Gildeskål Municipality

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The municipality of Gildeskaal (later spelled Gildeskål) was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1853, the eastern (inland) district of Gildeskaal Municipality (population: about 1,150) was separated to become the new Beiarn Municipality. This left Gildeskaal Municipality with about 2,400 residents. The municipal boundaries have not changed since.{{Cite web |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}}

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Gildeskaal farm ({{langx|non|Gildaskáli}}) since the first Gildeskål Church was built there. The first element is the plural genitive case of {{wikt-lang|non|gildi}} which means "feast" or "banquet". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|skáli}} which means "hall".{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K21BAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1905 |edition=16 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=182 |language=no}} On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled Gildeskaal with the digraph "aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled Gildeskål, using the letter å instead.{{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=Oslo, Norway |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |page=1000}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.nb.no/items/7c810cb2510e5454433266c698b8808e |title=Den Nye rettskrivning : regler og ordlister |publisher=Den Mallingske Boktrykkeri |year=1918 |location=Kristiania, Norge |language=no}}

The coat of arms was granted on 12 February 1988. The official blazon is "Azure, a chalice argent" ({{langx|no|I blått en sølv kalk}}). This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is a chalice. The chalice has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The arms are canting since the meaning of the municipal name Gildeskål refers to a banquet hall (or guildhall) which, of course, is a place where one might drink from a chalice. The arms were designed by Arvid Sveen.{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Gildeskål |access-date=2023-01-31 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}{{Cite web |title=Gildeskål, Nordland |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-18-38.html |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=Flags of the World}}{{Cite web |date=1988-02-12 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1988-02-12-196 |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}} {{See also-text|Coat of arms of Jevnaker}}

The Church of Norway has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Gildeskål Municipality. It is part of the Bodø domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.

Gildeskål is a coastal municipality that encompasses part of the mainland as well as many islands. Major islands include Fleina, Fugløya, Nord-Arnøya, Sør-Arnøya, and Sandhornøya. The southern part of the municipality includes part of the Saltfjellet mountains and the northern part of the municipality borders the Saltfjorden and the Vestfjorden.

There are many lakes in the municipality including: Fellvatnet, Langvatnet, Litle Sokumvatnet, and Sokumvatnet. The highest point in the municipality is the {{convert|1331.83|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Memaurtinden.

Gildeskål Municipality is 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 is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is 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 is under the jurisdiction of the Salten og Lofoten District Court and the Hålogaland Court of Appeal.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

The municipal council ({{lang|no|Kommunestyre}}) of Gildeskål is made up of 17 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party.

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{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|start = 2023

|end = 2027

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Nordland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/nordland/gildeskål#seats |access-date=2023-12-27 |publisher=Valg Direktoratet}}

|collapsed =

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|Fremskrittspartiet = 3

|Høyre = 4

|Senterpartiet = 3

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|otherparty = Gildeskål List

|otherparty_no = Gildeskållista

|otherparty_number = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|start = 2019

|end = 2023

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 - Nordland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/nordland/gildeskål#seats |access-date=2019-10-27 |publisher=Valg Direktoratet}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|Fremskrittspartiet = 2

|Høyre = 3

|Senterpartiet = 3

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|otherparty = Gildeskål List

|otherparty_no = Gildeskållista

|otherparty_number = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|start = 2015

|end = 2019

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/04813/ |publisher=Statistics Norway |language=no}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Fremskrittspartiet = 2

|Høyre = 3

|Senterpartiet = 3

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|KrF/V = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|start = 2011

|end = 2015

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2011 - Nordland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2011/ko/nordland/gildeskål#seats |access-date=2019-10-27 |publisher=Valg Direktoratet}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Fremskrittspartiet = 3

|Høyre = 3

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 2

|otherparty = Arnøy List

|otherparty_no = Arnøylista

|otherparty_number = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|start = 2007

|end = 2011

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Venstre = 2

|Høyre = 3

|Fremskrittspartiet = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|start = 2003

|end = 2007

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Fremskrittspartiet = 2

|Høyre = 3

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 1

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 1

|Kyst = 1

|otherparty = Gildeskål common list

|otherparty_no = Gildeskål Felleslister

|otherparty_number = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|start = 1999

|end = 2003

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|Høyre = 6

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|start = 1995

|end = 1999

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1996 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1995 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c342.pdf |access-date=2020-04-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 5

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Senterpartiet = 5

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|start = 1991

|end = 1995

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1993 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1991 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c057.pdf |access-date=2020-04-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 5

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Senterpartiet = 3

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|start = 1987

|end = 1991

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1988 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1987 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b765.pdf |access-date=2020-04-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 11

|Høyre = 6

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Senterpartiet = 1

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|start = 1983

|end = 1987

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1984 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1983 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b450.pdf |access-date=2020-04-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 11

|Høyre = 6

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Senterpartiet = 1

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|start = 1979

|end = 1983

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1979 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1979 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b093.pdf |access-date=2020-04-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 11

|Høyre = 7

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Senterpartiet = 3

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|start = 1975

|end = 1979

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1977 |title=Kommunevalgene 1975 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a769.pdf |access-date=2020-04-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 12

|Høyre = 4

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Senterpartiet = 5

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|start = 1971

|end = 1975

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1973 |title=Kommunevalgene 1972 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a457.pdf |access-date=2020-04-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 10

