Salangen Municipality

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The municipality of Salangen was established on 1 January 1871 when it was separated from the large Ibestad Municipality. The initial population of Salangen Municipality was 1,384.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Lavangen Municipality (population: 1,677) and Salangen Municipality (population: 2,611) were merged to form a new, larger Salangen Municipality with a new population of 4,288.

This merger was not popular and on 1 January 1977, it was mostly undone. Most of the old Lavangen Municipality (except for the Lavangsnes area) was separated from Salangen Municipality to form a separate municipality once again. After the split, the new, smaller Salangen Municipality had 2,611 residents.{{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}}

On 1 January 2020, the municipality became part of the newly formed Troms og Finnmark county. Previously, it had been part of the old Troms county.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Troms og Finnmark |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Troms_og_Finnmark |access-date=2019-12-26 |date=2019-12-24 |editor-last=Mæhlum |editor-first=Lars |language=no}} On 1 January 2024, the Troms og Finnmark county was divided and the municipality once again became part of Troms county.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-05 |title=Fylkesinndelingen fra 2024 |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/no/tema/kommuner-og-regioner/kommunestruktur/fylkesinndelingen-fra-2024/id2922222/ |publisher=Regjeringen.no |language=no}}

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the local Salangen fjord ({{langx|non|Selangr}}). The first element is {{lang|non|selr}} which means "seal". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|angr}} which means "fjord".{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=py5MAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Tromsø amt |date=1911 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=17 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=52 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}

The coat of arms was granted on 2 December 1985. The official blazon is "Azure, a seal hauriant argent" ({{langx|no|I blått en skråstilt sølv sel}}). This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is a seal. The seal has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. They are canting arms since the name of the municipality is derived from the old word "Sellanger", meaning "fjord of seals". The arms were designed by Arvid Sveen.{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Salangen |access-date=2023-01-28 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}{{Cite web |title=Salangen, Troms (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-19-23.html |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Flags of the World}}{{Cite web |date=1985-12-13 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1985-12-13-2325 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}

The Church of Norway has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Salangen Municipality. It is part of the Indre Troms prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.

The municipality is located in the southern part of Troms county, at the northeastern end of the Astafjorden. Ibestad Municipality is located west of Salangen, connected by the Mjøsund Bridge; Lavangen Municipality to the south; Bardu Municipality to the east; and Dyrøy Municipality and Sørreisa Municipality are to the north. The highest point in the municipality is the {{convert|1378.52|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Hjerttinden.

The area itself is part of the Caledonian Orogeny formed of part of a series of Nappes that run down the coast of Norway. These nappes were metamorphosed as a result of partial subduction beneath Laurentia during the early to middle Paleozoic.{{Cite journal |last=Steltenpohl |first=M.G. |last2=Andresen |first2=A. |last3=Lindstrom |first3=M. |last4=Gromet. |first4=P. |last5=Steltenpohl |first5=L.W. |year=2003 |title=The Role of Felsic And Mafic Igneous Rocks in Deciphering The Evolution of Thrust-Stacked Terranes: An Example from the North Norwegian Caledonides. |journal=American Journal of Science |volume=303 |issue=2 |pages=149–185 |doi=10.2475/ajs.303.2.149 |doi-access=free}} On a smaller scale, the municipality is located mainly on quartzite (known as Sjøvegan quartzite locally and regionally as Bø quartzite). In the hills to the south, there is garnet-rich schist (known as Trollvannet schist).

Across the nearby lake Nervatnet and towards the village of Strokkenes, granite within marble is present (Høglund marble and Strokkenes granite). This granite is Leucratic, an indicative sign of granite intruded within an orogenic mountain building event.

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Salangen Municipality is 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 is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is 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 is under the jurisdiction of the Midtre Hålogaland District Court and the Hålogaland Court of Appeal.

The municipal council {{lang|no|(Kommunestyre)}} of Salangen is made up of 19 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party.

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{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|start = 2023

|end = 2027

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Troms Romsa |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/troms%20romsa/salangen#seats |access-date=2024-01-06 |publisher=Valgdirektoratet}}

|collapsed =

|Total = 19

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 4

|Senterpartiet = 6

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|start = 2019

|end = 2023

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 - Troms og Finnmark |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/troms%20og%20finnmark/salangen#seats |access-date=2019-10-26 |publisher=Valg Direktoratet}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 19

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Høyre = 3

|Senterpartiet = 9

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|start = 2015

|end = 2019

|reference = {{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}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 19

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 7

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|start = 2011

|end = 2015

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2011 - Troms Romsa |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2011/ko/troms%20romsa/salangen#seats |access-date=2019-10-26 |publisher=Valg Direktoratet}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 19

