Nedre Stjørdalen Municipality

Nedre Stjørdalen Municipality Nedre Stjørdalen herred
Former municipality
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Nedre Stjørdalen within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°28′16″N 10°55′08″E
Country	Norway
County	Nord-Trøndelag
District	Stjørdalen
Established	1850
• Preceded by	Stjørdalen Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1902
• Succeeded by	Lånke Municipality, Skatval Municipality, and Stjørdal Municipality
Administrative centre	Værnes
Government
• Mayor (1892–1901)	Bernhard Øverland (V)
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	340 km^2 (130 sq mi)
Highest elevation [1]	606 m (1,988 ft)
Population  (1902)
• Total	6,732
• Density	20/km^2 (51/sq mi)
Demonym	Stjørdaling[2]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1714[3]
Data from Statistics Norway

Nedre Stjørdalen is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1850 until its dissolution in 1902. The 340-square-kilometre (130 sq mi) municipality covered the western part of what is now Stjørdal Municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was located at Værnes where Værnes Church is located.^[4][5]

General information

The municipality was established in 1850 when the old Stjørdalen Municipality was divided into Øvre Stjørdalen Municipality (population: 5,100) and Nedre Stjørdalen Municipality (population: 6,543). On 1 January 1902, Nedre Stjørdalen Municipality was dissolved and it was divided into three new municipalities: Lånke Municipality (population: 1,449), Skatval Municipality (population: 2,125), and Stjørdal Municipality (population: 3,158).^[6]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the Stjørdalen valley (Old Norse: Stjórardalr). The first element is the word Nedre which means "lower", referring to the fact that it is the lower part of the valley. The second element is the genitive case of the local river name Stjór (now called the Stjørdalselva river). The meaning of the river name is unknown. The last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale".^[7]

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within Nedre Stjørdalen Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Nedre Stjørdal prestegjeld and the Søndre Innherred prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.^[8]

Churches in Nedre Stjørdalen

Parish (sokn)	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Lånke	Lånke Church	Hell	1899
	Elvran Chapel	Elvran	1893
Skatval	Skatval Church	Skatval	1901
Stjørdal	Værnes Church	Prestmoen	c. 1100

Geography

The municipality was located along the shores of the Trondheimsfjorden in the lower parts of the Stjørdalen valley at the mouth of the river Stjørdalselva. Hegra Municipality was located to the east, Åsen Municipality was to the north, Malvik Municipality was to the west, and Selbu Municipality was to the south (both Malvik and Selbu were located in the neighboring Sør-Trøndelag county). The highest point in the municipality was the 606-metre (1,988 ft) tall mountain Klimpan.^[1]

Government

While it existed, Nedre Stjørdalen Municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Nedre Stjørdalen was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.^[9] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Mayors

The mayor (Norwegian: ordfører) of Nedre Stjørdalen was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position:^[10]

• 1850–1853: Mathias Lund
• 1854–1857: Johan Ertzgaard
• 1858–1860: J.P. Holan
• 1860–1863: Johan Ertzgaard
• 1864–1867: Lars Soelberg
• 1868–1871: Bortinus Ydsti
• 1872–1875: Lars Soelberg (V)
• 1876–1883: John O. Arnstad (V)
• 1884–1889: Bernhard Øverland (V)
• 1890–1891: John O. Arnstad (V)
• 1892–1901: Bernhard Øverland (V)

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

References

1. "Kart over Norge" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
2. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
3. Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
4. "Prestegjeld og sogn i Nord-Trøndelag" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
5. Helland, Amund (1909). "Laanke, Stjørdalen, & Skatval herreder". Norges land og folk: Nordre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian). Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. pp. 76–117. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
6. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
7. Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 30.
8. Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 1951). Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 (PDF). Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.
9. Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
10. Røe, Tormod (1987). Stjørdal kommune 1837–1987. Kommunalt selvstyre 150 år (in Norwegian). Stjørdal kommune. p. 352. ISBN 8299161401.