Solum Municipality Solum herred | |
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 View of the Klovholt school | |
 Telemark within Norway | |
 Solum within Telemark | |
| Coordinates:59°10′23″N9°33′32″E / 59.17298°N 9.55897°E /59.17298; 9.55897 | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Telemark |
| District | Grenland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Skien Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Solum |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 317.82 km2 (122.71 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
• Total | 13,706 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Solumhering[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0818[2] |
Solum is aformer municipality inTelemark county,Norway. The 318-square-kilometre (123 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part ofSkien Municipality. Theadministrative centre was the village of Solum, just south ofKlovholt.Solum Church was the main church for the municipality.[3]
Theparish of Solum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (seeformannskapsdistrikt law). According to the 1835 census, the municipality had a population of 3,557.[4] Solum is located west of thetown of Skien, and encompassed districts such asNenset,Tollnes,Flakvarp,Skotfoss, andKlyve. On 1 July 1916, an area of Solum Municipality (population: 1,042) wasannexed by the growing town of Skien. Then on 1 July 1920, a different area of Solum (population 1,614) was annexed by the growingtown of Porsgrunn. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of theSchei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Solum Municipality (population: 13,706) was merged with the neighboringGjerpen Municipality (population: 15,300) and thetown of Skien (population: 15,805) plus theValebø area ofHolla Municipality (population: 259). These areas became the newSkien Municipality.[5]
The municipality (originally theparish) is named after the oldSolum farm (Old Norse:Sólheimar) since the firstSolum Church was built there. The first element issól which means "sun" or "sunny". The last element is derived from the wordheimr which means "village" or "abode".[6]
During its existence, this municipality was governed by amunicipal council ofdirectly elected representatives. Themayor wasindirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[7]
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Themayors (Norwegian:ordfører) of Solum (incomplete list):[8]
Themunicipal council(Herredsstyre) of Solum was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by politicalparty.
| Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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| Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 28 | |
| Conservative Party(Høyre) | 2 | |
| Communist Party(Kommunistiske Parti) | 5 | |
| Christian Democratic Party(Kristelig Folkeparti) | 4 | |
| Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 2 | |
| Liberal Party(Venstre) | 7 | |
| Norwegian Social Democratic Party(Norsk sosialdemokratisk parti) | 1 | |
| Total number of members: | 49 | |
| Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 27 | |
| Conservative Party(Høyre) | 2 | |
| Communist Party(Kommunistiske Parti) | 8 | |
| Christian Democratic Party(Kristelig Folkeparti) | 4 | |
| Farmers' Party(Bondepartiet) | 2 | |
| Liberal Party(Venstre) | 6 | |
| Total number of members: | 49 | |
| Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 26 | |
| Conservative Party(Høyre) | 1 | |
| Communist Party(Kommunistiske Parti) | 7 | |
| Christian Democratic Party(Kristelig Folkeparti) | 4 | |
| Farmers' Party(Bondepartiet) | 2 | |
| Liberal Party(Venstre) | 8 | |
| Total number of members: | 48 | |
| Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 19 | |
| Communist Party(Kommunistiske Parti) | 12 | |
| Christian Democratic Party(Kristelig Folkeparti) | 5 | |
| Farmers' Party(Bondepartiet) | 1 | |
| Joint list of theLiberal Party(Venstre) and theRadical People's Party(Radikale Folkepartiet) | 8 | |
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties(Borgerlige Felleslister) | 3 | |
| Total number of members: | 48 | |
| Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 18 | |
| Communist Party(Kommunistiske Parti) | 17 | |
| Christian Democratic Party(Kristelig Folkeparti) | 5 | |
| Joint list of theLiberal Party(Venstre) and theRadical People's Party(Radikale Folkepartiet) | 5 | |
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties(Borgerlige Felleslister) | 2 | |
| Local List(s)(Lokale lister) | 1 | |
| Total number of members: | 48 | |
| Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 25 | |
| Liberal Party(Venstre) | 12 | |
| Joint list of theConservative Party(Høyre) and theFarmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 7 | |
| List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders(Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) | 2 | |
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties(Borgerlige Felleslister) | 2 | |
| Total number of members: | 48 | |
| Note: Due to theGerman occupation of Norway duringWorld War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945. | ||
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