Samnanger#Coat of arms

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The municipality of Samnanger was established on 1 January 1907 when it was separated from the municipality of Os. Initially, Samnanger had 3,025 residents. The borders of the municipality have not changed since that time.{{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}}

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the Samnangerfjorden ({{langx|non|Samnangr}}) since it is a central geographic feature in the area. The first element is likely the old name for a local river, possibly derived from the word {{wikt-lang|non|sǫmn}} which has an unknown meaning. The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|angr}} which means "bay" or "inlet".{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Samnanger |url=http://snl.no/Samnanger |access-date=2014-07-13 |language=no}}{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ud5LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Bergenhus amt |date=1910 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=11 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=186 and 221 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}

The coat of arms was granted on 27 April 1990. The official blazon is "Gules, six gouttes Or in annulo" ({{langx|no|På raud grunn seks gule dråpar som lagar ein sirkel}}). This means the arms have a red field (background) and the charge is a set of six gouttes (drops of water) arranged in a circle. The charge has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. Water was chosen as a symbol on the arms because of the wet climate and the source of hydroelectricity that is prevalent in the area. The arms were designed by Even Jarl Skoglund. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Samnanger |access-date=2023-05-22 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}{{Cite web |title=Samnanger, Hordaland |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-12-42.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Flags of the World}}{{Cite web |date=1990-06-30 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1990-04-27-303 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}} {{See also-text|the coats of arms of Bykle and Tinn}}

The Church of Norway has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Samnanger. It is part of the Hardanger og Voss prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

Samnanger 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 Hordaland District Court and the Gulating Court of Appeal.

The municipal council ({{lang|no|Kommunestyre}}) of Samnanger is made up of 21 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 = Samnanger

|start = 2023

|end = 2027

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Vestland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/vestland/samnanger#seats |access-date=2024-01-21 |publisher=Valgdirektoratet}}

|collapsed =

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|Fremskrittspartiet = 5

|Grønne = 2

|Høyre = 2

|INP = 3

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 1

|otherparty = Local list

|otherparty_no = Bygdalista

|otherparty_number = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|start = 2019

|end = 2023

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2019 – Vestland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/vestland/samnanger#seats |access-date=2020-02-02 |publisher=Valgdirektoratet}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|Fremskrittspartiet = 3

|Grønne = 2

|Høyre = 1

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 2

|otherparty = Local List

|otherparty_no = Bygdalista

|otherparty_number = 8

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|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

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Fremskrittspartiet = 4

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Grønne = 1

|otherparty = Local List

|otherparty_no = Bygdalista

|otherparty_number = 5

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|start = 2011

|end = 2015

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2011 – Hordaland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2011/ko/hordaland/samnanger#seats |access-date=2020-02-02 |publisher=Valgdirektoratet}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Fremskrittspartiet = 4

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Senterpartiet = 2

|otherparty = Local List

|otherparty_no = Bygdalista

|otherparty_number = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|start = 2007

|end = 2011

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Fremskrittspartiet = 3

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 5

|Senterpartiet = 2

|otherparty = Local List

|otherparty_no = Bygdalista

|otherparty_number = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|start = 2003

|end = 2007

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Fremskrittspartiet = 2

|Høyre = 1

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Senterpartiet = 3

|otherparty = Local List

|otherparty_no = Bygdalista

|otherparty_number = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|start = 1999

|end = 2003

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Fremskrittspartiet = 1

|Høyre = 1

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 5

|Senterpartiet = 2

|otherparty = Local List

|otherparty_no = Bygdalista

|otherparty_number = 5

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|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=2020-02-20 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Senterpartiet = 3

|otherparty = Local list

|otherparty_no = Bygdalista

|otherparty_number = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|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=2020-02-20 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Fremskrittspartiet = 1

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|otherparty = Local list

|otherparty_no = Bygdalista

|otherparty_number = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|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=2020-02-20 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|otherparty = Local list

|otherparty_no = Bygdalista

|otherparty_number = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|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=2020-02-20 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|otherparty = Local list

|otherparty_no = Bygdalista

|otherparty_number = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|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=2020-02-20 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Høyre = 3

