Mo, Telemark
{{short description|Former municipality in Telemark, Norway}}
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|herad = yes
|former = yes
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|image_caption = View of the local church
|idnumber = 0832
|county = Telemark
|district = Vest-Telemark
|capital = Vistad
|established = 1 Jan 1838
|preceded = none
|disestablished = 1 Jan 1964
|succeeded = Tokke Municipality
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|language = Nynorsk
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|area_total_km2 = 694
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Mo is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The {{convert|694|km2|adj=on}} municipality{{Cite book |last=Helland |first=Amund |url=https://runeberg.org/norgeslof/8-2/0580.html |title=VIII. Bratsberg Amt. Anden del |publisher=H. Aschehoug & Company |year=1900 |series=Norges land og folk |location=Kristiania, Norway |page=568 |language=no |chapter=Mo herred |access-date=2022-12-31}} existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Tokke Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Vistad which is located just west of the present village of Dalen.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Mo (i Telemark) |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Mo_-_i_Telemark |date=2020-12-21 |editor-last=Mæhlum |editor-first=Lars |language=no |accessdate=2022-12-31}}
History
The parish of Mo was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1879, there was a small border adjustment where a part of Laardal Municipality (population: 6) was transferred to Mo Municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Mo Municipality (population: 1,658) and Lårdal Municipality (population: 1,929) were merged to form a new municipality called Tokke.{{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}}
=Name=
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Mo farm ({{langx|non|Mór}}) since the first Mo Church was built there. The name is identical with the word {{wikt-lang|non|mór}} which means "heath" or "moorland".{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2006120600018 |title=Norske gaardnavne: Bratsbergs amt |date=1914 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=7 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=402–404 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}
Government
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=2023-08-03 |date=2022-09-20 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Tore |language=no |editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene}}
=Municipal council=
The municipal council {{lang|no|(Herredsstyre)}} of Mo was made up of 21 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 = Mo
|herad = yes
|start = 1960
|end = 1963
|nynorsk = yes
|Total = 21
|Arbeiderpartiet = 13
|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2
|Senterpartiet = 5
|Venstre = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Mo
|herad = yes
|start = 1956
|end = 1959
|nynorsk = yes
|collapsed = yes
|Total = 21
|Arbeiderpartiet = 11
|NKP = 1
|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4
|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 5
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Mo
|herad = yes
|start = 1952
|end = 1955
|nynorsk = yes
|collapsed = yes
|Total = 24
|Arbeiderpartiet = 11
|NKP = 2
|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 11
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Mo
|herad = yes
|start = 1948
|end = 1951
|nynorsk = yes
|collapsed = yes
|Total = 24
|Arbeiderpartiet = 8
|NKP = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3
|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 10
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Mo
|herad = yes
|start = 1945
|end = 1947
|nynorsk = yes
|collapsed = yes
|Total = 24
|Arbeiderpartiet = 13
|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 7
|Local_Lists = 4
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name = Mo
|herad = yes
|start = 1938
|end = 1941*
|nynorsk = yes
|collapsed = yes
|Total = 24
|Arbeiderpartiet = 12
|Sp/V = 12
|}}
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=Mayors=
The mayors ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Mo:{{Cite web |title=Ordførar |url=https://www.tokke.kommune.no/ordfoerar.480046.nn.html |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Tokke kommune |language=nn}}
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- 1838-1843: P.B Wettergreen
- 1844-1845: Talleiv Tarjeisen Løvig
- 1847-1855: Aanund Knudsen Mostøyl
- 1856-1867: Olaf Storaaslid
- 1868-1870: Aanund Knudsen Mostøyl
- 1871-1884: Olav Johnsen Midtbø
- 1885-1887: Olav L. Felland
- 1888-1889: Gjermund O. Holten
- 1890-1892: Olav L. Felland
- 1893-1900: Olav O. Brattestaa
- 1901-1904: Gjermund O. Holten
- 1905-1910: Dreng Nordjordet
- 1911-1913: Steinar G. Aamdal
- 1914-1916: Olav O. Bergland
- 1917-1919: Steinar G. Aamdal
- 1920-1922: Aasmund Tveito
- 1923-1928: Jon Vistad
- 1929-1931: Aasmund Tveito
- 1932-1937: Jon Vistad
- 1938-1941: Olav G. Nystad
- 1945-1945: Olav Koldkjenn
- 1946-1947: Tarjei Bekk
- 1948-1951: Olaus G. Johre
- 1952-1964: Tarjei Bekk
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See also
References
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