Søndre Land Municipality

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Søndre Land is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Land. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hov. Other villages in the municipality include Fluberg and Odnes.

The Template:Convert municipality is the 156th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Søndre Land Municipality is the 172nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,597. The municipality's population density is Template:Convert and its population has decreased by 2% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ssb area">Template:Cite web</ref>

General information

View of the Fluberg Church area
View of the Randsfjorden

The old Land Municipality was established on 1 January 1838 after the formannskapsdistrikt law went into effect. This municipality was quite large and in less than a decade, the municipality was divided. In 1847, the old Land Municipality was divided into Nordre Land Municipality (population: 4,595) in the north and Søndre Land Municipality (population: 4,604) in the south. On 1 January 1868, a small part of Søndre Land Municipality (population: 340) was transferred to Nordre Land Municipality. On 1 January 1900, an unpopulated area of Søndre Land Municipality was transferred to the neighboring Vardal Municipality.<ref name="Dag" />

On 1 January 1914, Søndre Land Municipality was divided into two municipalities: Fluberg Municipality (population: 2,027) in the north and Søndre Land Municipality (population: 3,374) in the south. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, Søndre Land Municipality (population: 4,339) was merged with most of the neighboring Fluberg Municipality (population: 2,110).<ref name="Dag">Template:Cite web</ref>

Historically, this municipality was part of the old Oppland county. On 1 January 2020, the municipality became a part of the newly-formed Innlandet county (after Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged).<ref>Template:Cite SNL</ref>

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the historical district of Land (Template:Langx) which was once a petty kingdom of its own. The name is identical to the word Template:Wikt-lang which means "land". In 1847, when the old Land Municipality was divided, the municipality was named Søndre Land, using the old name plus the word Template:Wikt-lang which means "southern", therefore the name means "(the) southern (part of) Land".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Template:See also

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 21 June 1985. The official blazon is "Azure, three branched tree trunks in bend Or" (Template:Langx). This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is three branched tree trunks lined up diagonally. The charge has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The blue color in the field symbolizes the water of the Randsfjorden which dominates the central part of the municipality. The tree trunks were chosen to symbolise the importance of forestry and the sawmills in the municipality. The arms were designed by Asbjørn Fladsrud. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:See also-text

Churches

The Church of Norway has three parishes (Template:Lang) within Søndre Land Municipality. It is part of the Hadeland og Land prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

Churches in Søndre Land Municipality
Parish (Template:Lang) Church name Location of the church Year built
Fluberg Fluberg Church Fluberg 1703
Landåsbygda Church Landåsbygda 1965
Skute Skute Church Ringelia 1915
Søndre Land Enger Church Enger 1875
Hov Church Hov 1781

Geography

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Søndre Land by country of origin in 2017<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Ancestry Number
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Søndre Land is bordered on the north by Nordre Land Municipality, on the east by Gjøvik Municipality and Vestre Toten Municipality, on the west by Sør-Aurdal Municipality, and on the south by Gran Municipality in Innlandet county. It is also bordered to the west by Ringerike Municipality in Buskerud county.

Søndre Land is Template:Convert on a north–south axis and Template:Convert east-west. It lies in the south of Innlandet and on the northern end of the 4th largest lake in Norway, Randsfjorden. The highest point in the municipality is the Template:Convert tall mountain Vesle Skjellingshovde, a tripoint on the border of Søndre Land Municipality, Nordre Land Municipality, and Sør-Aurdal Municipality.<ref name="elev" /> The lake Vestre Bjonevatnet lies in the southwestern corner of the municipality.

Government

Søndre Land Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.<ref name="ks">Template:Cite SNL</ref> The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Vestoppland og Valdres District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

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Mayors

The mayor (Template:Langx) of Søndre Land Municipality is the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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  • 1847–1851 Peder Pavels Aabel
  • 1852–1858 Ole Hannibal Lie
  • 1859–1861 Edvard Vilberg
  • 1862–1865 Ole Hannibal Lie
  • 1866–1883 Otto Emanuel Lie
  • 1884–1887 Ole H. Lien
  • 1887–1907 Ola Hofslien
  • 1908–1914 Ole Martin Lappen (AD)
  • 1914–1919 Wilhelm Eid
  • 1920–1922 Johannes Hofslien (RF)
  • 1923–1928 Jakob Nordli (NKP)
  • 1929–1933 Martin Smeby (Ap)
  • 1934–1934 Magnus Svendsen (Ap)
  • 1935–1935 Bjarne Borgan (Ap)
  • 1935–1937 Magnus Svendsen (Ap)
  • 1938–1940 Marthinius Smerud (Ap)
  • 1946–1975: Bernt Skjølaas (Ap)
  • 1976–1982: Kåre Inngjerdingen (Ap)
  • 1982–1994: Bjørn Hansen (Ap)
  • 1994–1999: Ellen H. Magnussen (Ap)
  • 1999–2011: Reidar Eriksen (LL)
  • 2011–2019: Terje Odden (Ap)
  • 2019–present: Anne Hagenborg (Ap)

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  • Hov Kirke Church (1781), Søndre Land Municipality
    Hov Kirke Church (1781), Søndre Land Municipality
  • Fluberg bru
    Fluberg bru
  • Landåsbygda og Landåsvannet en høstdag
    Landåsbygda og Landåsvannet en høstdag

Notable people

Ellen Andrea Wang, 2017

References

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