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|otherparty = Local list

|otherparty_no = Bygdalista

|otherparty_number = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|otherparty = Local list for Samnanger

|otherparty_no = Bygdelista for Samnanger

|otherparty_number = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Høyre = 1

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Local_Lists = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo |volume=I}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 1

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 4

|Local_Lists = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Høyre = 1

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Local_Lists = 6

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|Høyre = 1

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Local_Lists = 9

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Høyre = 2

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 4

|Local_Lists = 6

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 16

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Høyre = 1

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 4

|Local_Lists = 5

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 16

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|NKP = 1

|Local_Lists = 10

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 16

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Local_Lists = 11

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Samnanger

|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 16

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 10

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Local_Lists = 1

|}}

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The mayors ({{langx|nn|ordførar}}) of Samnanger:

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• 1907–1916: Nils S. Røsseland
• 1916–1928: Knut Tvedt (V)
• 1929–1943: Johannes Gaupholm (LL)
• 1943–1945: Johannes Tveiterås (NS)
• 1945–1945: Nils K. Langeland
• 1946–1959: Ingjald Tveit (LL)
• 1960–1963: Mons Tveit (LL)
• 1964–1967: Martin K. Nilsen (Ap)
• 1968–1971: Ragnvald Brigsten (KrF)
• 1972–1975: Martin K. Nilsen (Ap)
• 1976–1977: Knut N. Langeland (LL)
• 1978–1979: Martin K. Nilsen (Ap)
• 1980–1981: Knut N. Langeland (LL)
• 1982–1991: Brynjulv Hernes (KrF)
• 1991–1999: Brigt Olav Gåsdal (Ap)
• 1999–2015: Marit A. Aase (KrF)
• 2015–2023: Knut Harald Frøland (LL)
• 2023-present: Karl Bård Kollbotn (FrP){{Cite web |title=Karl Bård Kollbotn vald som ny ordførar i Samnanger |url=https://www.samnanger.kommune.no/aktuelt/nyheiter/karl-bard-kollbotn-vald-til-ny-ordforar-i-samnanger/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Samnanger kommune |language=no}}

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Samnanger lies at the inner end of the Samnangerfjorden. Bjørnafjorden Municipality lies to the south, Bergen Municipality is to the west, Vaksdal Municipality is to the north, and Kvam Municipality is to the east. Samnanger lies on the mainland of Norway, but its western parts lie on the Bergen Peninsula—a large peninsula connected to the mainland by a small isthmus of land running between Trengereid in Bergen and Trengereidfjorden in Samnanger.

The Gullfjellet mountains lie along the western border of the municipality. The mountain Sveningen lies at the tripoint border with Samnanger, Bergen, and Bjørnafjorden municipalities. The Kvamskogen mountain plateau lies along the eastern border of the municipality.

{{Historical populations

|align = none

|direction = horizontal

|percentages = pagr

|source = Statistics Norway{{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 web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |title=Folketellingen 1960 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/folketellinger/kommunehefter/1960/kh_1960_1242.pdf |language=Norwegian}} and Norwegian Historical Data Centre{{Cite web |last=Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet |author-link=University of Tromsø |title=Censuses in the Norwegian Historical Data Archive (NHDC) |url=https://rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/reg_komm_e.html}}

|1907|3025

|1910|3025

|1920|2664

|1930|2588

|1946|2440

|1951|2503

|1960|2493

|1970|2180

|1980|2305

|1990|2412

|2000|2282

|2010|2375

|2020|2485

|2023|2495

}}

• Knud Langeland (1813–1886), an American editor, farmer, and politician who emigrated in 1843
• Gustav Indrebø (1889–1942), a Norwegian philologist who was interested in toponymy
• Jarle Høysæter (1933–2017), a Norwegian journalist who worked with NRK and Eurovision

{{wide image|Samnanger.jpg|770px|Samnanger, the body of water is the inner part of the Samanger Fjord.}}

{{Reflist}}

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

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