Kopervik

The village of Kopervik was declared a ladested (town) on 16 August 1866, and since towns could not be part of a rural municipality, it was separated from the municipality of Avaldsnes to form an urban municipality of its own. Initially, Kopervik had a population of 737 and it encompassed {{convert|36|ha|acre}}.{{Cite book |last=Helland |first=Amund |url=https://runeberg.org/norgeslof/11/0181.html |title=XI Stavanger amt |publisher=H. Aschehoug & Company |year=1888 |series=Norges land og folk |location=Kristiania, Norway |page=167 |language=Norwegian |chapter=Kopervik ladested |access-date=2022-07-03}} On 1 January 1965, there were many big municipal mergers in Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee, and on that date the town of Kopervik was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Avaldsnes, Stangaland, Torvastad, Skudenes, and Åkra and with the nearby town of Skudeneshavn. Together these municipalities formed the new, large municipality of Karmøy. Prior to the merger, Kopervik had 1,737 residents. Kopervik lost its status as a "town" upon merging into Karmøy municipality. In 1996, due to some changes in the laws on towns, Karmøy municipality declared Kopervik to be a town once again.{{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}}{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Kopervik – tidligere kommune |url=https://snl.no/Kopervik%2Ftidligere_kommune |access-date=2015-10-22 |language=no}}

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Kopervik Church has been located in the town for a long time. The previous church building was destroyed by fire in 2010, and its replacement was completed in 2016. The original church was built in 1861 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan.

According to legend, King Sverre I of Norway ordered the construction of a wooden castle on the headland at the entrance to the harbour where Kopervik is located today. A part of Kopervik is therefore called Treborg, literally meaning "wooden castle". There is however no evidence of its existence. Kopervik was also home to Tormod Torfæus, appointed as the official Royal Norwegian historian to the Danish king during the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway.

The town was named Kopervik in 1866 when it was established as a ladested. The name has an uncertain meaning, but the Old Norse form of the name may have been {{lang|non|Koparvík}}. The first element is possibly named after a very small, nearby skerry, Koparnaglen, which was originally named Kobbanaglen. That name likely comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|kobbi}} which means "seal". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|vík}} which means "inlet" or "bay".{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4pBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Stavanger amt |date=1915 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=10 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=391 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}

From 1866 through 1963, Kopervik was an independent municipality. While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. 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|(Bystyre)}} of Kopervik was made up of 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 = Kopervik

|city = 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=2020-07-31 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Høyre = 5

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Venstre = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Kopervik

|city = 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=2020-07-31 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Høyre = 5

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Venstre = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Kopervik

|city = 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=2020-07-31 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 20

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Høyre = 4

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Venstre = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Kopervik

|city = 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=2020-07-31 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 20

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 4

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|DRF/V = 5

|Local_Lists = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Kopervik

|city = 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=2020-07-31 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 20

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|NKP = 4

|Høyre = 1

|DRF/V = 4

|Local_Lists = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Kopervik

|city = 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=2020-07-31 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 20

|H/FV = 5

|Venstre = 7

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Local_Lists = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Kopervik

|city = yes

|start = 1935

|end = 1937

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1935 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1934 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_057.pdf |access-date=2020-07-31 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 20

|H/FV = 5

|Venstre = 8

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Local_Lists = 1

|}}

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The mayors ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Kopervik:{{Cite book |last=Svendsen |first=Lars |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2017050348014 |title=Kopervik som strandsted og ladested |year=1966 |language=no}}

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• 1866–1870: Claudius Schiwe
• 1870–1875: A.J. Olsen
• 1876–1876: L.B. Henriksen
• 1877–1884: Adolf Hagbarth Marius Lunde
• 1885–1892: Aasmund Vinje
• 1893–1901: Rasmus Østbø
• 1902–1904: Reinhold Maartmann
• 1905–1905: Ole Waage
• 1906–1907: Tobias Telaus Ariansen
• 1908–1913: Carl Lundberg
• 1914–1916: Andreas Tomasgaard
• 1917–1917: Kristian Lundberg
• 1918–1918: Andreas Tomasgaard
• 1919–1919: Carl Lundberg
• 1920–1922: Thomas Idsøe
• 1923–1923: Carl Lundberg
• 1924–1924: Ketil Arneson Skeie
• 1925–1926: Carl Lundberg
• 1927–1927: Andreas Tomasgaard
• 1928–1931: Carl Lundberg
• 1932–1932: Leif Holmbek
• 1932–1934: Anton Salomonsen
• 1935–1938: Elias Sandvig
• 1939–1939: Nils O. Fjeldkårsta
• 1940–1941: Elias Sandvig
• 1946–1947: Magnus Børresen
• 1948–1948: Elias Sandvig
• 1949–1949: Magnus Børresen
• 1950–1950: Elias Sandvig
• 1950–1953: Lauritz Wathne
• 1954–1955: Magnus Børresen
• 1956–1957: Johan Fritzner Thorkildsen
• 1958–1959: Magnus Børresen
• 1960–1963: Frimann Skeie
• 1964–1964: Axel Holst Roness

{{div col end}}

• Jan Kjell Larsen (born 1983), a footballer
• Svein Munkejord (born 1948), a former fisheries minister
• Asbjørn Sunde (1909–1985), a saboteur against the Nazi occupation of Norway
• Tormod Torfæus (1636–1719), an Icelandic-Norwegian historian
• Øyvind Vaksdal (born 1955), former member of the Norwegian Parliament
• Karina Sævik (born 1996), a footballer

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.kopervik.info/ Kopervik.info]
• [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=737917787519916813&hl=en/Historic HistoricVideo]{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• [http://kart.gulesider.no/kart/map.c?ps=7&companies=&id=a_10000417704&n=59.3347964816209&s=59.2392491176562&e=5.44100584184617&w=5.15702267255026&t=181&l=285&b=349&r=464&tool=zoom&scrollX=0&scrollY=0 Kopervik Map]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060424073640/http://www.rogaland-f.kommune.no/~kopervik/ Kopervik Videregående Skole]
• [http://www.weather-forecast.com/locations/Kopervik.shtml Kopervik Weather forecast]
• [http://kart.gulesider.no/kart/map.c?ps=7&companies=&id=a_10000417704&n=59.3347964816209&s=59.2392491176562&e=5.44100584184617&w=5.15702267255026&t=181&l=285&b=349&r=464&tool=zoom&scrollX=0&scrollY=0 Kopervik Map]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060615204614/http://www.n3sport.no/fotball/kopervikil/ Kopervik IL (football club)]
• [http://home.no.net/kvbk/ Kopervik Volleyballklubb] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194738/http://home.no.net/kvbk/ |date=3 March 2016 }}
• [http://www.byenvarkopervik.no/ Byen Vår Kopervik]
• [http://www.ab-design.no/ Anne Beth Hagen Tekstilkunstner Kopervik Kulturhus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805161118/http://www.ab-design.no/ |date=5 August 2020 }}

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