western district (population: 2,249) remained as a smaller Hjelmeland og Fister Municipality. At the same time, the name was changed to simply Hjelmeland Municipality, dropping the "Fister" part which was no longer part of the municipality.[8]

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the municipality of Fister was dissolved. The western part of Fister Municipality, known as the Fister islands (Fisterøyene), (population: 246) was merged into Finnøy Municipality. The rest of Fister Municipality was merged with the following areas to form a larger Hjelmeland Municipality:[8]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Fister farm (Old Norse: Fístr) since the first Fister Church was built there. The name probably comes from the word fístr which means "windy" or "hardy". It is probably related to the verb fise which means "to pass gas".[9]

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within Fister Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Hjelmeland prestegjeld and the Ryfylke prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger.[7]

Churches in Fister Municipality
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Fister Fister Church Fister 1867

Geography

The municipality encompassed the western coast of mainland along the Fisterfjorden plus the islands to the west of the mainland, including the western part of Randøy and Halsnøya. The highest point in the municipality was the 502-metre (1,647 ft) tall mountain Lauvåsen.[1] Hjelmeland Municipality was located to the northeast, Årdal Municipality was located to the southeast, Strand Municipality was located to the south, Finnøy Municipality was located to the west, and Sjernarøy Municipality was located to the northwest.

Government

While it existed, Fister Municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[10] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Ryfylke District Court and the Gulating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Fister Municipality was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.

Fister heradsstyre 1963–1965 [11]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
Total number of members:13
Note: On 1 January 1965, Fister Municipality was divided between Hjelmeland Municipality and Finnøy Municipality.
Fister heradsstyre 1959–1963 [12]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
Total number of members:13
Fister heradsstyre 1955–1959 [13]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
Total number of members:13
Fister heradsstyre 1951–1955 [14]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:12
Fister heradsstyre 1947–1951 [15]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:12
Fister heradsstyre 1945–1947 [16]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:12
Fister heradsstyre 1937–1941* [17]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
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.

Mayors

The mayor (Nynorsk: ordførar) of Fister Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:

  • 1885–1887: Ole Svendsen Sigmundstad[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Kart over Norge" (in Norwegian). Kartverket.
  2. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (9 January 2024). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
  5. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (26 November 2024). "Fister". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  7. ^ a b Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 1951). Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 (PDF). Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.
  8. ^ a b Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  9. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1915). Norske gaardnavne: Stavanger amt (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 309–310.
  10. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (25 November 2024). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene 1963" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1964. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  17. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  18. ^ Grude, Joakim (1887). Amtsformandskabet i Stavanger Amt 1838-1887 (in Norwegian). Stavanger: Dreyers Boktrykkeri.

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