Fluberg Municipality

Fluberg Municipality

*Fluberg herred*
Fluberg Municipality Fluberg herred
Former municipality
	View of the Fluberg Church and surroundings
	Oppland within Norway
	Fluberg within Oppland
	Coordinates: 60°46′06″N 10°14′52″E / 60.76822°N 10.24773°E / 60.76822; 10.24773
Country	Norway
County	Oppland
District	Land
Established	1 Jan 1914
• Preceded by	Søndre Land Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1962
• Succeeded by	Søndre Land and Nordre Land
Administrative centre	Fluberg
Government
• Mayor (1938–1961)	Niels Minaberg (Ap)
Area (upon dissolution)
• Total	260.40 km2 (100.54 sq mi)
• Rank	#322 in Norway
Highest elevation	860.42 m (2,822.9 ft)
Population (1961)
• Total	2,338
• Rank	#397 in Norway
• Density	9/km2 (23/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+3.5%
Official language
• Norwegian form	Neutral
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-0537
	Data from Statistics Norway

Former municipality in Oppland, Norway

Fluberg is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 260.4-square-kilometre (100.5 sq mi) municipality existed from 1914 until its dissolution in 1962. The area is now mostly part of Søndre Land Municipality in the traditional district of Land. The administrative centre was the village of Fluberg.^[5]

Prior to its dissolution in 1962, the 260.4-square-kilometre (100.5 sq mi) municipality was the 322nd largest by area out of the 731 municipalities in Norway. Fluberg Municipality was the 397th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,338. The municipality's population density was 9 inhabitants per square kilometre (23/sq mi) and its population had increased by 3.5% over the previous 10-year period.^[6]^[7]

General information

The municipality of Fluberg was established on 1 January 1914 when it was split from Søndre Land Municipality. Initially, the new municipality had 2,027 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, Fluberg Municipality was dissolved and its lands and people were divided between the neighboring municipalities. The Tranlia and Store Røen areas (population: 196) joined Nordre Land Municipality to the north and the rest of Fluberg Municipality (population: 2,110) became part of Søndre Land Municipality.^[8]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Fluberg farm (Old Norse: Fluguberg) since the first Fluberg Church was built there. The first element is likely the genitive case of an old local river name, Fluga. This river name could come from the word fluga which means "fly" (as in 'the river sounds like a fly') or from the word flug which means "steep side of a mountain". The last element is berg which means "mountain" or "rock".^[9]

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within Fluberg Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Søndre Land prestegjeld and the Hadeland og Land prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.^[7]

**Churches in Fluberg Municipality**
Parish (sokn)	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Fluberg Church	Fluberg Church	Fluberg	1703

Geography

It encompassed both sides of the northern part of the large lake Randsfjorden. Nordre Land Municipality was to the north, Snertingdal Municipality was to the northeast, Vardal Municipality was located to the east, Søndre Land Municipality was to the south, and Sør-Aurdal Municipality was to the west.

The highest point in the municipality was the 860.42-metre (2,822.9 ft) tall mountain Vesle Skjellingshovde, a tripoint on the border of Fluberg Municipality, Sør-Aurdal Municipality, and Nordre Land Municipality.^[1]

Government

While it existed, Fluberg 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.^[10] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Fluberg Municipality 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.

Fluberg herredsstyre 1959–1961 ^[11]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	11
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	2
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	1
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
Total number of members:		17
Note: On 1 January 1962, Fluberg Municipality was divided and became part of Nordre Land Municipality and Søndre Land Municipality.

Fluberg herredsstyre 1955–1959 ^[12]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	10
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	2
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	2
Total number of members:		17

Fluberg herredsstyre 1951–1955 ^[13]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	8
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	3
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	1
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	4
Total number of members:		16

Fluberg herredsstyre 1947–1951 ^[14]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	9
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	4
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	1
	Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet)	2
Total number of members:		16

Fluberg herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[15]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	9
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	4
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	1
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	2
Total number of members:		16

Fluberg herredsstyre 1937–1941* ^[16]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	11
	Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet)	3
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	2
Total number of members:		16
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

Mayors

The mayor (Norwegian: ordfører) of Fluberg Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:^[17]

1914–1919: Torger T. Hagen
1920–1928: Fredrik Johansen
1929–1931: Oluf Hanvold (V/AD)
1932–1934: Christian Odden (Ap)
1935–1937: Martinius Hagen (V)
1938–1961: Niels Minaberg (Ap)

References

^ a b "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (9 January 2024). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
^ Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (26 November 2024). "Fluberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
^ a b Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 1951). Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 (PDF). Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.
^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
^ Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 181–182.
^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (25 November 2024). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960.
^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957.
^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952.
^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948.
^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947.
^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938.
^ Narum, Håvard, ed. (1988). Søndre Land kommune 1837–1987 : lokalt folkestyre 150 år (in Norwegian). Kommunen. pp. 24, 59, 60. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

[elev-1] "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.

[lang-2] "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.

[3] "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.

[4] Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (9 January 2024). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.

[snl-5] Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (26 November 2024). "Fluberg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 8 September 2025.

[ssb_pop-6] Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).

[SS1951-7] Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 1951). Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 (PDF). Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.

[Dag-8] Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.

[9] Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 181–182.

[ks-10] Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (25 November 2024). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 31 December 2024.

[11] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960.

[12] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957.

[13] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952.

[14] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948.

[15] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947.

[16] "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938.

[17] Narum, Håvard, ed. (1988). Søndre Land kommune 1837–1987 : lokalt folkestyre 150 år (in Norwegian). Kommunen. pp. 24, 59, 60. Retrieved 9 October 2022.