Malm Municipality

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The municipality was established on 1 July 1913 when the western district of Beitstad Municipality was separated to form the new Malm Municipality. The initial population of Malm was 993 people, which left Beitstad Municipality with 1,934. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Malm Municipality (population: 2,975) was merged with the neighboring Verran Municipality (population: 1,803), creating a new, larger Verran Municipality.{{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 |isbn=9788253746845}}

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Malm farm ({{langx|non|Malmar}}) since the first Malm Church was built there. The name is the plural form of {{wikt-lang|non|malmr}} which means "ore", likely referring to a gravelly plain or iron ore.{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_kFFxvxaufcC |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt |date=1903 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=15 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=233 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}} Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Malme. On 18 September 1914, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Malm.{{Cite journal |year=1914 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1914. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381007_001 |journal=Norsk Lovtidend |language=no |location=Oslo, Norway |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |page=375}}

The Church of Norway had one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Malm Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Beitstad prestegjeld and the Nord-Innherad prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.{{Cite book |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_049.pdf |title=Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 |date=1951-01-01 |publisher=H. Aschehoug & Co. |series=Norges Offisielle Statistikk |location=Oslo, Norge |language=no |format=PDF |authorlink=Statistics Norway}}

Malm Municipality was located a little to the west of the town of Steinkjer. It was surrounded by Namdalseid Municipality to the north, Beitstad Municipality to the east, the Beitstadfjorden and Verran Municipality to the south, and Åfjord Municipality to the west. The highest point in the municipality was the {{convert|655.2|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Sandvassheia on the border with Verran Municipality.

While it existed, Malm 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 Frostating Court of Appeal.

The municipal council {{lang|no|(Herredsstyre)}} of Malm was made up of 13 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 = Malm

|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=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 13

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|NKP = 2

|Senterpartiet = 1

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Malm

|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=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|nynorsk = yes

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 13

|Arbeiderpartiet = 10

|NKP = 1

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Malm

|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=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|nynorsk = yes

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 12

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|NKP = 1

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Malm

|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=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|nynorsk = yes

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 12

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|NKP = 1

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 5

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Malm

|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=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|nynorsk = yes

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 12

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|NKP = 3

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Malm

|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=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|nynorsk = yes

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 12

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 4

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|}}

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The mayor ({{langx|nn|ordførar}}) of Malm 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 |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014120307573 |title=Vet hvor godt vi har fått det og hvem vi kan takke for det. Verran arbeiderparti 100 år |publisher=Lodiz |year=2011 |isbn=9788299864503 |editor-last=Vanebo |editor-first=Odd H. |location=Kirkenær |language=no |chapter=Ordførere i gamle Verran kommune}}

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• 1913-1919: Karl Ertsaas (V)
• 1920-1925: Karl Larsen (Ap)
• 1926-1928: Martin Landsem (Bp)
• 1929-1931: Ole Kristian Olsen (Ap)
• 1932-1934: Martin Landsem (Bp)
• 1935-1940: Ole Kristian Olsen (Ap)
• 1940-1945: Martin Landsem (NS)
• 1945-1948: Ole Kristian Olsen (Ap)
• 1949-1964: Olav Stavrum (Ap)

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