Leinstrand

Leinstrand is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 46-square-kilometre (18 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality of Leinstrand encompassed the south-central part of what is now the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was located in the village of Heimdal, just west of the border with Tiller municipality. The local Leinstrand Church was built in 1673.^[3]

Leinstrand Municipality Leinstrand herred
Former municipality
Leinstranden herred  (historic name)
View of Heimdal in 1952
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Leinstrand within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°19′12″N 10°17′52″E / 63.32000°N 10.29778°E / 63.32000; 10.29778
Country	Norway
County	Sør-Trøndelag
District	Trondheim Region
Established	1 Jan 1838
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished	1 Jan 1964
• Succeeded by	Trondheim Municipality
Administrative centre	Heimdal
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	46 km^2 (18 sq mi)
Population  (1964)
• Total	4,193
• Density	91/km^2 (240/sq mi)
Demonym	Leinstranding^[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1654^[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

History

 

View of the Leinstrand area

The municipality of Leinstrand was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census, Leinstrand had a population of 1,165.^[4] During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Byneset (population: 2,049), Leinstrand (population: 4,193), Strinda (population: 44,600), Tiller (population: 3,595), and the city of Trondheim (population: 56,982) were merged to form the new urban municipality of Trondheim which would have a total population of 111,419.^[5]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named Leinstrand (Old Norse: Leinastrǫnd). The first element comes from the old Leinan farm (Old Norse: Leinar). The name of the farm is the plural form of lein which means "slope". The last element is strǫnd which means "shore".^[6] Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Leinstranden. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Leinstrand, removing the definite form ending -en.^[7]

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.^[8]

Mayors

The mayors of Leinstrand:^[9]

• 1838–1841: Mons Olsen Ekren
• 1842–1843: John Andersen Busklein
• 1844–1847: Mons Olsen Ekren
• 1848–1849: John Andersen Busklein
• 1850–1853: Andreas Seneppen
• 1854–1855: Anders Liaklev
• 1856–1859: John Andersen Busklein
• 1860–1863: Andreas Seneppen
• 1864–1869: Ole Evensen Stav
• 1870–1871: Ole Johnsen Stav (V)
• 1872–1883: Ole Evensen Stav (MV)
• 1884–1885: Ole Olsen Klæt (H)
• 1886–1891: John Andersen Kvaal
• 1892–1897: Ole Olsen Klæt (H)
• 1898–1901: Ole J. Ekren (V)
• 1902–1922: Simon Leinum (V)
• 1923–1925: Sigmund Berg (Bp)
• 1926–1928: Simon Leinum (V)
• 1929–1931: Peder Konrad Hustad (Bp)
• 1932–1934: Ivar Hegstad (Bp)
• 1935–1945: Ivar Skjetlein (Bp/NS)
• 1945–1945: Leiv Qvenild (NS)
• 1945–1955: Ole Andersen Klæt (Bp)
• 1956–1959: Alf Alfnes (Ap)
• 1960–1963: Ivar Sakshaug (Bp)

Municipal council

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

Leinstrand herredsstyre 1960–1963 ^[10]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	9
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	3
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	2
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		21

Leinstrand herredsstyre 1956–1959 ^[11]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	10
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	2
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		21

Leinstrand herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[12]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	9
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	2
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		20

Leinstrand herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[13]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	6
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	3
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	2
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
Total number of members:		20

Leinstrand herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[14]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	6
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	1
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	3
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	3
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
Total number of members:		20

Leinstrand herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[15]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	5
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	1
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
	Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre) and the Free-minded People's Party (Frisinnede Folkeparti)	3
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.

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

References

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