Stokken Municipality Stokken herred | |
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 Aust-Agder within Norway | |
 Stokken within Aust-Agder | |
| Coordinates:58°29′30″N08°50′38″E / 58.49167°N 8.84389°E /58.49167; 8.84389 | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Aust-Agder |
| District | Østre Agder |
| Established | 1 July 1919 |
| • Preceded by | Austre Moland Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1962 |
| • Succeeded by | Moland Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Eydehavn |
| Area (upon dissolution)[1] | |
• Total | 11 km2 (4 sq mi) |
| Population (1962) | |
• Total | 2,783 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (660/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0917[2] |
Stokken is aformer municipality in the oldAust-Agdercounty inNorway. The 11-square-kilometre (4.2 sq mi) municipality existed from 1919 until 1962 when it was merged into the newly createdMoland municipality. Today, the area is a part of the present-day municipality ofArendal inAgder county. Theadministrative centre of the municipality was the village ofEydehavn. TheStokken Church was the main church for the small municipality located just outside thetown of Arendal.[1]
Stokken was historically a part of the municipality ofØstre Moland since the establishment of that municipality on 1 January 1838 (seeformannskapsdistrikt law). The municipality of Stokken was established on 1 July 1919 when the old municipality of Østre Moland was divided into two separate municipalities: Stokken (population: 1,683) and Austre Moland (population: 1,289).[3]
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of theSchei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the municipalities of Stokken (population: 2,783), Austre Moland (population: 1,607),Flosta (population: 1,205), as well as theStrengereid area ofTvedestrand (population: 375) were merged to create the new municipality ofMoland. Then on 1 January 1992, the municipality of Moland (including the area of Stokken) was merged into the neighboring municipality ofArendal.[3]
The municipality (originally theparish) is named Stokken, after the old name for the local school district. The name is the definite form of the wordstokk which means "log" or "tree trunk".[4]
During its existence, this municipality was governed by amunicipal council ofdirectly elected representatives. Themayor wasindirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[5]
Themayors (Norwegian:ordfører) of Stokken:[6]
Themunicipal council(Herredsstyre) of Stokken was made up of 19 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 15 | |
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties(Borgerlige Felleslister) | 4 | |
| Total number of members: | 19 | |
| Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 14 | |
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties(Borgerlige Felleslister) | 5 | |
| Total number of members: | 19 | |
| Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 12 | |
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties(Borgerlige Felleslister) | 4 | |
| Total number of members: | 16 | |
| Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 11 | |
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties(Borgerlige Felleslister) | 5 | |
| Total number of members: | 16 | |
| Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 13 | |
| Communist Party(Kommunistiske Parti) | 1 | |
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties(Borgerlige Felleslister) | 2 | |
| Total number of members: | 16 | |
| Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 11 | |
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties(Borgerlige Felleslister) | 5 | |
| Total number of members: | 16 | |
| 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. | ||
Arendal travel guide from Wikivoyage
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