Tjøtta Municipality

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The municipality of Tjøtta was established in 1862 when it was separated from Alstahaug Municipality. Initially, Tjøtta Municipality had a population of 2,781. On 1 July 1917, the southeastern district of Tjøtta Municipality (population: 1,097) was separated to become the new Vevelstad Municipality, leaving Tjøtta with 2,287 inhabitants. On 1 July 1920 the Giskåen farm with 10 inhabitants was transferred to Vevelstad Municipality.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the part of Tjøtta Municipality located on the eastern part of the island of Alsta (population: 180) was incorporated into Leirfjord Municipality. On 1 January 1965, the Skogsholmen island area in western Tjøtta (population: 196) was incorporated into Vega Municipality. The rest of Tjøtta Municipality (population: 1,477) was merged with most of Alstahaug Municipality (population: 920) and the town of Sandnessjøen (population: 3,856) to form a new, larger Alstahaug Municipality.{{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 |isbn=9788253746845}}

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Tjøtta farm ({{langx|non|Þjótta}}) since the first Tjøtta Church was built there. The name of the farm (and the island on which it is located) comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|þjó}} which is a noun describing the "upper part of a thigh". The name was likely used to refer to the shape of the island.{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4i5MAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt |date=1905 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=16 |location=Kristiania, Norge |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Tjøtta – øy |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Tj%C3%B8tta_-_%C3%B8y |date=2020-03-24 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2023-03-11}}

The Church of Norway had one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Tjøtta Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Tjøtta prestegjeld and the Nord-Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.{{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}}

The highest point in the municipality was the {{convert|755|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Valtinden, on the border with Vefsn Municipality.

While it existed, Tjøtta Municipality was 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 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 |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 was under the jurisdiction of the Hålogaland Court of Appeal.

The municipal council {{lang|no|(Herredsstyre)}} of Tjøtta was made up of 17 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 = Tjøtta

|herad = yes

|start = 1964

|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=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|Venstre = 3

|AFS = 2

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 4

|note = On 1 January 1965, Tjøtta Municipality was dissolved and its lands became part of Alstahaug Municipality and Vega Municipality.

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Tjøtta

|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=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Høyre = 1

|Venstre = 2

|Local_Lists = 8

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Tjøtta

|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=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Venstre = 1

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 8

|Local_Lists = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Tjøtta

|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=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 16

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Høyre = 1

|Venstre = 3

|Local_Lists = 7

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Tjøtta

|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=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 16

|Arbeiderpartiet = 3

|AFS = 3

|Venstre = 3

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 3

|Local_Lists = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Tjøtta

|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=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 16

|Arbeiderpartiet = 4

|AFS = 4

|Local_Lists = 8

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Tjøtta

|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=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 16

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Local_Lists = 11

|}}

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The mayor ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Tjøtta was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position (incomplete list):

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• 1889-1902: J.M.G. Hansen{{Cite news |date=1944-04-13 |title=Noen minneord |url=https://www.nb.no/items/0c81acf8949fc28de44beb054ada0740 |access-date=2024-10-12 |work=Helgelands Blad |page=2 |language=no}}
• 1902-1920: Ole E. Paasche{{Cite news |date=1902-05-17 |title=Tjøtta |url=https://www.nb.no/items/180ee87a31876461f8b5e17b4a049022 |access-date=2024-10-12 |work=Nordland |page=2 |language=no}}
• 1920-1922: J.M.G. Hansen
• 1923-1926: Ole E. Paasche{{Cite news |date=1924-01-04 |title=Tjøtta herredstyre |url=https://www.nb.no/items/496ac85cb6560492148b8c0ccfbf6d6a |access-date=2024-10-12 |work=Helgelands Blad |page=1 |language=no}}
• 1926-1940: Johan A. Myklebost{{Cite news |date=1935-02-18 |title=De nye ordførere i Nordland fylke |url=https://www.nb.no/items/47b04b4316faa8c5c34f9037908ec5b7?page=1 |access-date=2024-08-06 |work=Nordlandsposten |page=2 |language=no}}
• 1940-1941: J.B. Jakobsen{{Cite news |date=1941-01-16 |title=De nye ordførere og varaordførere i Nordland opnevnt |url=https://www.nb.no/items/7902f42afc9a253a68881b1ab5f4bd63 |access-date=2024-08-06 |work=Lofotposten |pages=1 & 6 |language=no}}
• 1941-1943: Leiv Eikeland{{Cite news |date=1943-01-05 |title=Nye ordførere og varaordførere i Nordland fylke |url=https://www.nb.no/items/c10fa807143570c46bd48eceab31a56f |access-date=2024-08-06 |work=Nordlandsposten |page=4 |language=no}}
• 1943-1944: Jørgen Bang{{Cite news |date=1943-03-23 |title=Som ordfører i Tjøtta |url=https://www.nb.no/items/62860cbcf4f2066d33bb4be4e708b90c |access-date=2024-10-12 |work=Helgelands Blad |page=2 |language=no}}
• 1945-1945: Olav Andreassen{{Cite news |date=1945-05-14 |title=De nye, midlertidige ordførere i Nordland og Troms |url=https://www.nb.no/items/4e1d0a67c4e89251d112ccefbc3df255 |access-date=2024-08-06 |work=Lofotposten |page=6 |language=no}}
• 1945-1947: Petter Olav Johnsen Liland (Ap){{Stortingetbio|PELI|Petter O. Johnsen Liland|access-date=2024-10-12}}
• 1947-1951: Olav Andreassen{{Cite news |date=1948-01-16 |title=18 nye ordførere i Nordland |url=https://www.nb.no/items/914abbf0c88ec19f83ffb004bb9d0b9e |access-date=2024-08-15 |work=Nordlandsposten |page=2 |language=no}}
• 1951-1955: Petter Olav Johnsen Liland (Ap)
• 1955-1959: Johan Arnt Myklebost{{Cite news |date=1955-12-28 |title=Ordførervalg i Nordland |url=https://www.nb.no/items/6a35db8a28ee2b90cbe692bd51c60be5 |access-date=2024-10-12 |work=Nordlands Framtid |page=4 |language=no}}
• 1959-1959: Andreas Lisøy
• 1959-1963: Erling Flokkmann{{Cite news |date=1959-12-28 |title=Ny ordfører i Tjøtta |url=https://www.nb.no/items/f1f13ef1803468c85b81863aeca25506 |access-date=2024-10-12 |work=Nordlands Avis |page=1 |language=no}}
• 1963-1965: Petter Olav Johnsen Liland (Ap){{Cite news |date=1963-12-07 |title=Petter J. Liland ordfører i Tjøtta |url=https://www.nb.no/items/04fdcc753508d01fb4a63c9728c82336 |access-date=2024-10-12 |work=Rana Blad |page=8 |language=no}}

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Tjøtta.jpg|Tjøtta is located on Strandflaten lowland near the sea

Tjøtta gard.jpg|Tjøtta gard, the old Tjøtta farm now the site of a guesthouse

Tjotta kyrkje.JPG|Tjøtta kyrkje, Tjøtta Church

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