Place:Heddal Municipality

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Heddal (no; no) is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 468.8-square-kilometre (181.0 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Notodden Municipality in the traditional district of Øvre Telemark. The administrative centre was the village of Heddal where the Heddal Stave Church.[1][2]


History

Farm area in Heddal
Traditional 19th century bunads from Heddal
Historic farm buildings in Heddal
Hotel Furuheim in Heddal (c. 1885)

Administrative history

The formannskapsdistrikt law of 1837 created a system of local government in Norway by establishing each town (ladested or kjøpstad) and each Church of Norway prestegjeld as a civil municipality. On 1 January 1838, Hitterdal prestegjeld was established as Hitterdal Municipality (later spelled Heddal). The municipality originally consisted of two parishes: Hitterdal with the Hitterdal Stave Church and Lilleherred with the Lilleherred Church (the spellings of the churches and parishes have varied historically).[3][4]

On 1 January 1913, the newly-designated kjøpstad (town) of Notodden (population: 4,821) was separated from Heddal Municipality to form a separate self-governing town-municipality as an enclave within Heddal Municipality. This left Heddal Municipality with 2,890 residents.[4]

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee.[5][6] On 1 January 1964, Heddal Municipality was dissolved and the following areas were merged to form an enlarged Notodden Municipality:[4]

Name

The municipality is named after the old Heddal prestegjeld. The prestegjeld was named after the Heddalen valley (Old Norse: Heitrardalr) since the historic Heddal Stave Church was built there. The first element is derived from the old name for the local river Heddøla, a tributary of the Skien River. The old name of the river comes from the genitive case of the word heitr which has an unknown meaning. The last element 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 "valley" or "dale".[7]

Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Hitterdal or Hiterdal. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Heddal.[8]

Churches

The Church of Norway had two parishes (sokn) within Heddal Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Heddal prestegjeld and the Aust-Telemark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder.[9]

Churches in Heddal Municipality
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Heddal Heddal Stave Church Heddal 1200s
Lisleherad Lisleherad Church Landsverk 1873

Geography

The highest point in the municipality was the 1,289-metre (4,229 ft) tall mountain Røysdalsnuten on the western border of the municipality.[10] Gransherad Municipality was located to the north, Øvre Sandsvær Municipality (in Buskerud county) was located to the east, Sauherad Municipality was located to the south, Bø Municipality was located to the southwest, Seljord Municipality was located to the west, and Hjartdal Municipality was located to the northwest. Notodden Municipality was located within the south-central part of Heddal Municipality as an enclave.

Government

While it existed, Heddal 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.[11] 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 Heddal 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 Heddal Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:[12]

  • 1838–1841: Claudius Jørgen Cloumann
  • 1841–1853: Bendix Hansen Herbjørnrud
  • 1853–1857: Rev. Boye Joachim Flood
  • 1857–1863: Bendix Hansen Herbjørnrud
  • 1863–1865: Ole Olsen Sillejord
  • 1865–1869: Rev. Christen Mamen Glückstad
  • 1869–1884: Mathias Mathiasen Tinne
  • 1884–1891: Torkild Olsen Sauer
  • 1891–1897: Ambros Olsen Hellem
  • 1897–1904: Gunnuf Mathiasen Tinne
  • 1904–1907: Halvor Halvorsen Gyving
  • 1908–1910: Gunnuf Mathiasen Tinne
  • 1911–1913: Olav Olavsen Haave
  • 1914–1919: Halvor Olsen Nørstrud
  • 1920–1922: Halvor Moen
  • 1923–1925: Lars Sveinungsen Huristveit
  • 1926–1928: Sveinung P. Simones
  • 1928–1940: Gabriel Aase (Ap)[13]
  • 1941–1945: Mathias Tinne (NS)[14]
  • 1945–1946: Gabriel Aase (Ap)[15]
  • 1946–1947: Ole O. Småkasin (Ap)[16]
  • 1947–1955: Arthur Liane (Ap)[17]
  • 1955–1959: Gabriel Aase (Ap)[18]
  • 1959–1963: Ole O. Småkasin (Ap)[19]

Notable people

  • Egil Bergsland (1924–2007), a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
  • Thorolf Bugge (1879–1935), a trade unionist and Norwegian politician
  • Olea Crøger (1801–1855), a Folklore collector who published old folk tunes
  • Sigmund Groven (born 1946), a classical harmonica player
  • Hans Herbjørnsrud (1938–2023), an author of short stories.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Helland, Amund (1900). "Hitterdal herred" (in no). VIII. Bratsberg Amt. Anden del. Norges land og folk. Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 399. https://runeberg.org/norgeslof/8-2/0411.html. Retrieved 2023-08-27. 
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  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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. 
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  7. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1914) (in no). Norske gaardnavne: Bratsbergs amt (7 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 236–237. https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2006120600018. 
  8. ↑ "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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  12. ↑ Holta, Ole Halvorsen (1926) (in no). Hitterdalsboken : gaarde og slegter. Porsgrunn: O.H. Holta. https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016092848126. Retrieved 2026-09-12. 
  13. ↑ "I Heddal" (in no). Breviksposten: p. 4. 1929-01-03. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_breviksposten_null_null_19290103_33_2_1. Retrieved 2026-09-13. 
  14. ↑ "Ny ordfører i Heddal" (in no). Telen: p. 2. 1941-01-04. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_telen_null_null_19410104_14_1_1. Retrieved 2026-09-13. 
  15. ↑ "Konstituerende møte i Heddal herredsstyre" (in no). Telen: p. 2. 1946-01-02. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_telen_null_null_19460102_19_1_1. Retrieved 2026-09-13. 
  16. ↑ "O.O. Småkasin ordfører i Heddal etter G. Aase" (in no). Telemark Arbeiderblad: p. 2. 1946-06-19. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_telemarkarbeiderblad_null_null_19460619_25_137_1. Retrieved 2026-09-13. 
  17. ↑ "Arthur Liane ny ordfører i Heddal" (in no). Telemark Arbeiderblad: p. 2. 1947-12-23. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_telemarkarbeiderblad_null_null_19471223_26_295_1. Retrieved 2026-09-13. 
  18. ↑ "Gabriel Åse på plass i ordførerstolen" (in no). Rjukan Dagblad: p. 4. 1956-01-04. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_rjukandagblad_null_null_19560104_46_3_1. Retrieved 2026-09-13. 
  19. ↑ "A-parti-ordfører i Heddal" (in no). Porsgrunns Dagblad: p. 7. 1959-12-30. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_porsgrunnsdagblad_null_null_19591230_1_301_1. Retrieved 2026-09-13. 

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