Prior to its dissolution in 1965, the 492.8-square-kilometre (190.3sqmi) municipality was the 208th largest by area out of the 525 municipalities in Norway. Innvik Municipality was the 299th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 3,035. The municipality's population density was 6.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (16/sqmi) and its population had decreased by 2.9% over the previous 10-year period.[6][7]
General information
View of the village of Innvik (c.1940s)View of Utvik (c.1890)
The parish of Indvigen (later spelled "Innvik") was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1843, the municipality was divided. The eastern part of the municipality (population: 2,401) formed the new Stryn Municipality and the western part of the municipality (population: 2,675) remained as a much smaller Innvik Municipality [8]
On 1 October 1922, the Raksgrenda area (between the villages of Loen and Stryn), with 120 inhabitants, was administratively transferred from Innvik Municipality to Stryn Municipality.[8]
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the following areas were merged to form a new, much larger Stryn Municipality:[8]
the parts of Hornindal Municipality that were located east of Navelsaker and Holmøyvik (population: 1,184)
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Innvik farm (Old Norse: Víkr) since the first Innvik Church was built there. The original name was the plural form of the word vík which means "small bay", "cove", or "inlet". Some time around the 15th century, the prefix inn (which means "inside" or "inner") was added to distinguish the area from nearby Utvik (meaning "outer" Vik).[1][9] Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Indviken. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Innvik, removing the definite form ending -en and using an "inn" instead of more Danish spelling of "ind".[10]
The municipality encompassed the western third of the present Stryn Municipality. Innvik Municipality included both sides of the Nordfjorden, from Randabygda in the west to just west of the village of Stryn. It stretched from the border with Hornindal Municipality in the north, through the Oldedalen valley all the way to the Jostedalsbreenglacier in the south.[1] The highest point in the municipality was the 1,915-metre (6,283ft) tall mountain Kvitekoll, located on the border with Hafslo Municipality.[2]
The municipal council(Heradsstyre) of Innvik Municipality was made up of 25 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.
The mayor (Nynorsk: ordførar) of Innvik Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:[18]
↑Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (25 November 2024). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
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