Fana (municipality)

Fana is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway. The municipality was located in the central part of the Bergen Peninsula, south of the city of Bergen. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Nesttun. The roughly 200-square-kilometre (77 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1972 when it had 44,402 residents, making it one of the most populous municipalities in the nation. The area of the former municipality encompassed the southern half of the present-day Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, it specifically included the present-day boroughs of Fyllingsdalen, Ytrebygda, and Fana, as well as the southern part of the borough of Årstad.[2]

Fana kommune
Former municipality
View of Nordåsvannet seen from Gamlehaugen (north)
Hordaland within
Norway
Fana within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°18′58″N 05°21′15″E
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictMidhordland
Established1 Jan 1838
Disestablished1 Jan 1972
Administrative centreNesttun
Government
 • Mayor (1959-1971)Jacob L. Berstad
Area
 • Total204 km2 (79 sq mi)
 *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population
 (1972)
 • Total44,402
 • Density220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Fanabu[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1249
Created asFormannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Succeeded byBergen in 1972
Data from Statistics Norway

The historic Fana Church was the main church for the municipality.

History
View of the Fana area around 1950.

The parish of "Fane" was established as a formannskapsdistrikt, the predecessor of today's municipalities ("kommune"), on 1 January 1838. The spelling was later changed to "Fana". In 1879, a small area of Fana (population: 18) was transferred to the Laksevåg area of the neighboring Askøy Municipality.

On 12 August 1955, the northern part of /the Fyllingsdalen valley in Fana (population: 1,590) was sold to the city of Bergen for 1.5 million kr. This gave the city a lot of room to grow. On 1 January 1966, another small border adjustment took place: a small part of Fana located along the lake Ortuvatnet in Fyllingsdalen (population: 4) was transferred to the city of Bergen.[2]

On 1 January 1972, the municipality of Fana (population: 44,402) was merged into the city of Bergen in addition to the other neighboring municipalities of Arna, Laksevåg, and Åsane, forming a much larger city-municipality of Bergen.[3]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Laksevåg was made up of 53 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Fana Kommunestyre 1968–1971 [4]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)17
 Conservative Party (Høgre)19
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)4
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)2
 Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti)2
 Liberal Party (Venstre)9
Total number of members:53
Fana Kommunestyre 1964–1967 [5]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)19
 Conservative Party (Høgre)20
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)4
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)1
 Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti)1
 Liberal Party (Venstre)8
Total number of members:53
Fana Heradsstyre 1960–1963 [6]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)14
 Conservative Party (Høgre)17
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)4
 Liberal Party (Venstre)8
Total number of members:41
Fana Heradsstyre 1956–1959 [7]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)15
 Conservative Party (Høgre)15
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)1
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)4
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)1
 Liberal Party (Venstre)7
Total number of members:43
Fana Heradsstyre 1952–1955 [8]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)13
 Conservative Party (Høgre)12
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)4
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)1
 Liberal Party (Venstre)6
Total number of members:36
Fana Heradsstyre 1948–1951 [9]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)12
 Conservative Party (Høgre)10
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)1
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)4
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)1
 Liberal Party (Venstre)7
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)1
Total number of members:36
Fana Heradsstyre 1945–1947 [10]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)11
 Conservative Party (Høgre)9
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)2
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)4
 Liberal Party (Venstre)7
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)3
Total number of members:36
Fana Heradsstyre 1938–1941* [11]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)9
 Conservative Party (Høgre)8
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)2
 Liberal Party (Venstre)6
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)3
Total number of members:28

See also

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Aldin Thune, Nina, ed. (2014-11-21). "Fana - tidligere kommune i Hordaland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. "Kommunevalgene 1967" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1967. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  5. "Kommunevalgene 1963" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1964. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  6. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
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