Skaun

Skaun kommune
Skaun kommune
	Municipality
	View of the local Skaun Church
; Coat of arms	; Trøndelag within ; Norway
	; Skaun within Trøndelag
	Coordinates: 63°16′53″N 10°03′19″E / 63.28139°N 10.05528°ECoordinates: 63°16′53″N 10°03′19″E / 63.28139°N 10.05528°E
Country	Norway
County	Trøndelag
District	Orkdalen
Established	1 Jan 1890
Administrative centre	Børsa
Government
• Mayor (2003)	Jon P. Husby (Sp)
Area
• Total	224.21 km2 (86.57 sq mi)
• Land	213.11 km2 (82.28 sq mi)
• Water	11.10 km2 (4.29 sq mi) 5%
Area rank	#320 in Norway
Population (2017)
• Total	8,000
• Rank	#137 in Norway
• Density	37.5/km2 (97/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	28.8%
Demonym(s)	Skauning[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-5029
Official language form	Neutral
Website	skaun.kommune.no
	Data from Statistics Norway

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 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 320th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Skaun is the 137th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,000. The municipality's population density is 37.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (97/sq mi) and its population has increased by 28.8% over the last decade.^[2]

General information

View of the municipal centre of Børsa

View of the northern shores of Skaun

Stones that inspired the coat-of-arms of Skaun

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is from modern times; they were 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.^[5]

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.

**Churches in Skaun**
Parish (Sokn)	Church Name	Location of the Church	Year Built
Buvik	Buvik Church	Buvika	1819
Børsa	Børsa Church	Børsa	1857
Skaun	Skaun Church	Skaun	1183

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. The municipality falls under the Sør-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. Currently, the party breakdown is as follows:^[6]

*Skaun Kommunestyre 2015–2019*
Party Name		Name in Norwegian	Number of representatives
	Labour Party	Arbeiderpartiet	7
	Progress Party	Fremskrittspartiet	2
	Conservative Party	Høyre	2
	Centre Party	Senterpartiet	8
	Socialist Left Party	Sosialistisk Venstreparti	1
	Local Lists	Lokale lister	3
Total number of members:			23

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: Orkdal to the west, Melhus to the south and east, and Trondheim to the north across the Gaulosen.

Notable residents

Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, goalkeeper on the Norway national handball team
Einar Tambarskjelve, the Viking, and his estate. The legend says he used the four monumental standing stones in Børsa to moor his boats. (These stones are the theme for the coat-of-arms.)
Jostein Wilmann, biker. The best placed Norwegian in the Tour de France time competition

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

↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2017). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-10-08.
↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
↑ Rygh, Oluf (1901). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (14 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 291.
↑ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 28 October 2008.
↑ "Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M)" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. 2015.

External links

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

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[1] "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.

[ssb_pop-2] Statistisk sentralbyrå (2017). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-10-08.

[3] Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.

[4] Rygh, Oluf (1901). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (14 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 291.

[5] Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 28 October 2008.

[6] "Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M)" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. 2015.