Time, Norway

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The parish of "Thime" was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). The municipal borders have been slightly changed twice since that time. On 1 January 1970, a small unpopulated area was moved from Time to Gjesdal municipality. Then again on 1 January 1989 another unpopulated area was transferred to Gjesdal.{{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}} Both times it was to make more room for the growing village of Ålgård.

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Time farm ({{langx|non|Þímin}}) since the first Time Church was built there. The meaning of the first element is uncertain. It may come from the Anglo-Saxon word {{lang|non|Þínan}} which means "to get wet" or the Old Norse word {{wikt-lang|non|þiðna}} which means "thawed" or "melted". Both possible meanings likely refer to the wet and marshy areas in Time. The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|vin}} which means "meadow" or "pasture". Historically, the municipality name was spelled Thime, but the "h" was dropped as the Norwegian language was reformed over time.{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4pBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Stavanger amt |date=1915 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=10 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=139–142 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}

The coat of arms was granted on 23 December 1977. The blazon is "Gules, a lapwing rising argent" ({{langx|no|På raud botn ei sølv vipe med utslegne vengjer}}). This means the arms have a red field (background) and the charge is a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus). The charge has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. This bird (known as a {{lang|no|vipe}} in Norwegian) was chosen as a symbol for the municipality as it is a typical bird for the area. It is shown with wings upwards to symbolize optimism. 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=Time |access-date=2023-07-02 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}{{Cite web |title=Time, Rogaland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-11-21.html |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=Flags of the World}}

The Church of Norway has three parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Time. It is part of the Jæren prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger.

Time is located in the district of Jæren which is mostly flat and agricultural. The river Figgjoelva marks the northern border of Time with the municipality of Sandnes. The large lake Frøylandsvatnet forms part of the border with the neighboring municipality of Klepp. The landlocked municipality also includes part of the "Høg-Jæren" ("high-Jæren") area which is not flat like the rest of the district. Høg-Jæren is more hilly, rugged, and less densely populated.

Time 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 Sør-Rogaland District Court and the Gulating Court of Appeal.

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

|start = 2023

|end = 2027

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Rogaland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/rogaland/time#seats |access-date=2024-01-27 |publisher=Valgdirektoratet}}

|collapsed =

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 27

|Arbeiderpartiet = 3

|Fremskrittspartiet = 3

|Høyre = 10

|INP = 1

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Senterpartiet = 4

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|start = 2019

|end = 2023

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2019 – Rogaland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/rogaland/time#seats |access-date=2020-07-05 |publisher=Valgdirektoratet}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 27

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Fremskrittspartiet = 3

|Grønne = 1

|Høyre = 7

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Senterpartiet = 5

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|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 = 27

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Fremskrittspartiet = 3

|Høyre = 8

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Senterpartiet = 4

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 1

|Grønne = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|start = 2011

|end = 2015

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2011 – Rogaland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2011/ko/rogaland/time#seats |access-date=2020-07-05 |publisher=Valgdirektoratet}}

|nynorsk = yes

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 27

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|Fremskrittspartiet = 3

|Høyre = 10

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Senterpartiet = 4

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|start = 2007

|end = 2011

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 27

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2

|Senterpartiet = 3

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 5

|Venstre = 1

|Høyre = 5

|Fremskrittspartiet = 5

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|start = 2003

|end = 2007

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 27

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|Fremskrittspartiet = 7

|Høyre = 5

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 5

|Senterpartiet = 4

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|start = 1999

|end = 2003

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 35

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Fremskrittspartiet = 6

|Høyre = 6

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 8

|Senterpartiet = 5

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|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=2020-07-05 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 35

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Fremskrittspartiet = 5

|Høyre = 6

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 7

|Senterpartiet = 7

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|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=2020-07-05 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 35

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Fremskrittspartiet = 4

|Høyre = 7

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 6

|Senterpartiet = 8

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 3

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|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=2020-07-05 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 35

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|DLF/V = 2

|Fremskrittspartiet = 4

|Høyre = 9

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 6

|Senterpartiet = 5

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|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=2020-07-05 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 35

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Fremskrittspartiet = 3

|Høyre = 9

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 6

|Senterpartiet = 6

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|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=2020-07-05 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Høyre = 10

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 6

|Senterpartiet = 6

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|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=2020-07-05 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 29

|Fremskrittspartiet = 1

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|DLF = 1

|Høyre = 6

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 6

|Senterpartiet = 8

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|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=2020-07-05 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 4

