Søgne

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The parish of Sygne (later spelled Søgne) was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). on 1 July 1913, the northern half of Søgne (population: 822) was separated to form the new municipality of Greipstad. This left Søgne with 2,609 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. Søgne municipality remained generally the same during this time, however, there were a couple of small changes to the municipal boundaries. On 1 January 1964, the Stubstad area of neighboring Holum municipality (population: 9) and the Brunvatne area of neighboring Øyslebø municipality (population: 44) were both transferred to Søgne municipality. Then on 1 January 1965, the unpopulated Svalemyren area of neighboring Mandal municipality was transferred to Søgne.{{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}}

On 1 January 2020, the three neighboring municipalities of Kristiansand, Songdalen, and Søgne merged to form one large municipality called Kristiansand.{{Cite web |title=Nye Kristiansand |url=https://www.kristiansand.kommune.no/nye-kristiansand/ |access-date=2017-11-05 |publisher=Kristiansand kommune |language=no}}

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Søgne farm ({{langx|non|Sygna}}) since the Old Søgne Church was built there. The name comes from the local river Sygna (now called Søgneelva). The river name is derived from the verb {{wikt-lang|non|súga}} which means "to suck". The municipality was historically spelled Sygne until the 1880s when it was changed to Søgne.{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mt1LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt |date=1912 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=9 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=46–47 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}

The coat of arms was granted on 24 May 1985 and they were in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official blazon is "Per fess urdy azure and argent, two points to the chief" ({{langx|no|Delt av blått og sølv ved gråverksnitt (med to spisser oppover)}}). This means the arms have a field (background) that is divided by a line that follows a geometric "urdy" pattern. Below the line, the field has a tincture of azure (blue). Above the line, the field 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 design of the line is meant to symbolize two stone road markers (varder), which in historical times were used to mark the paths and tracks that people followed. Two of the largest of these signs are found in the municipality, and were mentioned in historical records in the early 17th century. According to legend, they were built by King Olaf II of Norway (Hellige-Olav), in the 11th century. A local tradition says they represent two girls standing on top of the hill looking for their lovers to return from fishing. The fishermen drowned and the girls remained waiting there. The stone markers are named {{lang|no|"jentene på Hellerøya"}} (the girls on Heller island). The original stone markers were destroyed by Germans during World War II and afterwards they were rebuilt in concrete. The arms were designed by Ulf Skauge based on idea by Nols Th. Finstad.{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=S%C3%B8gne |access-date=2023-01-21 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}{{Cite web |title=Søgne, Vest-Agder (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-10-18.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Flags of the World}}{{Cite web |date=1985-07-27 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1985-05-24-1062?q=flagg |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}

The Church of Norway has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Søgne. It is part of the Mandal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.

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}} The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Kristiansand District Court and the Agder Court of Appeal.

The municipal council {{lang|no|(Kommunestyre)}} of Søgne was made up of 27 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 = Søgne

|start = 2016

|end = 2019

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2015 - Vest-Agder |url=https://valgresultat.no/vest-agder/søgne?type=ko&year=2015 |access-date=2020-11-17 |publisher=Valg Direktoratet}}{{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}}

|Total = 27

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|Fremskrittspartiet = 5

|Grønne = 1

|Høyre = 6

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Senterpartiet = 1

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|start = 2012

|end = 2015

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2011 - Vest-Agder |url=https://valgresultat.no/vest-agder/søgne?type=ko&year=2011 |access-date=2020-11-17 |publisher=Valg Direktoratet}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 27

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Fremskrittspartiet = 5

|Høyre = 9

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Senterpartiet = 1

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|start = 2008

|end = 2011

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 27

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 1

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Venstre = 3

|Høyre = 5

|Fremskrittspartiet = 6

|Pensjonistpartiet = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|start = 2004

|end = 2007

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Fremskrittspartiet = 5

|Høyre = 6

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Senterpartiet = 1

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 3

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|start = 2000

|end = 2003

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|Fremskrittspartiet = 3

|Høyre = 8

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 5

|Senterpartiet = 1

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|start = 1996

|end = 1999

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1996 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1995 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c342.pdf |access-date=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Fremskrittspartiet = 2

|Høyre = 8

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 2

|otherparty = Søgne local list

|otherparty_no = Søgne bygdeliste

|otherparty_number = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|start = 1992

|end = 1995

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1993 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1991 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c057.pdf |access-date=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|Fremskrittspartiet = 2

|Høyre = 7

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2

|Venstre = 2

|otherparty = Søgne local list

|otherparty_no = Søgne bygdelist

|otherparty_number = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|start = 1988

|end = 1991

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1988 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1987 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b765.pdf |access-date=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Høyre = 10

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Senterpartiet = 1

|Venstre = 3

|otherparty = Søgne local list

|otherparty_no = Søgne Bygdeliste

|otherparty_number = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|start = 1984

|end = 1987

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1984 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1983 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b450.pdf |access-date=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Høyre = 10

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Senterpartiet = 1

|Venstre = 1

|otherparty = Søgne local list

|otherparty_no = Søgne Bygdeliste

|otherparty_number = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|start = 1980

|end = 1983

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1979 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1979 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b093.pdf |access-date=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Høyre = 9

