Åsane (municipality)

Åsane is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1904 until 1972. The 71-square-kilometre (27 sq mi) municipality encompassed the northern part of the Bergen Peninsula, roughly corresponding to the present-day borough of Åsane in the city-municipality of Bergen. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Eidsvåg. The main church for the municipality was Åsane Church. Historically, the area was called Aasene, but with spelling reforms in the Norwegian language, the modern spelling has been Åsane since about 1920.[2][3]

Åsane kommune

Aasene herred
Former municipality
Flaktveit in Åsane, seen from Vareggen.
Hordaland within
Norway
Åsane within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°28′16″N 05°19′38″E
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictMidhordland
Established1 Jan 1904
Disestablished1 Jan 1972
Administrative centreEidsvåg
Government
 • Mayor (1966-1971)Henry Andreassen
Area
 • Total71.01 km2 (27.42 sq mi)
 *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population
 (1971)
 • Total18,161
 • Density260/km2 (660/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Åsabu[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1255
Preceded byHammer in 1904
Succeeded byBergen in 1972
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The large parish of Hammer existed for many centuries and within the parish existed the annex of Aasene. On 1 January 1904, the annex of Aasene (population: 1,625) was separated from the rest of Hammer to become a separate municipality. The original municipality included the northern part of the Bergen Peninsula, except for the coastal areas along the Salhusfjorden and Sørfjorden. On 1 July 1914, most of the northern coastal part of the Bergen peninsula (population: 644) was transferred to Aasene (except for the far northern tip around Tellevik). On 1 July 1938, the far northern tip of the Bergen peninsula around the villages of Tellevik and Hordvik were transferred from Hamre municipality to Åsane. The new municipality was small, but over the next several decades, there was major population growth due to the growing city of Bergen, located to the southwest, over the mountains. On 1 January 1972, the municipality of Åsane (population: 19,205) was merged into the city of Bergen (the other neighboring municipalities of Arna, Fana, and Laksevåg were also merged with Bergen on the same date).[3][4]

Mayors

This is a list of the mayors who served Åsane:[3]

Term beganTerm endedName
19041911Vemund J. Tertnes
19111913Konrad Meyer
19141919Vemund J. Tertnes
19191925Adolf Andersen
19251925Johan Birkeland
19261928Olav Sellevold
19291931Nils Koltveit
19321935Olav Sellevold
19361938Anton Olsen
19391941Olav Sellevold
19451945Olav Sellevold
19461954Olav Hordvik
19541955Steffen J. Toppe
19561959P. Leif Rutle
19601965Kjeld Langeland
19661971Henry Andreassen

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Åsane was made up of 41 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Åsane Kommunestyre 1968–1971 [5]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)16
 Conservative Party (Høgre)9
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)4
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)1
 Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti)2
 Liberal Party (Venstre)9
Total number of members:41
Åsane Kommunestyre 1964–1967 [6]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)17
 Conservative Party (Høgre)10
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)5
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)2
 Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti)1
 Liberal Party (Venstre)8
Total number of members:43
Åsane Heradsstyre 1960–1963 [7]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)12
 Conservative Party (Høgre)6
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)5
 Liberal Party (Venstre)6
Total number of members:29
Åsane Heradsstyre 1956–1959 [8]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)13
 Conservative Party (Høgre)4
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)1
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)5
 Liberal Party (Venstre)6
Total number of members:29
Åsane Heradsstyre 1952–1955 [9]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)8
 Conservative Party (Høgre)3
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)4
 Liberal Party (Venstre)5
Total number of members:20
Åsane Heradsstyre 1948–1951 [10]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)7
 Conservative Party (Høgre)3
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)4
 Liberal Party (Venstre)6
Total number of members:20
Åsane Heradsstyre 1945–1947 [11]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)8
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)1
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)4
 Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister)7
Total number of members:20
Åsane Heradsstyre 1938–1941* [12]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)16
Total number of members:16

See also

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Store norske leksikon. "Åsane – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  3. "Åsane (bydel og tidligere kommune)" (in Norwegian). Bergens byarkiv. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  4. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 2020-02-15. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 2020-02-15. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 2020-02-15. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 2020-02-15. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
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