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Senterpartiet = 4

|Sosialistisk_Folkeparti = 1

|Venstre = 3

|Local_Lists = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|start = 1967

|end = 1971

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1967 |title=Kommunevalgene 1967 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a214.pdf |access-date=2020-04-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo |volume=I}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 13

|Høyre = 3

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Sosialistisk_Folkeparti = 1

|Venstre = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|start = 1963

|end = 1967

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1964 |title=Kommunevalgene 1963 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_138.pdf |access-date=2020-04-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 11

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Venstre = 2

|AFS = 4

|Local_Lists = 5

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|herad = yes

|start = 1959

|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=2020-04-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 10

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Venstre = 1

|AFS = 3

|Local_Lists = 9

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|herad = yes

|start = 1955

|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=2020-04-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 14

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Venstre = 1

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 7

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|herad = yes

|start = 1951

|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=2020-04-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 24

|Arbeiderpartiet = 12

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Venstre = 2

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 7

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|herad = yes

|start = 1947

|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=2020-04-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 24

|Arbeiderpartiet = 13

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Venstre = 2

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 7

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|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=2020-04-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 24

|Arbeiderpartiet = 16

|Venstre = 2

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 5

|Local_Lists = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Gildeskål

|herad = yes

|start = 1937

|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=2020-04-02 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 24

|Venstre = 3

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 8

|Arbeiderpartiet = 11

|Local_Lists = 2

|}}

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The mayor ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Gildeskål is the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position:{{Cite web |title=Ordførere i Gildeskål kommune |url=https://gildeskal.kommune.no/ordforeren/oversikt-over-ordforere.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001600/https://gildeskal.kommune.no/ordforeren/oversikt-over-ordforere.html |archive-date=2007-09-28 |publisher=Gildeskål kommune |language=no}}

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• 1838–1847: Stein Eilert Berner
• 1848–1849: Ole Helgesen
• 1850–1851: Peder H. Berg
• 1852–1860: Edvard Pedersen
• 1860–1862: Hans Henrik Holck Daae
• 1863–1866: Jørgen Blix
• 1867–1868: Hans Henrik Holck Daae
• 1869–1870: Hans Olsen
• 1871–1872: Eilert Nicolai Friis
• 1873–1876: Hans Hansen
• 1877–1878: Abel Ellingsen
• 1879–1882: Hans Hansen
• 1883–1884: Christoffer Arntzen
• 1885–1888: Hans Hansen
• 1889–1894: Håkon Hansen
• 1895–1910: O. Laugsand
• 1911–1913: Paulius Danielsen
• 1914–1919: Jens Johansen
• 1920–1922: Daniel Johan Eilertsen
• 1923–1925: Johan Nilsen-Nygaard
• 1926-1926: Daniel Johan Eilertsen
• 1927–1928: Øyvind Heen
• 1929–1940: Peder Johnsen
• 1941-1941: Øyvind Heen
• 1941–1945: Lars Norum
• 1945-1945: Peder Johnsen
• 1946–1947: Astrup Johansen
• 1948–1958: Reidar Juliussen Myrhaug
• 1958–1961: Magnus Sundsfjord
• 1962–1963: Øivind Kaspersen
• 1964–1969: Meyer Madsen
• 1970–1971: Rolf Fagermo
• 1972-1972: Meyer Madsen
• 1972–1975: Andreas Opsahl
• 1976–1979: Håkon Willumsen
• 1980–1981: Harald Joakimsen
• 1982–1983: Svein Christensen
• 1984–1995: Roger Granberg (Ap)
• 1995–1999: Jon Gisle Karlsen
• 1999-2003: Gunnar T. Skjellvik (Ap)
• 2003-2011: Walter Pedersen (H)
• 2011-2019: Petter Jørgen Pedersen (Ap)
• 2019–present: Bjørn Magne Pedersen (H)

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File:Gildeskål lite.jpg

Sandhornøy Bridge connects the island of Sandhornøya to the mainland. The Kjellingstraumen Bridge crosses the outer end of the Beiar Fjord.

There is a VLF-transmitter in Gildeskål that is used for sending messages to submerged submarines (call sign: JXN, frequency: 16.4 kHz). It uses as antenna multiple wires spun between two mountains ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110628194141/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/1838 photo]). The transmitter building is located at {{coord|66|58|58|N|13|52|23|E|region:NO_type:landmark|name=JXN transmitter}}.

• Elias Blix (1836–1902), a professor, theologian, hymn writer, and politician
• Harald Sund (1876–1940), an architect, artist, and illustrator
• Håvard Lund (born 1970), a jazz musician (clarinet and saxophone) and composer

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• [http://ssb.no/kommunefakta/gildeskal Municipal fact sheet] from Statistics Norway {{in lang|no}}

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