Skåre, Norway

Skåre Municipality Skåre herred
Former municipality
Skaare herred  (historic name)
Rogaland within Norway
Skåre within Rogaland
Coordinates: 59°25′10″N 05°15′48″E
Country	Norway
County	Rogaland
District	Haugaland
Established	1 Nov 1881
• Preceded by	Torvastad Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1958
• Succeeded by	Haugesund Municipality
Administrative centre	Skåre
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	68 km^2 (26 sq mi)
Population  (1958)
• Total	6,772
• Density	100/km^2 (260/sq mi)
Demonym	Skårebu[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1153[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Skåre is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 68-square-kilometre (26 sq mi) municipality existed from 1881 until 1958 when it was merged into the neighboring town of Haugesund. Originally, Skåre encompassed the far northwestern corner of Rogaland county on the mainland, plus several islands off the western coast. Today, Skåre refers to the northern part of the town of Haugesund.^[3]

History

The municipality of Skaare (later, the spelling was changed to Skåre) was created on 1 November 1881 when it was split off from the municipality of Torvastad. The new municipality had a population of 1,665. On 1 January 1911, a part of Skåre (population: 3,847) bordering the neighboring town of Haugesund was transferred to Haugesund. On 1 January 1958, the rest of Skåre (population: 6,772) was merged with the town of Haugesund, creating a much larger Haugesund Municipality.^[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Skara farm (Old Norse: Skára) since the first Skåre Church was built there. The name likes derives from the word skor which means "a rift in a rock".^[5] On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled Skaare with the digraph "aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled Skåre, using the letter å instead.^[6][7]

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.^[8]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Skåre was made up of 25 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Skåre herredsstyre 1956–1957 ^[9]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	11
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	5
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	2
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	3
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	4
Total number of members:		25

Skåre herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[10]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	2
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	3
Total number of members:		16

Skåre herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[11]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	2
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	3
Total number of members:		16

Skåre herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[12]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	8
	Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet)	2
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	6
Total number of members:		16

Skåre herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[13]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	4
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	1
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	3
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	7
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	1
Total number of members:		16
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

Mayors

The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Skåre (incomplete list):

• 1916-1919: Torjus Larsen Gard
• 1931-1937: Torjus Larsen Gard

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

References

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3. Store norske leksikon. "Skåre" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 September 2015.
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5. Rygh, Oluf (1915). Norske gaardnavne: Stavanger amt (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 418.
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13. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 31 July 2020.