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 2

|Senterpartiet = 9

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|start = 2007

|end = 2011

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 19

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Høyre = 1

|Senterpartiet = 11

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|start = 2003

|end = 2007

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 15

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Høyre = 1

|Senterpartiet = 7

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|start = 1999

|end = 2003

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Høyre = 5

|Senterpartiet = 6

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|start = 1995

|end = 1999

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1996 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1995 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c342.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 7

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|start = 1991

|end = 1995

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1993 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1991 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c057.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Høyre = 3

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 4

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|start = 1987

|end = 1991

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1988 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1987 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b765.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 12

|Høyre = 4

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|start = 1983

|end = 1987

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1984 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1983 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b450.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 13

|Høyre = 4

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|start = 1979

|end = 1983

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1979 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1979 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b093.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 11

|Høyre = 4

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Senterpartiet = 3

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|start = 1975

|end = 1979

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1977 |title=Kommunevalgene 1975 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a769.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 17

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|otherparty_no = Frie Velgeres Liste

|otherparty_number = 1

|otherparty1 = Political independents list for Lavangen

|otherparty_no1 = Politisk Uavhengig Liste for Lavangen

|otherparty_number1 = 1

|H/Sp = 7

|note = From 1964 until 1977, Lavangen Municipality was part of Salangen Municipality.

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|start = 1971

|end = 1975

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1973 |title=Kommunevalgene 1972 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a457.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 17

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Senterpartiet = 3

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 2

|Local_Lists = 5

|note = From 1964 until 1977, Lavangen Municipality was part of Salangen Municipality.

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|start = 1967

|end = 1971

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1967 |title=Kommunevalgene 1967 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a214.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo |volume=I}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 11

|Senterpartiet = 3

|Sosialistisk_Folkeparti = 2

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 3

|Local_Lists = 10

|note = From 1964 until 1977, Lavangen Municipality was part of Salangen Municipality.

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|start = 1963

|end = 1967

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1964 |title=Kommunevalgene 1963 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_138.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 14

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Sosialistisk_Folkeparti = 1

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 4

|Local_Lists = 8

|note = From 1964 until 1977, Lavangen Municipality was part of Salangen Municipality.

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|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=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 13

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Senterpartiet = 3

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|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=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 13

|NKP = 1

|Høyre = 2

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|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=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 20

|Arbeiderpartiet = 12

|Høyre = 2

|Senterpartiet = 3

|Venstre = 2

|Local_Lists = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|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=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 20

|Arbeiderpartiet = 11

|Høyre = 2

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 6

|Local_Lists = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|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=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 20

|Arbeiderpartiet = 13

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 5

|Local_Lists = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Salangen

|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=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 20

|Arbeiderpartiet = 11

|Local_Lists = 9

|}}

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The mayor ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Salangen is the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position:{{Cite book |last=Rønhaug |first=Eliseus Johan |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008072804083 |title=Salangen kommune 125 år 1871–1996 : Jubileumsskrift |publisher=Salangen kommune |year=1996 |isbn=8299396506 |location=Sjøvegan |language=no}}

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• 1871–1872: Johan Enoksen
• 1873-1876: Christian Strøm
• 1877-1880: Samuel Tollefsen
• 1881-1889: J. B. Markussen
• 1899-1906: Hans Lund
• 1907-1934: Kristian Pedersen Tønder (Ap)
• 1934-1940: Magnus Elvevoll (Ap)
• 1940-1941: Per Olai Prestbakmo (V)
• 1946-1963: Johan A Johansen (Ap)
• 1964-1984: Per Tønder (Ap)
• 1984-1994: Håkon Bendiktsen (Ap)
• 1994-1999: Astrid Tunheim (Ap)
• 1999-2014: Ivar B. Prestbakmo (Sp)
• 2014–2023: Sigrun W. Prestbakmo (Sp)
• 2023-present: Simon Løvhaug (Sp){{Cite news |last=Straumsnes |first=Malin |last2=Skoglund |first2=Kari Anne |date=2023-09-19 |title=Ordførerduo på til sammen 49 år gir håp til fraflytningskommunen |url=https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/24--og-25-aring-skal-lede-salangen-de-neste-fire-arene-1.16559397 |access-date=2024-01-06 |work=NRK Troms og Finnmark |language=no}}

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• Nels Nelsen (1894 in Salangen – 1943), a Canadian ski jumper active from 1916 to 1932
• Dag Tønder (1907 in Salangen – 1989), an editor, lawyer, judge, and acting county governor
• Birger Vestermo (born 1930 in Salangen), a cross-country skier who competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics
• Bård Tønder (born 1948 in Salangen), a Norwegian judge and Supreme Court Justice from 2006 to 2018

{{Reflist}}

• [http://ssb.no/kommunefakta/salangen Municipal fact sheet] from Statistics Norway {{in lang|no}}

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