Sogndal, Rogaland

Sogndal ladested
Sogndal ladested
	Former Municipality
	Postcard from 1910 of Rægefjord in Sogndal
	Sogndal ladested Location in Rogaland county
	Coordinates: 58°19′22″N 06°17′04″E
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Rogaland
District	Dalane
Municipality ID	NO-1107
Adm. Center	Sogndalsstranda
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Created from	Soggendahl in 1845
Merged into	Sokndal in 1944

Sogndal is a former municipality and small seaport (ladested) in Rogaland county, Norway. The municipality is located on the coast in the traditional district of Dalane. It comprised the two harbor villages of Sogndalsstranda and Rægefjord. The river Sogndalselva reaches the ocean at Songdalsstranda. The municipality existed from 1845 until 1944 when it was merged into the municipality of Sokndal.[1]

History

The seaport village of Sogndalsstranda was built up around the Kjelland farm (historically spelled Kielland). The farm (named after a spring (kilde) situated there) was owned by the Kielland family, from which Alexander Kielland descended. This family left Sogndal in 1751 and established a successful firm in Stavanger. The Kielland farm can still be found there.[2] As is typical of older records, this farm is listed in historical records under a number of phonetically similar names: Kollandt in 1563, Kieldeland in 1567, Kuelandt in 1567, Tielland in 1610, Kielland in 1616, Kiedland in 1668 and finally fixing on Kielland since 1723.[3]

The villages of Sogndalsstranda and Rægestad are located near each other and together, they were granted ladested rights in 1798. Together this ladested was called Sogndal (historically spelled "Soggendahl"). This status gave them a monopoly on import and export of goods and materials in the port and in the surrounding district. On 1 January 1838, all of Norway was divided up into municipalities according to the formannskapsdistrikt law.[4]

The ladested of Sogndal was put into the municipality of Sokndal. In 1845, the ladested was separated from Sokndal and became a municipality of its own. Initially, Sogndal ladested had a population of 348 while Sokndal had a population of 2,819. In 1875, the population of Sogndal had grown to 526, but decreased to 473 in 1885. On 1 July 1944, Sogndal was reunited with Sokndal municipality, losing its small seaport status. Prior to the merger Sogndal had a population of 311.[5]

References

Store norske leksikon. "Sogndal – ladested" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-07-06.
Stagg, Frank Noel (1958). South Norway. George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.
Kielland, Gabriel Wilhelm (2002-08-29). "Opprinnelsen" (in Norwegian).
Brandsberg, Reidar (1988). Sogndal Ladested, Sokndal og Eigersund - i eldre og nyere tid (in Norwegian). Egersund: Fuglseth bok- og offsettrykkeri. ISBN 9788299181303.
Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[snl-1] Store norske leksikon. "Sogndal – ladested" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-07-06.

[2] Stagg, Frank Noel (1958). South Norway. George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.

[3] Kielland, Gabriel Wilhelm (2002-08-29). "Opprinnelsen" (in Norwegian).

[4] Brandsberg, Reidar (1988). Sogndal Ladested, Sokndal og Eigersund - i eldre og nyere tid (in Norwegian). Egersund: Fuglseth bok- og offsettrykkeri. ISBN 9788299181303.

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