Håland Municipality
Håland Municipality
Håland herred | |
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| Haaland herred (historic name) | |
 View of the Møllebukta bay in Håland | |
 Rogaland within Norway | |
 Håland within Rogaland | |
| Coordinates: 58°51′22″N 05°34′30″E / 58.85611°N 5.57500°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Rogaland |
| District | Jæren |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1930 |
| • Succeeded by | Sola Municipality and Madla Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Solakrossen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1929–1930) | Jakob Svendsen Gimre (H) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 85 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 101.84 m (334.1 ft) |
| Population (1930) | |
• Total | 4,463 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1124[4] |
Håland (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈhòːlɑn])[5] is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 85-square-kilometre (33 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1930. The area is now divided between Sola Municipality and Stavanger Municipality in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre was the village of Solakrossen. Other notable villages included Tananger, Kvernavik, Tjora, Ræge, and Madla.[6]
General information
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The historic parish of Haaland (later spelled Håland) included churches located in Solakrossen, Tananger, Tjora, and Madla. On 1 January 1838, the parish of Haaland was established as a municipality (see formannskapsdistrikt law). The borders of Håland Municipality were never changed. Håland Municipality existed until 1930, when it was dissolved and its lands were divided as follows: the areas north of the Hafrsfjord (population: 1,091) became the new Madla Municipality and the areas south of the Hafrsfjord (population: 3,372) became the new Sola Municipality Later, Madla Municipality was dissolved and it became part of Stavanger Municipality where it now makes up the borough of Madla.[7]
Name
[edit]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".[8]
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.[9][10]
Churches
[edit]The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within Håland Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Håland prestegjeld and the Jæren prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger.[11]
| Parish (sokn) | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sola | Tanganger Church | Tananger | 1879 |
| Madla Chapel | Sør-Sunde | 1865 |
Geography
[edit]The 85-square-kilometre (33 sq mi) municipality included the land surrounding the Hafrsfjorden including all of the present-day Sola Municipality plus the borough of Madla which is located on the west side of the city of Stavanger[6] The municipality included mostly land on the mainland, but also some coastal islands including Rott, Tjør, Buøya, and Håstein. The highest point in the municipality was the 101.84-metre (334.1 ft) tall mountain Kjerrberget.[1]
Randaberg Municipality was located to the north, Hetland Municipality was located to the east, Høyland Municipality was located to the southeast, Klepp Municipality was located to the south, and the North Sea was located to the west.
Government
[edit]While it existed, Håland Municipality was 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 was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[12] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Jæren District Court and the Gulating Court of Appeal.
Mayors
[edit]The mayor (Norwegian: ordfører) of Håland Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:[13][14]
- 1838–1841: Ole Gabriel Monsen
- 1842–1845: Rev. Niels Christopher Bøckmann
- 1846–1849: Ole Gabriel Monsen
- 1850–1851: Rev. Niels Christopher Bøckmann
- 1852–1853: John Hansen Rønneberg
- 1854–1855: Ole Gabriel Monsen
- 1856–1857: Ole Evensen Byberg
- 1858–1859: Rev. Niels Christopher Bøckmann
- 1860–1879: Ole Gabriel Monsen
- 1880–1883: Anders Helgesen Rommetvedt
- 1884–1885: Kristian Monsen Stangeland
- 1886–1893: Anders Helgesen Rommetvedt
- 1894–1895: Jakob O. Sanne
- 1896–1904: Anders Helgesen Rommetvedt
- 1905–1907: Thorbjørn Trøiel
- 1908–1913: Tørres Joa
- 1914–1916: Jakob Svendsen Gimre (H)
- 1917–1922: Rasmus G. Malde[15]
- 1923–1925: Jakob Svendsen Gimre (H)[16]
- 1926–1928: Gabriel Joa[17]
- 1929–1930: Jakob Svendsen Gimre (H)[18]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune: Sola" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (9 January 2024). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
- ^ Berulfsen, Bjarne (1969). Norsk uttaleordbok (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 144. OCLC 1277372239.
- ^ a b Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (26 November 2024). "Håland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1915). Norske gaardnavne: Stavanger amt (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 188 and 7.
- ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1000. 1917.
- ^ Den Nye rettskrivning : regler og ordlister (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Den Mallingske Boktrykkeri. 1918.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (25 November 2024). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ Grude, Joakim (1887). Amtsformandskabet i Stavanger Amt 1838-1887 (in Norwegian). Stavanger: Dreyers Boktrykkeri.
- ^ Grude, Joakim (1919). Amtsformandskabet i Stavanger Amt 1838-1918 (in Norwegian). Stavanger: Dreyers Grafiske Ansalt.
- ^ "Ordførere i Rogaland fylke med ladesteder". Stavanger aftenblad (in Norwegian). 6 January 1920. p. 4. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "Rogaland fylkes ordførere i den nye periode". Haugesunds Dagblad (in Norwegian). 3 January 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "Rogalands ordførere for perioden 1926-28". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). 16 January 1926. p. 5. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "Ordførervalgene i Rogaland avgjørt". Haugesunds Dagblad (in Norwegian). 4 January 1929. p. 1. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
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