Skåre Municipality

Skåre Municipality
Skåre herred
Former municipality
Skaare herred  (historic name)
Rogaland within Norway
Skåre within Rogaland
Coordinates: 59°25′10″N 05°15′48″E / 59.41944°N 5.26333°E / 59.41944; 5.26333
CountryNorway
CountyRogaland
DistrictHaugaland
Established1 Nov 1881
 • Preceded byTorvastad Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1958
 • Succeeded byHaugesund Municipality
Administrative centreSkåre
Government
 • Mayor (1951–1957)Trygve Andersen (Ap)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
68.4 km2 (26.4 sq mi)
 • Rank#593 in Norway
Highest elevation
[1]
245.87 m (806.7 ft)
Population
 (1957)
 • Total
6,414
 • Rank#106 in Norway
 • Density93.8/km2 (243/sq mi)
DemonymSkårebu[2]
Official language
[4]
 • Norwegian formNeutral[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1153[5]
Data from Statistics Norway

Skåre is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 68.4-square-kilometre (26.4 sq mi) municipality existed from 1881 until its dissolution in 1958. The area is now part of Haugesund Municipality in the traditional district of Haugaland. The administrative centre was the village of Skare, located just north of the town of Haugesund. Originally, Skåre Municipality encompassed the far northwestern corner of Rogaland county on the mainland, plus several islands off the western coast. Today, the name Skåre refers to the northern part of the town of Haugesund.[6]

Prior to its dissolution in 1958, the 68.4-square-kilometre (26.4 sq mi) municipality was the 593rd largest by area out of the 744 municipalities in Norway. Skåre Municipality was the 106th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 6,414. The municipality's population density was 93.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (243/sq mi).[7][8]

General information

The municipality of Skaare (later, the spelling was changed to Skåre) was created on 1 November 1881 when it was split off from the large Torvastad Municipality. The new municipality had a population of 1,665. On 1 January 1911, a part of Skåre Municipality (population: 3,847) bordering the neighboring town of Haugesund was transferred to Haugesund. On 1 January 1958, the rest of Skåre Municipality (population: 6,772) was merged with the town of Haugesund, creating a much larger Haugesund Municipality.[9]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Skara farm (Old Norse: Skára) since the first Skåre Church was built there. The name likes derives from the word skor which means "a rift in a rock".[10]

On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled Skaare with the digraph "aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled Skåre, using the letter å instead.[11][12]

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within Skåre Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Haugesund prestegjeld and the Karmsund prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger.[8]

Churches in Skåre Municipality
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Skåre Skåre Church Skåre 1858

Geography

The municipality was located in the far northwestern border area of Rogaland county. It included land on the mainland plus the Røvær islands. The highest point in the municipality was the 245.87-metre (806.7 ft) tall mountain Klauv in the northeast corner of the municipality.[1] Sveio Municipality (in Hordaland county) was located to the north, Skjold Municipality was located to the east, Avaldsnes Municipality was located to the southeast, Torvastad Municipality was located to the south, Haugesund Municipality was located to the southwest, the North Sea was located to the west, and Bømlo Municipality was located to the northwest in Hordaland county.

Government

While it existed, Skåre 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.[13] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Karmsund District Court and the Gulating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Skåre Municipality was made up of 25 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.

Skåre herredsstyre 1955–1957 [14]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 11
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 5
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 3
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 4
Total number of members:25
Skåre herredsstyre 1951–1955 [15]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 2
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 3
Total number of members:16
Skåre herredsstyre 1947–1951 [16]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 2
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 3
Total number of members:16
Skåre herredsstyre 1945–1947 [17]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 6
Total number of members:16
Skåre herredsstyre 1937–1941* [18]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 4
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 1
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 3
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 7
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
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 mayor (Nynorsk: ordførar) of Skåre Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:

  • 1916-1919: Torjus Larsen Gard
  • 1931-1937: Torjus Larsen Gard
  • 1937–1941: Svein Steinsnes (Bp)[19]
  • 1941–1941: Ole Skiftun[20]
  • 1941–1945: Berge Borgtveit[21]
  • 1945–1946: Svein Steinsnes (Bp)[22]
  • 1946–1947: Trygve Andersen (Ap)[23]
  • 1947–1951: Svein Steinsnes (Bp)[24]
  • 1951–1957: Trygve Andersen (Ap)[25]

See also

References

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  23. ^ "Lærer Trygve Andersen valgt til ny ordfører i Skåre". Haugesunds Dagblad (in Norwegian). 29 December 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
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