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 5

|Senterpartiet = 10

|Venstre = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|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=2020-07-05 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo |volume=I}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 3

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Senterpartiet = 8

|Venstre = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|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=2020-07-05 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 3

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Senterpartiet = 7

|Venstre = 3

|Local_Lists = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|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=2020-07-05 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Senterpartiet = 8

|Venstre = 3

|Local_Lists = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|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=2020-07-05 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 25

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Høyre = 2

|Senterpartiet = 9

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4

|Venstre = 3

|Local_Lists = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|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=2020-07-05 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 20

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Høyre = 1

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3

|Venstre = 2

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 9

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|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=2020-07-05 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 20

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|Høyre = 1

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Local_Lists = 13

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|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=2020-07-05 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 20

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Local_Lists = 15

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Time

|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=2020-07-05 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|nynorsk = yes

|Total = 16

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 8

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|Local_Lists = 4

|}}

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The mayors ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Time (incomplete list):

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• 1838-1840: Ingebret Svennsson Mossige
• 1919-1924: Nils M. Kverneland (Bp)
• 1932-1940: Gunnar Aasland (Bp)
• 1945-1954: Gunnar Aasland (Bp)
• 1955-1959: Bjarne Undheim (Sp)
• 1999-2011: Arnfinn Vigrestad (KrF)
• 2011-2020: Reinert Kverneland (H)
• 2020-present: Andreas Vollsund (H){{Cite news |date=2023-10-30 |title=Ordførar i Time kommune for perioden 2023-2027 |url=https://www.time.kommune.no/politikk/ordforar/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |work=Time kommune |language=no}}

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{{Historical populations

|align = none

|direction = vertical

|cols = 3

|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=Folketelling 1960 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/folketellinger/kommunehefter/1960/kh_1960_1121.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}}

|1845|2103

|1855|2350

|1865|2376

|1875|2520

|1891|2701

|1900|2889

|1910|3133

|1920|3642

|1930|4029

|1946|4899

|1951|5206

|1960|6081

|1970|8013

|1980|9970

|1990|11929

|2000|13317

|2010|16077

|2020|18916

|2023|19781

}}

{{Main|List of twin towns and sister cities in Norway}}

Time has sister city agreements with the following places:

• {{flagicon|Northumberland}} Alnwick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Älmhult, Kronoberg County, Sweden
• {{flagicon|Finland}} Lapinjärvi, Uusimaa, Finland
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Allerød, Zealand, Denmark

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• Arne Garborg (1851–1924), a writer who used Landsmål (now known as Nynorsk)
• Ole Gabriel Kverneland (1854–1941), a ploughsmith and factory owner who founded Kverneland Group
• Peter Hognestad (1866–1931), a Lutheran theologian, writer, and Bishop of Bjørgvin
• Fritz Røed (1928–2002), a sculptor who was famous for Sverd i fjell (English: Swords in Rock)
• Sølve Grotmol (1939–2010), a TV presenter for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
• Janove Ottesen (born 1975), a musician and front figure of Kaizers Orchestra who grew up in Bryne
• Geir Zahl (born 1975), a musician and guitar player of Kaizers Orchestra
• Hanne Sigbjørnsen (born 1989), a cartoonist, blogger, and nurse

• Sissel Løchen (born 1969), a wheelchair curler, psychiatric nurse, and silver medallist at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
• Alfie Haaland (born 1972), a former footballer who was raised in Bryne with 264 club caps and 34 for Norway
• Geir André Herrem (born 1988), a footballer with over 300 club caps
• Erling Haaland (born 2000), a footballer currently playing for Manchester City

{{Reflist}}

• {{commons category-inline|Time, Norway|Time}}
• {{wiktionary-inline|Time}}
• {{Wikivoyage inline|Rogaland}}
• [http://ssb.no/kommunefakta/time Municipal fact sheet] from Statistics Norway {{in lang|no}}
• [http://www.jbl.no/ Jærbladet], the local newspaper {{in lang|no}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20041204220442/http://www6.nrk.no/galleri/bildegalleri.php?dir=time_kommune&banner=rogaland&h=600 Pictures from Time]
• [http://www.gonorway.no/norway/counties/rogaland/time/76378e39bb53020/index.html Tourist information on Time]

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