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 5

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Venstre = 2

|otherparty = Søgne local list

|otherparty_no = Søgne bygdeliste

|otherparty_number = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|start = 1976

|end = 1979

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1977 |title=Kommunevalgene 1975 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a769.pdf |access-date=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 25

|Fremskrittspartiet = 1

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|DLF = 2

|Høyre = 7

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 5

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Venstre = 1

|otherparty = Søgne local list

|otherparty_no = Søgne Bygdeliste

|otherparty_number = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|start = 1972

|end = 1975

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1973 |title=Kommunevalgene 1972 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a457.pdf |access-date=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Høyre = 5

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Venstre = 4

|Local_Lists = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|start = 1968

|end = 1971

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1967 |title=Kommunevalgene 1967 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a214.pdf |access-date=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo |volume=I}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Høyre = 3

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Venstre = 5

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|start = 1964

|end = 1967

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1964 |title=Kommunevalgene 1963 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_138.pdf |access-date=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Høyre = 3

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Venstre = 5

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Venstre = 5

|Local_Lists = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|Høyre = 3

|Senterpartiet = 4

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Venstre = 5

|Local_Lists = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 16

|Arbeiderpartiet = 3

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Venstre = 11

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 16

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Venstre = 10

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 16

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Senterpartiet = 1

|DRF/V = 8

|Local_Lists = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Søgne

|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 16

|Senterpartiet = 3

|Venstre = 10

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 1

|Arbeiderpartiet = 2

|}}

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The mayors ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Søgne (incomplete list):{{Cite book |last=Andreassen |first=Jostein |title=Alt om Søgne |publisher=Søgne kommune |year=1996 |isbn=9788299236713 |location=Søgne, Norge |language=no}}

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• 1838–18??: Otto Joachim Moltke Hansen
• 1853-18??: Peder Bjørnson
• 1888–1901: Jakob Brunvatne (V)
• 1902–1904: Hans Jensen Try (H)
• 1905–1907: Jakob Brunvatne (V)
• 1908–1916: Hans Jensen Try (H)
• 1916-1922: S. Sverdrup (V)
• 1922–1925: Harald Brunvatne (Bp)
• 1926–1928: Hans Jensen Try (H)
• 1929–1931: Harald Brunvatne (Bp)
• 1932–1941: Tarald Eg (V)
• 1945-1945: Tarald Eg (V)
• 1946–1951: Jørgen H. Lohne (V)
• 1952–1955: Tarald Eg (V)
• 1956–1963: Jørgen H. Lohne (V)
• 1964-1967: Syvert Tallaksen (V)
• 1968-1971: Thorbjørn Odd Olsen (V)
• 1972-1975: Syvert Tallaksen (V)
• 1976–1991: Bjarne Nesheim (H)
• 1992–2001: Anne Berit Andersen (H)
• 2001–2007: Eli Løite (H)
• 2007–2011: Solveig Kjelland Larsen (Ap)
• 2011–2015: Åse R. Severinsen (H)
• 2015–2019: Astrid Hilde (Ap)

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The newspaper Søgne og Songdalen Budstikke has been published in Søgne since 1999.[https://snl.no/S%C3%B8gne_og_Songdalen_Budstikke Store norske leksikon: Søgne og Songdalen Budstikke.]

Søgne was a small, coastal municipality, with a long stretch of coastline and islands to the south. To the east, it bordered the municipality of Kristiansand, to the north and northeast it bordered the municipalities of Marnardal and Songdalen, and to the west it bordered the municipality of Mandal.

The municipality had a couple main rivers running through it: Lundeelva and Søgneelva. The Trysfjorden cuts into the shoreline in the west part of the municipality. There are also many islands to the south of the mainland. Ny-Hellesund is a small cluster of three populated islands that were an important outport in the history of Søgne. The Songvår Lighthouse is located in the far south part of the municipality on the small island of Hellersøya.

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|location = Søgne

| Jan mean C = -0.1

| Feb mean C = -0.5

| Mar mean C = 1.7

| Apr mean C = 5.0

| May mean C = 10.0

| Jun mean C = 13.9

| Jul mean C = 15.5

| Aug mean C = 15.1

| Sep mean C = 12.0

| Oct mean C = 8.7

| Nov mean C = 4.3

| Dec mean C = 1.5

|year mean C = 7.3

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| Jan precipitation mm = 137

| Feb precipitation mm = 90

| Mar precipitation mm = 99

| Apr precipitation mm = 66

| May precipitation mm = 89

| Jun precipitation mm = 81

| Jul precipitation mm = 93

| Aug precipitation mm = 127

| Sep precipitation mm = 154

| Oct precipitation mm = 177

| Nov precipitation mm = 176

| Dec precipitation mm = 131

|year precipitation mm = 1420

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• Dina Larsen (1873-1961), domestic science teacher and civil servant
• Hans Try (1934–1990), archivist and historian

{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category|Søgne}}

{{Wikivoyage|Vest-Agder}}

• [http://ssb.no/kommunefakta/sogne Municipal fact sheet] from Statistics Norway {{in lang|no}}
• [http://www.sogneguiden.no/engelsk.asp Søgneguiden: Visitor information]
• [http://www.visitkrs.no/en/Kommuner/Sogne/ Welcome to Søgne: Tourist information]
• [http://www.bsnett.no/ Søgne og Songdalen Budstikke: local newspaper] {{in lang|no}}
• [http://www.sogne.kommune.no/ Søgne municipal website] {{in lang|no}}
• [http://www.sorforumet.com Sørforumet: Forum]

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