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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Avaldsnes Municipality</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">Avaldsnes herad</i></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_municipalities_of_Norway" title="List of former municipalities of Norway">Former municipality</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Avaldsnes_kirke.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View of northern Avaldsnes"><img alt="View of northern Avaldsnes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Avaldsnes_kirke.jpg/250px-Avaldsnes_kirke.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Avaldsnes_kirke.jpg/375px-Avaldsnes_kirke.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Avaldsnes_kirke.jpg/500px-Avaldsnes_kirke.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">View of northern Avaldsnes</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Norway_Counties_Rogaland_Position.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rogaland within Norway"><img alt="Rogaland within Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Norway_Counties_Rogaland_Position.svg/125px-Norway_Counties_Rogaland_Position.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Norway_Counties_Rogaland_Position.svg/188px-Norway_Counties_Rogaland_Position.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Norway_Counties_Rogaland_Position.svg/250px-Norway_Counties_Rogaland_Position.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="790" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Rogaland within Norway</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NO_1147_Avaldsnes.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Avaldsnes within Rogaland"><img alt="Avaldsnes within Rogaland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/NO_1147_Avaldsnes.svg/160px-NO_1147_Avaldsnes.svg.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/NO_1147_Avaldsnes.svg/240px-NO_1147_Avaldsnes.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/NO_1147_Avaldsnes.svg/320px-NO_1147_Avaldsnes.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="635" data-file-height="819" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Avaldsnes within Rogaland</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Avaldsnes_(municipality)&params=59_21_16_N_05_16_37_E_region:NO_type:city(5147)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">59°21′16″N</span> <span class="longitude">05°16′37″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">59.35444°N 5.27694°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">59.35444; 5.27694</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Norway" title="Counties of Norway">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rogaland" title="Rogaland">Rogaland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Norway" title="Districts of Norway">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Haugaland" title="Haugaland">Haugaland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1 Jan 1838</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span style="font-weight:normal">Created as</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Formannskapsdistrikt" title="Formannskapsdistrikt">Formannskapsdistrikt</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Disestablished</th><td class="infobox-data">1 Jan 1965</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span style="font-weight:normal">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karm%C3%B8y_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Karmøy Municipality">Karmøy Municipality</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Administrative centre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Avaldsnes" title="Avaldsnes">Avaldsnes</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (upon dissolution)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">126 km<sup>2</sup> (49 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(1965)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,147</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">41/km<sup>2</sup> (110/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Norway" title="Time in Norway">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01:00" title="UTC+01:00">UTC+01:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B02:00" title="UTC+02:00">UTC+02:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:NO" title="ISO 3166-2:NO">NO-1147</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ssb.no/kommunefakta/">Data from Statistics Norway</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Avaldsnes</b> is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_former_municipalities_of_Norway" title="List of former municipalities of Norway">former municipality</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rogaland" title="Rogaland">Rogaland</a> county, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>. The 126-square-kilometre (49 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1965 when it was dissolved. The area was an ancient centre of power on the west coast of Norway and is the site of one of Norway's more important areas of cultural history. The <a href="/wiki/Administrative_centre" title="Administrative centre">administrative centre</a> of the municipality was the village of <a href="/wiki/Avaldsnes" title="Avaldsnes">Avaldsnes</a>. The municipality encompassed the area surrounding the <a href="/w/index.php?title=F%C3%B8rresfjorden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Førresfjorden (page does not exist)">Førresfjorden</a> and the area surrounding the central part of the <a href="/wiki/Karmsundet" class="mw-redirect" title="Karmsundet">Karmsundet</a> strait, plus the central part of the island of <a href="/wiki/Karm%C3%B8y_(island)" title="Karmøy (island)">Karmøy</a>. Today, the area is part of the municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Tysv%C3%A6r" title="Tysvær">Tysvær</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karm%C3%B8y" title="Karmøy">Karmøy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-snl_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snl-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avaldsnes_(municipality)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dahl.I.C.1820.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Dahl.I.C.1820.jpg/220px-Dahl.I.C.1820.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Dahl.I.C.1820.jpg/330px-Dahl.I.C.1820.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Dahl.I.C.1820.jpg/440px-Dahl.I.C.1820.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="550" /></a><figcaption>Painting of Avaldsnes by <a href="/wiki/Johan_Christian_Dahl" title="Johan Christian Dahl">Johan Christian Dahl</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:No-nb_digibok_2014091028002_0029_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/No-nb_digibok_2014091028002_0029_1.jpg/220px-No-nb_digibok_2014091028002_0029_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/No-nb_digibok_2014091028002_0029_1.jpg/330px-No-nb_digibok_2014091028002_0029_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/No-nb_digibok_2014091028002_0029_1.jpg/440px-No-nb_digibok_2014091028002_0029_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3670" data-file-height="2903" /></a><figcaption>Painting of Avaldsnes by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Frederik_Wergmann&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Frederik Wergmann (page does not exist)">Peter Frederik Wergmann</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nordvegen_Historiesenter,_Avaldsnes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Nordvegen_Historiesenter%2C_Avaldsnes.jpg/220px-Nordvegen_Historiesenter%2C_Avaldsnes.