Davik

Davik was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1913, the Mettenes farm (population: 3, located on the south shore of the Nordfjorden in extreme eastern Davik) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Gloppen. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Davik municipality ceased to exist and its territory was divided between the neighboring municipalities of Bremanger, Eid, and Vågsøy as follows:{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}

• The islands of Husevågøya, Grindøya, Gangsøya, Risøya, and all of Davik that was north of the Nordfjorden and east of the village of Lefdal went to the new Vågsøy Municipality. The population of this area was 1,216 at the time of the merger.
• All of Davik south of the Nordfjorden and all the islands that did not go to Vågsøy Municipality went to Bremanger Municipality. The population of this area was 1,567 at the time of the merger.
• All of Davik north of the Nordfjorden and east of the village of Lefdal (including Lefdal) went to Eid Municipality. The population of this area was 654 at the time of the merger.

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Davik farm ({{langx|non|Dafvíkr}}) since the first Davik Church was built there. The first element is {{wikt-lang|non|dafi}} which means "spear". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|víkr}} which means "inlet" or "cove". Thus, the name appears to be referring to the long, skinny spear-like shape of the local fjord.{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lN1LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt |date=1919 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=12 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=408–409 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}} Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Davigen or Daviken. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Davik, removing the definite form ending -en.{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=Norsk Lovtidend |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=1057–1065}}

During its existence, this 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 |access-date=2023-01-01 |date=2022-09-20 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Tore |language=no |editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene}}

The municipal council {{lang|no|(Heradsstyre)}} of Davik was made up of 29 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

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{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Davik

|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=2020-02-16 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 29

|Høyre = 5

|Local_Lists = 24

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Davik

|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=2020-02-16 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|nynorsk = yes

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Høyre = 2

|Local_Lists = 27

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Davik

|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=2020-02-16 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|nynorsk = yes

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 32

|Local_Lists = 32

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Davik

|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=2020-02-16 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|nynorsk = yes

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 32

|Local_Lists = 32

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Davik

|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=2020-02-16 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|nynorsk = yes

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 32

|AFS = 1

|Local_Lists = 31

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Davik

|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=2020-05-11 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 32

|Arbeiderpartiet = 2

|Local_Lists = 30

|}}

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The mayors of Davik:{{Cite web |date=2004-03-03 |title=Ordførarar i Bremanger |url=https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/3578484.html |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=NRK Fylkesliksikon |language=no}}

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• 1838-1839: Henrik Didrik Echoff Friis
• 1840-1843: G.J. Lund
• 1844-1847: Peter Martin Knoph
• 1848-1849: Ole Martin Wiig
• 1850-1859: Christian Meyer
• 1860-1861: Lauritz Elstrand
• 1862-1867: Christian Meyer
• 1868-1871: John Rasmusson Muri
• 1872-1877: Ola Abrahamson Haus
• 1878-1879: Peder J. Hessevik
• 1880-1885: Hans Kristian Jenssson Lefdal
• 1886-1891: Botolv Helgeson Thue
• 1892-1895: Waldemar Bakke
• 1896-1897: Lars J. Eldevik
• 1898-1898: Daniel Follestad
• 1899-1916: Apollonius Liljedal Ronsenlund
• 1916-1937: Lars P. Lefdal
• 1938-1941: Reinert Førde
• 1945-1949: Reinert Førde
• 1950-1952: Alfred Haugland
• 1953-1959: Olav Dybedal
• 1960-1964: Alf Bakke

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• List of former municipalities of Norway

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• {{Wikivoyage inline|Sogn og Fjordane}}
• [https://leksikon.fylkesarkivet.no/article/19e05884-2e91-4e5e-b156-c37019c216d1/ 1905 map of the municipality of Davik]
• [http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Sogn_og_Fjordane/Bremanger/Davik/ Weather information for Davik] {{in lang|no}}

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