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{{short description|Former municipality in Norway}}
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'''Drevja''' is a [[List of former municipalities of Norway|former municipality]] in [[Nordland]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the Drevja valley, north of the [[Vefsnfjorden]] in the northern part of the present-day municipality of [[Vefsn]]. [[Drevja Church]] was the main church for the municipality.<ref name="snl">{{cite web|url=http://snl.no/Drevja./tidl._kommune|title=Drevja. – tidl. kommune|author=Store norske leksikon|authorlink=Store norske leksikon|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2011-12-01}}</ref>
'''Drevja''' is a [[List of former municipalities of Norway|former municipality]] in [[Nordland]] county, [[Norway]]. The municipality existed from 1927 until its dissolution in 1962. It was located in the Drevja valley, north of the [[Vefsnfjorden]] in the northern part of the present-day [[Vefsn Municipality]]. [[Drevja Church]] was the main church for the municipality.<ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Drevja – tidligere kommune |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Drevja_-_tidligere_kommune |date=2014-11-27 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2018-09-18}}</ref>
[[File:Drevja kirke.JPG|thumb|left|Drevja Church]]


==History==
==History==
[[File:Drevja kirke.JPG|thumb|left|Drevja Church]]
The municipality of Drevja was established on 1 July 1927 when it was separated from the large municipality of [[Vefsn]] to form a municipality of its own. Initially, there were 964 residents in the new municipality.
The municipality of Drevja was established on 1 July 1927 when the large [[Vefsn Municipality]] was divided into three municipalities: Drevja (population: 964) in the north, [[Grane, Nordland|Grane]] (population: 1,746) in the south, and Vefsn (population: 3,119) in the center. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1962, the municipality of Drevja (population: 1,001) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of [[Elsfjord (municipality)|Elsfjord]] (population: 920) and [[Vefsn]] (population: 5,358) and with the town of [[Mosjøen]]) to form a new, larger [[Vefsn Municipality]].<ref name="Dag">{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>


===Name===
On 1 January 1962, Drevja was merged with the municipalities of [[Elsfjord]], [[Vefsn]], and the town of [[Mosjøen]] to form a new, larger municipality of [[Vefsn]]. Prior to the merger, Drevja had 1,001 residents.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dag|last=Jukvam|publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]]|title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen|year=1999|url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf|language=Norwegian}}</ref>
The municipality was named after the river [[Drevja (river)|Drevja]] which flows from the lake [[Drevvatnet]] to the [[Vefsnfjorden]]. The name of the river is derived from the word {{lang|no|drav}} which means "rubbish" or "waste". Thus the meaning of the name is something like "the river with unclean water".<ref name="snl2">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Drevja – elv i Vefsn |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Drevja_-_elv_i_Vefsn |date=2017-03-18 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2018-09-18}}</ref>


==Government==
The municipality was named after the river [[Drevja (river)|Drevja]] (which flows from the lake [[Drevvatnet]] to the [[Vefsnfjorden]]). The name of the river is derived from the word ''drav'' (meaning 'rubbish' or 'waste'), thus the meaning is 'the river with unclean water'.
During its existence, this municipality was governed by a [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] of [[Direct election|elected]] representatives, which [[Indirect election|in turn elected]] a [[mayor]].<ref name="ks">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=kommunestyre |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/kommunestyre |access-date=2023-01-01 |date=2022-09-20 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Tore |language=no |editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene}}</ref>

===Municipal council===
The [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] {{lang|no|(Herredsstyre)}} of Drevja was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The [[Political party|party]] breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
{{div col|colwidth=33em|style=column-count:2}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Drevja
|herad = yes
|start = 1960
|end = 1963
|reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1960 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_022.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|Total = 13
|Arbeiderpartiet = 7
|Local_Lists = 6
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Drevja
|herad = yes
|start = 1956
|end = 1959
|reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1957 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_252.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed = yes
|Total = 13
|Arbeiderpartiet = 7
|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 6
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Drevja
|herad = yes
|start = 1952
|end = 1955
|reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1952 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_120.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed = yes
|Total = 12
|Arbeiderpartiet = 7
|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 5
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Drevja
|herad = yes
|start = 1948
|end = 1951
|reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1948 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_165.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed = yes
|Total = 12
|Arbeiderpartiet = 6
|NKP = 2
|AFS = 1
|Senterpartiet = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Drevja
|herad = yes
|start = 1945
|end = 1947
|reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1947 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_133.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed = yes
|Total = 12
|Arbeiderpartiet = 5
|AFS = 4
|Local_Lists = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Drevja
|herad = yes
|start = 1938
|end = 1941*
|reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1938 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_133.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed = yes
|Total = 12
|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 4
|Arbeiderpartiet = 7
|Local_Lists = 1
|}}
{{div col end}}

