Bodin Municipality#Mayors

The municipality of Bodø landdistrikt was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). It included the rural areas surrounding the town of Bodø. In 1896, the name was changed to Bodin Municipality ({{langx|no|Bodin herred}}). On 1 July 1938, an area of Bodin Municipality (population: 559) was transferred to the town of Bodø. On 1 January 1959, another area of Bodin Municipality (population: 1,303) was transferred to the town of Bodø. On 1 January 1963, an area of Skjerstad Municipality (population: 224) was transferred to Bodin Municipality.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the majority of Kjerringøy Municipality (population: 524) and the Øyjord area of Sørfold Municipality (population: 81) were merged into Bodin. Then on 1 January 1968, all of Bodin Municipality (population: 13,323) was merged with the town of Bodø (population: 14,252) to create a new, much larger, Bodø Municipality. Upon merging, Bodin had a population of 13,323 and Bodø had a population of 14,252.{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}

Until 1896, the name of the municipality was Bodø landdistrikt, meaning "the rural district of Bodø". The town of Bodø is named after the old Bodøgård farm meaning "the farm (gård) of Bodø". The Old Norse form of the farm's name was {{lang|non|Boðin}} or {{lang|non|Boðvin}}, and the municipality (originally the parish) was named after it because the first church (Bodin Church) was built on its ground. The meaning of the first element is, maybe, {{lang|non|boði}} which means "skerry". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|vin}} which means "meadow" or "pasture". In 1896, the municipality was renamed Bodin which is a more modern version of the older Old Norse form {{lang|non|Boðvin}}.{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K21BAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt |date=1905 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=16 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=199 |language=no}}

Bodin was a large municipality encompassing all of the mainland area around the town of Bodø and part of the land on the southern shore of the Saltfjorden. The municipality also included over {{convert|100|km2}} of islands, notably the islands of Helligvær, Landegode, Bliksvær, and Givær plus numerous others. In all there were over 700 islands, islets, and skerries in Bodin Municipality. The highest point in the municipality was the {{convert|1284.52|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Lurfjelltinden, located on the border with Beiarn Municipality and Skjerstad Municipality.

While it existed, Bodin 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.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=kommunestyre |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/kommunestyre |date=2022-09-20 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Tore |language=Norwegian |editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene |accessdate=2022-10-14}} The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Hålogaland Court of Appeal.

The mayor ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Bodin was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position:{{Cite book |title=Bodin Bygdebok, Bind I - Annen del |publisher=Bodin kommune |year=1961 |editor-last=Moe |editor-first=Knut |location=Bodin (Bodø) |language=no}}

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• 1838–1840: Fredrik Ludvig Møller
• 1840–1842: Marcus Fredrik Steen
• 1842–1844: Jacob B. L. Tohrsen
• 1844–1848: Jacob Coldevin
• 1848–1852: Eiler Hagerup Krog Prytz Sr.
• 1852–1856: Jacob Coldevin
• 1856–1858: Peter Holm
• 1858–1866: E. Boye
• 1867–1868: Johan Andreassen
• 1869–1874: Christen Evjenth
• 1875–1880: Peter Johannes Engen
• 1881–1883: Wilhelm August Kiønig
• 1884–1889: M. Lundeberg
• 1890–1892: Ole Anderssen
• 1892–1894: Karl Løkke
• 1895–1898: Olaus Holter
• 1899–1901: Gustav Theodor Baumann (V)
• 1902–1904: L.K. Christie
• 1904–1909: Haakon Evjenth
• 1909–1928: Ole Løkke
• 1929–1931: Arnt Gurnerius Holm (FV)
• 1932–1940: Severin Edvardsson
• 1941-1941: S.U. Johansen (NS)
• 1941–1944: Halvdan Zahl (NS)
• 1944–1945: Fredrik Korsvik Rasmussen (NS)
• 1945-1945: Severin Edvardsson
• 1946–1951: Gregorius Honstad
• 1952–1955: Hans Berg (KrF)
• 1956–1959: Edgar Gundersen
• 1960–1963: Odd Henning Grønmo
• 1964–1968: Henry Forsaa (Ap)

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The municipal council {{lang|no|(Herredsstyre)}} of Bodin 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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{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Bodin

|herad = yes

|start = 1964

|end = 1967

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1964 |title=Kommunevalgene 1963 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_138.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|Total = 45

|Arbeiderpartiet = 23

|Høyre = 10

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 6

|Senterpartiet = 3

|Sosialistisk_Folkeparti = 1

|Venstre = 2

|note = On 1 January 1968, Bodin Municipality became part of Bodø Municipality.

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Bodin

|herad = yes

|start = 1960

|end = 1963

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1960 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_022.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 35

|Arbeiderpartiet = 16

|Høyre = 7

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 7

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Venstre = 2

|Local_Lists = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Bodin

|herad = yes

|start = 1956

|end = 1959

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1957 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_252.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 35

|Arbeiderpartiet = 17

|Høyre = 5

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 7

|Venstre = 1

|Local_Lists = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Bodin

|herad = yes

|start = 1952

|end = 1955

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1952 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_120.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 24

|Arbeiderpartiet = 11

|Høyre = 3

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Venstre = 2

|Local_Lists = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Bodin

|herad = yes

|start = 1948

|end = 1951

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1948 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_165.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 24

|Arbeiderpartiet = 13

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Venstre = 3

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 6

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Bodin

|herad = yes

|start = 1945

|end = 1947

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1947 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_133.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 24

|Arbeiderpartiet = 15

|Venstre = 5

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 3

|Local_Lists = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Bodin

|herad = yes

|start = 1938

|end = 1941*

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1938 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_133.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 24

|Senterpartiet = 1

|Venstre = 6

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 6

|Arbeiderpartiet = 11

|}}

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• Adelsteen Normann (1848-1918), a painter{{Cite web |title=Adelsteen Gallery |url=http://www.bodo.no/wips/120857601/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923182327/http://www.bodo.no/wips/120857601/ |archive-date=2009-09-23 |location=Bodø, Norway}}
• Reidar Carlsen (1908- 1987), a politician for the Labour Party of Norway

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