Place:Gransherad Municipality

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Gransherad (no; no) is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 443.2-square-kilometre (171.1 sq mi) municipality existed from 1860 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now divided between Notodden Municipality (in Telemark county) and Kongsberg Municipality (in Buskerud county). It is part of the traditional district of Øvre Telemark. The administrative centre was the village of Gransherad where Gransherad Church is located.[1][2]


General information

Gransherad Church
Farm in Gransherad
View of the village of Gransherad

Administrative history

The municipality of Grandsherred (later spelled Gransherad) was established in 1860 when the following areas were merged to form the new municipality:[3]


Name

The municipality and historic Church of Norway parish (sokn) was named after an old name for the area (Old Norse: Grandalsherað). The first element of the genitive case of the name Grandalr, an old name for a local valley and/or farm area. The first part of this is derived from the word Lua error in Module:Language at line 197: Name for the language code "non" could not be retrieved with mw.language.fetchLanguageName, so it should be added to Module:Language/data. which means "spruce" and the last part of this is identical to the word Lua error in Module:Language at line 197: Name for the language code "non" could not be retrieved with mw.language.fetchLanguageName, so it should be added to Module:Language/data. which means "valley" or "dale".The last element of the word is Lua error in Module:Language at line 197: Name for the language code "non" could not be retrieved with mw.language.fetchLanguageName, so it should be added to Module:Language/data. which means "rural district".[4]

Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Gransherred. In 1867, the spelling was changed to Grandsherred. This was short-lived, however, because in 1888, the spelling was changed back to Gransherred. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Gransherad, using the Nynorsk spelling instead of the Bokmål spelling.[5]

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within Gransherad Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Gransherad prestegjeld and the Aust-Telemark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder.[6]

Churches in Gransherad Municipality
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Gransherad Gransherad Church Gransherad 1849

Geography

The highest point in the municipality was the 1,306.04-metre (4,284.9 ft) tall mountain Bledalsrinden, just southeast of the border with Hovin Municipality.[7] Hovin Municipality was located to the north, Flesberg Municipality (in Buskerud county) was located to the east, Øvre Sandsvær Municipality (also in Buskerud county) was located to the southeast, Heddal Municipality was located to the south, and Hjartdal Municipality was located to the west.

Government

While it existed, Gransherad 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.[8] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Tinn og Heddal District Court and the Agder Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Gransherad Municipality was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.

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Mayors

The mayor (Nynorsk: ordførar) of Gransherad Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:[9]

  • 1860–1861: Ole Rolefsen Brekke
  • 1861–1867: Gjermund Svendsen Graver
  • 1867–1883: Gunleik Høljesen Hafsten
  • 1884–1885: Hølje Torjussen Kopsland
  • 1886–1893: Hølje Johnsen Folsland
  • 1894–1897: Helge Helgesen Jore
  • 1898–1901: Hølje Helgesen Bøen
  • 1902–1911: Hølje Johnsen Folsland
  • 1911–1919: Halvor Taraldsen Busnes
  • 1920–1932: Ketil Steinarsen Kvaale
  • 1932–1934: Abraham H. Tefre (Bp)
  • 1935–1940: Ketil Hansen Tjønnås (Ap)
  • 1941–1945: Torgrim Oskasin (NS)[10]
  • 1945–1947: Ketil Hansen Tjønnås (Ap)
  • 1948–1956: Olav Hansen Aamot (Ap)
  • 1956–1963: Helge Olsen Lillebuen (Ap)

Notable people

  • Klaus Egge, a composer who was born in Gransherad

See also

  • List of former municipalities of Norway

References

  1. ↑ Helland, Amund (1900). "Gransherred herred" (in no). VIII. Bratsberg Amt. Anden del. Norges land og folk. Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 455. https://runeberg.org/norgeslof/8-2/0467.html. Retrieved 2023-08-27. 
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  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999) (in no). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf. 
  4. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1914) (in no). Norske gaardnavne: Bratsbergs amt (7 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 287 and 296. https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2006120600018. 
  5. ↑ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m" (in no). Norsk Lovtidend (Kristiania, Norge: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri): 1057–1065. 1917. https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001. 
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  9. ↑ Qvamme, O.A. (1977) (in no). Gransheradsoga. Notodden: Notodden kommune. pp. 696-697. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011090120003. 
  10. ↑ "Telemark fylkestins åpning" (in no). Telen: p. 2. 1941-03-21. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_telen_null_null_19410327_14_36_1. Retrieved 2026-09-13. 

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