Polmak Municipality

{{Infobox kommune

|name = Polmak

|herred = yes

|former = yes

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|idnumber = 2026

|county = Finnmark

|district = Øst-Finnmark

|capital = Polmak

|established = 1 Jan 1903

|preceded = Nesseby Municipality

|disestablished = 1 Jan 1964

|succeeded = Tana Municipality

|demonym = Polmak-folk

|language = Bokmål{{Cite journal |year=1932 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015110481043_001 |journal=Norsk Lovtidend |language=no |location=Oslo, Norway |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=453-471}}

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|mayor = Reidar Dybvik

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|mayor_as_of = 1962-1963

|elevation_max_m = 1067

|highest_point_ref = {{Cite web |date=2024-01-16 |title=Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune |url=https://www.kartverket.no/til-lands/fakta-om-norge/hoyeste-fjelltopp-i-kommunen |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}}

|area_rank = 16

|area_total_km2 = 2257.5

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|population_as_of = 1963

|population_rank = 605

|population_total = 1040

|population_density_km2 = 0.5

|coordinates = {{coord|70|04|11|N|28|00|40|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}

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Polmak is a former municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The {{convert|2257.5|km2|adj=on}} municipality existed from 1903 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Tana Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Polmak where Polmak Church is located.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Polmak |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Polmak |date=2015-12-09 |editor-last=Askheim |editor-first=Svein |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2018-05-12}}

Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the {{convert|2257.5|km2|adj=on}} municipality was the 16th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Polmak Municipality was the 605th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,040 (in 1963). The municipality's population density was {{convert|0.5|PD/km2}}.{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |title=Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913/ |language=Norwegian}}{{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}}

History

The municipality of Polmak was established on 1 January 1903 when the large Nesseby Municipality was divided in two: Polmak (population: 450) in the west and Nesseby (population: 1,058) in the east. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Polmak (population: 1,072) and Tana (population: 2,237) were merged to form a new, larger Tana Municipality.{{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}}

=Name=

The municipality (originally the parish) is named "Polmak". It is possibly a Norwegianization of the Northern Sámi name for the area, {{lang|se|Buolbmát}}. The meaning of the name is uncertain.{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qolBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Finmarkens amt |date=1924 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=18 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=266 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}

File:Polmak kirke NF.05747-020.jpg and parishioners]]

=Churches=

The Church of Norway had one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Polmak. It was part of the Nesseby prestegjeld and the Varanger prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.

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|+ style="font-size:medium"|Churches in Polmak

!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built

rowspan="1"|Polmak

Polmak Church

Polmak

1853

Geography

The municipality of Polmak stretched along the northern shore of the Tana River (which also forms the border with Finland) from the little village of Leavvajohka in the west to the village of Polmak in the east and then it continues on both sides of the Tana River northwards to the Tana Bridge. The municipality included the upper Tana River valley, along the border with Finland. The highest point in the municipality was the {{convert|1067|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Rásttigáisá, on the border with neighboring Lebesby Municipality.

Government

While it existed, Polmak 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}} The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Hålogaland Court of Appeal.

=Mayors=

The mayors ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Polmak:{{Cite web |date=2020-11-12 |title=Oversikt over tidligere ordførere |url=https://www.tana.kommune.no/oversikt-over-tidligere-ordfoerere.6345352-547532.html |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Deanu gielda |language=no}}

1846-1847: Jørris Schielderup Hansen
1848-1849: Johan Christien Astrup
1851-1855: Søren Christian Sommerfelt
1854-1854: Carl Johan Schancke
1856-1857: Christian Andreasen
1857-1858: Carl Johan Schancke
1859-1862: Andreas Georg Nordvi
1863-1863: Hieronimus Heyerdahl
1865-1876: Otto Andreas Pleym Sr.
1877-1879: Olaf Larsen
1880-1880: Otto Andreas Pleym Sr.
1881-1898: Bjørvik Johan Jacobsen
1899-1904: Otto Andreas Pleym Jr.
1903-1913: Aamund Nodland
1914-1916: Gustav Adolf Lilleng
1917-1931: Ole Erik Tapio
1923-1934: Jens Eriksen
1935-1944: Jacob Tapio
1944-1945: Ole Torberg Nodland
1945-1945: Jens Eriksen
1946-1948: Johannes Ballovara
1948-1951: John Solbakk
1951-1952: Birger Pedersen
1952-1959: Arne Isaksen
1959-1959: John Solbakk
1960-1961: Jann Olsen
1962-1963: Reidar Dybvik

=Municipal council=

The municipal council {{lang|no|(Herredsstyre)}} of Polmak was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Polmak

|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=2020-03-16 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|Total = 15

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Høyre = 5

|NKP = 1

|Local_Lists = 4

|note = On 1 January 1964, Polmak Municipality became part of Tana Municipality.

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Polmak

|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=2020-03-16 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 15

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|NKP = 1

|Høyre = 4

|Local_Lists = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Polmak

|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=2020-03-16 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 12

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|AFS = 2

|Høyre = 4

|Local_Lists = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Polmak

|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=2020-03-16 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 12

|Arbeiderpartiet = 3

|AFS = 1

|Local_Lists = 8

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Polmak

|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=2020-03-16 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 12

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|AFS = 4

|Local_Lists = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Polmak

|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=2020-03-16 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 12

|Arbeiderpartiet = 3

|Local_Lists = 9

|}}