Drevja

Former municipality in Norway

Former municipality in Nordland, Norway

Drevja Municipality

Drevja herred

Former municipality

The Drevje Valley as seen from Drevjamoen

Nordland within Norway

Drevja within Nordland

Coordinates: 65°58′57″N 13°15′54″E﻿ / ﻿65.98250°N 13.26500°E﻿ / 65.98250; 13.26500
Country| Norway
County| Nordland
District| Helgeland
Established| 1 July 1927
• Preceded by| Vefsn Municipality
Disestablished| 1 Jan 1962
• Succeeded by| Vefsn Municipality
Population

(1962)

• Total| 1,001
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code| NO-1823[1]

Data from Statistics Norway

Drevja is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1927 until its dissolution in 1962. It was located in the Drevja valley, north of the Vefsnfjorden in the northern part of the present-day Vefsn Municipality. Drevja Church was the main church for the municipality.[2]

## History[edit]

Drevja Church

The municipality of Drevja was established on 1 July 1927 when the large Vefsn Municipality was divided into three municipalities: Drevja (population: 964) in the north, Grane (population: 1,746) in the south, and Vefsn (population: 3,119) in the center. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the municipality of Drevja (population: 1,001) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Elsfjord (population: 920) and Vefsn (population: 5,358) and with the town of Mosjøen) to form a new, larger Vefsn Municipality.[3]

### Name[edit]

The municipality was named after the river Drevja which flows from the lake Drevvatnet to the Vefsnfjorden. The name of the river is derived from the word drav which means "rubbish" or "waste". Thus the meaning of the name is something like "the river with unclean water".[4]

## Government[edit]

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[5]

### Municipal council[edit]

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Drevja was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Drevja herredsstyre 1960-1963 [6] Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of
representatives

|

| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 7
| Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 6
Total number of members:| 13
Drevja herredsstyre 1956-1959 [7] Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of
representatives

|

| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 7
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 6
Total number of members:| 13
Drevja herredsstyre 1952-1955 [8] Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of
representatives

|

| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 7
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 5
Total number of members:| 12
Drevja herredsstyre 1948-1951 [9] Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of
representatives

|

| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 6
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 2
| Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 3
| List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) | 1
Total number of members:| 12
Drevja herredsstyre 1945-1947 [10] Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of
representatives

|

| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 5
| List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) | 4
| Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 3
Total number of members:| 12
Drevja herredsstyre 1938-1941* [11] Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of
representatives

|

| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 7
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 4
| Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 1
Total number of members:| 12
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[edit]

The mayors of Drevja:[12]

* 1927–1931: Sigvald Almlid
* 1932–1934: Ole Justad
* 1935–1940: Martin Hvidsten
* 1943–1945: Egil Brattbakk
* 1946–1951: Carl P. Scancke
* 1952–1956: Thorvald Enge
* 1956–1957: Ottar Almlid

## See also[edit]

* List of former municipalities of Norway

## References[edit]

1. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
2. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (27 November 2014). "Drevja – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
3. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
4. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (18 March 2017). "Drevja – elv i Vefsn". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
5. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
6. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
7. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
8. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
9. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
12. ^ "Ordførere i Vefsn" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

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Nordland county, Norway

* Main article: Nordland
* Capital: Bodø
* County government: Nordland County Municipality
* County lists:
* County Governors
* Villages
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| Towns and cities|

* Bodø (1816)
* Mosjøen (1875–1961, 1998)
* Narvik (1902)
* Svolvær (1918-1964, 1996)
* Mo i Rana (1923–1963, 1997)
* Brønnøysund (1923–1963, 2000)
* Sortland (1997)
* Fauske (1998)
* Sandnessjøen (1999)
* Stokmarknes (2000)
* Leknes (2002)

Municipalities|

| Helgeland|

* Alstahaug
* Bindal
* Brønnøy
* Dønna
* Grane
* Hattfjelldal
* Hemnes
* Herøy
* Leirfjord
* Lurøy
* Nesna
* Rana
* Rødøy
* Sømna
* Træna
* Vefsn
* Vega
* Vevelstad

|

Lofoten|

* Flakstad
* Moskenes
* Røst
* Vestvågøy
* Værøy
* Vågan

Ofoten|

* Evenes
* Lødingen
* Narvik

Salten|

* Beiarn
* Bodø
* Fauske
* Gildeskål
* Hamarøy
* Meløy
* Saltdal
* Steigen
* Sørfold

Vesterålen|

* Andøy
* Bø
* Hadsel
* Sortland
* Øksnes

Former Municipalities in Nordland

* Andenes (1924-1964)
* Ankenes (1884-1974)
* Ballangen (1925-2020)
* Bjørnskinn (1924-1964)
* Bodin (1838-1968)
* Borge (1838-1963)
* Brønnøysund (1923-1964)
* Buksnes (1838-1963)
* Drevja (1927-1962)
* Dverberg (1838-1964)
* Dønnes (1888-1962)
* Elsfjord (1929-1962)
* Folden (1838-1887)
* Gimsøy (1856-1964)
* Hol (1919-1963)
* Kjerringøy (1906-1964)
* Korgen (1918-1964)
* Langenes (1919-1964)
* Leiranger (1900-1964)
* Mo (1923-1964)
* Mosjøen (1875-1961)
* Nord-Rana (1839-1964)
* Nordfold (1906-1964)
* Nordfolden-Kjerringø (1887-1906)
* Nordvik (1917-1962)
* Ofoten (1838-1884)
* Stamnes-Sandnessjøen (1899-1965)
* Skjerstad (1838-1905)
* Svolvær (1918-1964)
* Sør-Rana (1929-1964)
* Tjeldsund (switched to Nordland county)
* Tjøtta (1862-1965)
* Tysfjord (1869-2020)
* Valberg (1927-1963)
* Velfjord (1875-1964)

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