===Mayors===
The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayors]] of Drevja:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ordførere i Vefsn |url=http://www.drevja.com/ipub/pages/ordforere_i_vefsn.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129025656/http://www.drevja.com/ipub/pages/ordforere_i_vefsn.php |archive-date=2014-11-29 |access-date=2023-03-04 |language=no}}</ref>
{{div col}}
* 1927–1931: Sigvald Almlid
* 1932–1934: Ole Justad
* 1935–1940: Martin Hvidsten
* 1943–1945: Egil Brattbakk
* 1946–1951: Carl P. Scancke
* 1952–1956: Thorvald Enge
* 1956–1957: Ottar Almlid
{{div col end}}

==See also==
*[[List of former municipalities of Norway]]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Former municipalities of Norway]]
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[[Category:Vefsn]]
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[[Category:Vefsn]]

[[Category:Former municipalities of Norway]]
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[[Category:1927 establishments in Norway]]
[[Category:1962 disestablishments in Norway]]

Latest revision as of 01:54, 27 March 2023

Drevja Municipality
Drevja herred
Former municipality
The Drevje Valley as seen from Drevjamoen
The Drevje Valley as seen from Drevjamoen
Nordland within Norway
Nordland within Norway
Drevja within Nordland
Drevja within Nordland
Coordinates: 65°58′57″N 13°15′54″E / 65.98250°N 13.26500°E / 65.98250; 13.26500
CountryNorway
CountyNordland
DistrictHelgeland
Established1 July 1927
 • Preceded byVefsn Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1962
 • Succeeded byVefsn Municipality
Population
 (1962)
 • Total1,001
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1823[1]
Data from Statistics Norway

Drevja is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1927 until its dissolution in 1962. It was located in the Drevja valley, north of the Vefsnfjorden in the northern part of the present-day Vefsn Municipality. Drevja Church was the main church for the municipality.[2]

History[edit]

Drevja Church

The municipality of Drevja was established on 1 July 1927 when the large Vefsn Municipality was divided into three municipalities: Drevja (population: 964) in the north, Grane (population: 1,746) in the south, and Vefsn (population: 3,119) in the center. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the municipality of Drevja (population: 1,001) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Elsfjord (population: 920) and Vefsn (population: 5,358) and with the town of Mosjøen) to form a new, larger Vefsn Municipality.[3]

Name[edit]

The municipality was named after the river Drevja which flows from the lake Drevvatnet to the Vefsnfjorden. The name of the river is derived from the word drav which means "rubbish" or "waste". Thus the meaning of the name is something like "the river with unclean water".[4]

Government[edit]

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[5]

Municipal council[edit]

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Drevja was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Drevja herredsstyre 1960–1963 [6]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 6
Total number of members:13
Drevja herredsstyre 1956–1959 [7]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 6
Total number of members:13
Drevja herredsstyre 1952–1955 [8]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 5
Total number of members:12
Drevja herredsstyre 1948–1951 [9]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 2
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 3
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 1
Total number of members:12
Drevja herredsstyre 1945–1947 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 3
Total number of members:12
Drevja herredsstyre 1938–1941* [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
Total number of members:12
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[edit]

The mayors of Drevja:[12]

  • 1927–1931: Sigvald Almlid
  • 1932–1934: Ole Justad
  • 1935–1940: Martin Hvidsten
  • 1943–1945: Egil Brattbakk
  • 1946–1951: Carl P. Scancke
  • 1952–1956: Thorvald Enge
  • 1956–1957: Ottar Almlid

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  2. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (27 November 2014). "Drevja – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  3. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  4. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (18 March 2017). "Drevja – elv i Vefsn". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  5. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Ordførere i Vefsn" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2023.


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