Herad is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality encompassed the area northeast of the lake Framvaren inside the present-day municipality of Farsund in what is now Agder county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Sande where the Herad Church is located.
History
The parish of
Herred was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 17 October 1893, the southern district of Herad was separated to create the new municipality of
Spind. The split left Herad with 1,019 inhabitants. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the
Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, Herad (population: 359) was merged with the municipalities of
Spind (population: 606),
Lista (population: 4,544), and the town of Farsund (population: 2,208) to form the new, larger municipality of
Farsund.
Name
The municipality (originally the
prestegjeld) is named
Herred () since the first Herad Church was built there. The name is identical to the word which means "
village" or "hamlet". It was also a name that was used for all municipalities in Norway during the 1800s and early 1900s. Thus the name was
Herred herred ().
Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled
Herred. On 3 November 1917, a
royal decree changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to
Herad.
Government
While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient
Health care,
old age services,
unemployment,
Social work,
zoning, economic development, and municipal
. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of
Direct election representatives. The
mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.
Mayors
The mayors () of Herad:
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1837-1841: Jeremias Fredrik Hansen Friis
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1842-1843: Rasmus Tobias Rasmussen Ekeland
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1843-1855: Ulric Bugge
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1855-1857: Peder Christian Nøtland
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1858-1861: Enok Lundegaard
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1862-1863: Peder Antonisen Sæveland
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1864-1865: Gabriel Torkildsen Grimestad
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1866-1867: Tobias Olsen Rødland
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1868-1871: Peder Antonisen Sæveland
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1872-1873: Gabriel Torkildsen Grimestad
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1874-1877: Peter Rasmussen Bugdøy
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1878-1879: Jens Andreas Torsen Welle
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1880-1881: Ingvard Andreassen
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1882-1883: Peder Rasmussen
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1884-1889: Hans M. Ariansen
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1890-1891: Hans Jansen
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1892-1893: Gabriel J. Jensen
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1894-1897: Kristian Tønnesen
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1897-1897: Andreas A. Tosås
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1897-1898: Daniel Kristoffersen Åpta
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1899-1901: Georg Grimestad
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1902-1904: Daniel Kristoffersen Åpta
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1904-1905: Kristian Tønnesen
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1905-1907: Hans Johansen Klungland
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1908-1913: Sven S. Haaland
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1914-1916: Werner H. Sande
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1917-1922: Georg Grimestad
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1923-1925: Syvert Kjørkleiv
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1926-1935: Martin A. Sandvik
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1935-1937: Johannes Aadnesen Drange
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1937-1940: Syvert Kjørkleiv
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1941-1941: Ole Tønnesen Skjoldal
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1945-1955: Magnus Meland
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1955-1958: Robert Holmen
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1958-1959: Randulf Lauland
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1959-1965: Magnus K. Meland
Municipal council
The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Herad was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political
Political party.
See also
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List of former municipalities of Norway
External links
