Håland, Norway

This article is about the former municipality in Norway. For people with the surname Håland, see Håland (surname).

Håland Municipality Håland herred
Former municipality
Haaland herred  (historic name)
Rogaland within Norway
Håland within Rogaland
Coordinates: 58°51′22″N 05°34′30″E
Country	Norway
County	Rogaland
District	Jæren
Established	1 Jan 1838
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished	1 Jan 1930
• Succeeded by	Sola and Madla municipalities
Administrative centre	Solakrossen
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	85 km^2 (33 sq mi)
Population  (1930)
• Total	4,463
• Density	53/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1124[1]
Data from Statistics Norway

Håland (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈhòːlɑn])^[2] is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It was part of the traditional district of Jæren, just west of the city of Stavanger. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1930 when it was split into the two municipalities of Sola and Madla. The 85-square-kilometre (33 sq mi) municipality included the land surrounding the Hafrsfjorden including all of the present-day municipality of Sola and the borough of Madla in the city of Stavanger.^[3]

History

The historic parish of Haaland (later spelled Håland) included churches located in Sola, Tananger, Tjora, and Madla. On 1 January 1838, the parish of Haaland was established as a municipality (see formannskapsdistrikt law). Håland municipality existed until 1930, when it was split to form the two new municipalities of Madla (population: 1,091) and Sola (population: 3,372). Later, Madla was merged with the city of Stavanger and it now makes up the borough of Madla.^[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Haaland farm (Old Norse: Háland or Hávaland). The first element comes from the word hár which means "high" or "tall". The last element is land which means "land" or "district".^[5] On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled Haaland with the digraph "aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled Håland, using the letter å instead.^[6][7]

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

References

1. Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
2. Berulfsen, Bjarne (1969). Norsk Uttaleordbok (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 144. ISBN 9788257300890.
3. Store norske leksikon. "Håland" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
4. Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
5. Rygh, Oluf (1915). Norske gaardnavne: Stavanger amt (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 188 and 7.
6. "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1000. 1917.
7. Den Nye rettskrivning : regler og ordlister (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Den Mallingske Boktrykkeri. 1918.