Bjørnør Explained

Bjørnør
Herred:	yes
Former:	yes
Idnumber:	1632
County:	Sør-Trøndelag
District:	Fosen
Capital:	Roan
Established:	1 Jan 1838
Disestablished:	1 June 1892
Preceded:	none
Succeeded:	Roan, Stoksund, and Osen in 1892
Area Total Km2:	865
Population As Of:	1892
Population Density Km2:	auto
Coordinates:	64.1725°N 10.5375°W

Bjørnør is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The 865km2 municipality existed from 1838 until 1892 in what was at that time the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway.^[1] It encompassed the area of what is now the municipality of Osen along with the Roan and Stoksund areas in the present day municipality of Åfjord, all in the western part of the Fosen peninsula in Trøndelag county. Bjørnør bordered the municipality of Aafjord to the south and Nordre Trondhjem county to the north and west. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Roan where the Roan Church is located.^{[2] [3]}

History

The municipality of Bjørnør was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 15 January 1892, the King approved a royal resolution to split up the municipality of Bjørør. It went into effect on 1 June 1892 when Bjørnør ceased to exist, and it was split into three new municipalities: Osen (population: 1,575), Roan (population: 2,069), and Stoksund (population: 1,122).^[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named Bjørnør after the historic name for the area (Norse, Old: Bjarnaurar). The first element plural genitive case of the word which means "bear". The last element is which means "gravel" or "coarse sand".^[5]

Government

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.^[6]

Mayors

The mayors of Bjørnør:^[7]

• 1838–1839: Tarald Eide
• 1840–1841: Mathias Eide
• 1842–1845: Christian Severin Houge
• 1846–1851: Mathias Eide
• 1852–1864: Peder Pedersen
• 1864–1865: Ole Wilmann
• 1866–1883: Fredrik Berg (H)
• 1883-1883: Jakob Kristian Sørmelan (V)
• 1884–1885: Johan Moses Møller (H)
• 1886–1888: Harald Kjeldsberg
• 1888–1889: Jens Larsen Hopstad
• 1890–1891: Johan Moses Møller (H)
• 1892-1892: John Hopstad (MV)

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

Notes and References

1. Book: Helland, Amund T. . Norges land og folk: Søndre Trondhjems amt . H. Aschehoug & Company . 1898 . XVI (2) . Kristiania, Norway . 3 . no . Osen, Roan og Stoksund herreder . 2018-03-10 . https://books.google.com/books?id=F2xmEEfyFWoC&q=bj%C3%B8rn%C3%B8r+herred&pg=RA1-PA3.
2. Web site: Stoksund herred . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180311021417/http://www.afjordhistorie.no/stoksund-herred/ . 2018-03-11 . 2018-03-10 . Åfjord Historie . no.
3. Encyclopedia: Bjørnør – tidligere kommune . . . 2018-03-10 . 2017-07-18 . Haugen . Morten . no . https://web.archive.org/web/20161020223417/https://snl.no/Bj%C3%B8rn%C3%B8r%2Ftidligere_kommune . 2016-10-20 . dead.
4. Book: Jukvam, Dag . 1999 . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen . . no . 9788253746845.
5. Book: Rygh, Oluf . Oluf Rygh

   . Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt . 1901 . W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri . 14 . Kristiania, Norge . 1 . no . Oluf Rygh.

6. Encyclopedia: kommunestyre . . . 2023-01-01 . 2022-09-20 . Hansen . Tore . no . Vabo . Signy Irene.
7. Book: Guttelvik, Henrik . Bjørnør: Osen, Roan, Stoksund : kommunejubileet 1837-1937 . Bjørnør historielag . 1973 . 8252304001 . Orkanger . 30 . no.