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Nordvegen_Historiesenter%2C_Avaldsnes.jpg/330px-Nordvegen_Historiesenter%2C_Avaldsnes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Nordvegen_Historiesenter%2C_Avaldsnes.jpg/440px-Nordvegen_Historiesenter%2C_Avaldsnes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Nordvegen History Center in Avaldsnes</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Prestegjeld" title="Prestegjeld">parish</a> of <i>Avaldsnæs</i> was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see <a href="/wiki/Formannskapsdistrikt" title="Formannskapsdistrikt">formannskapsdistrikt</a>). On 16 August 1866, the village of <a href="/wiki/Kopervik" title="Kopervik">Kopervik</a> (in Avaldsnæs) was declared to be a <a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_and_cities_in_Norway" title="List of towns and cities in Norway">town</a>. Towns could not be part of another municipality, so Kopervik was separated from Avaldsnes to become a municipality of its own. This left Avaldsnes with 4,735 inhabitants. On 1 January 1909, the rural area around surrounding the town of <a href="/wiki/Kopervik" title="Kopervik">Kopervik</a> was separated from Avaldsnes to form the new municipality called <a href="/wiki/Stangaland" title="Stangaland">Kopervik herred</a> (later called <i>Stangaland</i>). This left Avaldsnes with 3,213 inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-Dag_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dag-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 January 1965 Avaldsnes was dissolved due to the recommendations of the <a href="/wiki/Schei_Committee" title="Schei Committee">Schei Committee</a>. The area of Avaldsnes was divided and merged into the municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Karm%C3%B8y" title="Karmøy">Karmøy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tysv%C3%A6r" title="Tysvær">Tysvær</a>. All of Avaldsnes located west of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=F%C3%B8rresfjorden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Førresfjorden (page does not exist)">Førresfjorden</a> (population: 4,153) was merged with the municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Skudenes" title="Skudenes">Skudenes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Torvastad" title="Torvastad">Torvastad</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%85kra" title="Åkra">Åkra</a> and with the towns of <a href="/wiki/Kopervik" title="Kopervik">Kopervik</a> and <a href="/wiki/Skudeneshavn" title="Skudeneshavn">Skudeneshavn</a> to form the new municipality of <a href="/wiki/Karm%C3%B8y" title="Karmøy">Karmøy</a>. The rest of Avaldsnes located east of the Førresfjorden, consisting of the districts of Førre, Gismarvik, and Stegaberg (population: 994), was merged with <a href="/wiki/Tysv%C3%A6r" title="Tysvær">Tysvær</a> municipality.<sup id="cite_ref-Dag_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dag-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Name">Name</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avaldsnes_(municipality)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The municipality (originally the <a href="/wiki/Prestegjeld" title="Prestegjeld">parish</a>) is named after the old <i><a href="/wiki/Avaldsnes" title="Avaldsnes">Avaldsnes</a></i> farm (<a href="/wiki/Old_Norse_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Norse language">Old Norse</a>: <i lang="non">Ǫgvaldsnes</i>) since the historic <a href="/wiki/Avaldsnes_Church" title="Avaldsnes Church">Avaldsnes Church</a> was built there. The first element comes from the old male name <span title="Old Norse-language text"><i lang="non">Ǫgvaldr</i></span> or <span title="Old Norse-language text"><i lang="non">Ágvaldr</i></span> (or the more modern <a href="/wiki/Faroese_language" title="Faroese language">Faroese</a> version <i lang="fo"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%98gvaldur#Faroese" class="extiw" title="wikt:Øgvaldur">Øgvaldur</a></i>). The last element comes from the word <i lang="non"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nes#Old_Norse" class="extiw" title="wikt:nes">nes</a></i> which means "<a href="/wiki/Headland" title="Headland">headland</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avaldsnes_(municipality)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While it existed, this municipality was responsible for <a href="/wiki/Primary_education" title="Primary education">primary education</a> (through 10th grade), outpatient <a href="/wiki/Health_care" title="Health care">health services</a>, <a href="/wiki/Old_age" title="Old age">senior citizen</a> services, <a href="/wiki/Unemployment" title="Unemployment">unemployment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Social_work" title="Social work">social services</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zoning" title="Zoning">zoning</a>, <a href="/wiki/Economic_development" title="Economic development">economic development</a>, and municipal <a href="/wiki/Road" title="Road">roads</a>. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_council_(Norway)" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal council (Norway)">municipal council</a> of <a href="/wiki/Direct_election" title="Direct election">directly elected</a> representatives. The <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a> was <a href="/wiki/Indirect_election" title="Indirect election">indirectly elected</a> by a vote of the municipal council.<sup id="cite_ref-ks_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ks-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Municipal_council">Municipal council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avaldsnes_(municipality)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Municipal council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Municipal_council_(Norway)" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal council (Norway)">municipal council</a> <span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">(Herredsstyre)</i></span> of Avaldsnes was made up of 21 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The <a href="/wiki/Political_party" title="Political party">party</a> breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-datatable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center; margin: 0em 0em 0.5em 0em; max-width: 625px; width: 100%;}"> <caption class="nowrap" style="font-size: medium;">Avaldsnes herredsstyre 1964–1965 <small><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small>   </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party name <small><i>(in Norwegian)</i></small></th> <th>Number of<br />representatives </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #D70926; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Norway)" title="Labour Party (Norway)">Labour Party</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Arbeiderpartiet)</i></span></small></td> <td>8</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color: #87add7; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">Conservative Party</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Høyre)</i></span></small></td> <td>3</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color: #ffd959; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Norway)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Norway)">Christian Democratic Party</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Kristelig Folkeparti)</i></span></small></td> <td>2</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color: #00843D; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Norway)" title="Centre Party (Norway)">Centre Party</a> <small><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">(Senterpartiet)</i></span></small></td> <td>1</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color: #006666; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Norway)" title="Liberal Party (Norway)">Liberal Party</a> <small><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">(Venstre)</i></span></small></td> <td>2</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bygdeliste" title="Bygdeliste">Local List(s)</a> <small><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">(Lokale lister)</i></span></small></td> <td>5</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="height:20px; font-weight: bold"> <td colspan="2"><i>Total number of members:</i></td><td><i>21</i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-datatable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center; margin: 0em 0em 0.5em 0em; max-width: 625px; width: 100%;}"> <caption class="nowrap" style="font-size: small;">Avaldsnes herredsstyre 1960–1963 <small><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small>   </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party name <small><i>(in Norwegian)</i></small></th> <th>Number of<br />representatives </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #D70926; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Norway)" title="Labour Party (Norway)">Labour Party</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Arbeiderpartiet)</i></span></small></td> <td>6</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color: #87add7; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">Conservative Party</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Høyre)</i></span></small></td> <td>1</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color: #ffd959; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Norway)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Norway)">Christian Democratic Party</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Kristelig Folkeparti)</i></span></small></td> <td>5</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color: #006666; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Norway)" title="Liberal Party (Norway)">Liberal Party</a> <small><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">(Venstre)</i></span></small></td> <td>3</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bygdeliste" title="Bygdeliste">Local List(s)</a> <small><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">(Lokale lister)</i></span></small></td> <td>1</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="height:20px; font-weight: bold"> <td colspan="2"><i>Total number of members:</i></td><td><i>21</i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-datatable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center; margin: 0em 0em 0.5em 0em; max-width: 625px; width: 100%;}"> <caption class="nowrap" style="font-size: small;">Avaldsnes herredsstyre 1956–1959 <small><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small>   </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party name <small><i>(in Norwegian)</i></small></th> <th>Number of<br />representatives </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #D70926; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Norway)" title="Labour Party (Norway)">Labour Party</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Arbeiderpartiet)</i></span></small></td> <td>8</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color: white; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bygdeliste" title="Bygdeliste">Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Borgerlige Felleslister)</i></span></small></td> <td>9</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bygdeliste" title="Bygdeliste">Local List(s)</a> <small><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">(Lokale lister)</i></span></small></td> <td>4</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="height:20px; font-weight: bold"> <td colspan="2"><i>Total number of members:</i></td><td><i>21</i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-datatable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center; margin: 0em 0em 0.5em 0em; max-width: 625px; width: 100%;}"> <caption class="nowrap" style="font-size: small;">Avaldsnes herredsstyre 1952–1955 <small><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small>   </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party name <small><i>(in Norwegian)</i></small></th> <th>Number of<br />representatives </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #D70926; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Norway)" title="Labour Party (Norway)">Labour Party</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Arbeiderpartiet)</i></span></small></td> <td>6</td></tr><tr> <td style="width: 3px; background:linear-gradient(135deg, #87add7 50%, #00843D 50%); line-height:1;"> </td> <td>Joint list of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">Conservative Party</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Høyre)</i></span></small> and the <a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Norway)" title="Centre Party (Norway)">Farmers' Party</a> <small><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">(Bondepartiet)</i></span></small></td> <td>2</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 3px; background:linear-gradient(135deg, #006666 50%, #ffd959 50%); line-height:1;"> </td> <td>Joint list of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Norway)" title="Liberal Party (Norway)">Liberal Party</a> <small><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">(Venstre)</i></span></small> and <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Norway)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Norway)">Christian Democratic Party</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Kristelig Folkeparti)</i></span></small></td> <td>4</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bygdeliste" title="Bygdeliste">Local List(s)</a> <small><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">(Lokale lister)</i></span></small></td> <td>8</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="height:20px; font-weight: bold"> <td colspan="2"><i>Total number of members:</i></td><td><i>20</i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-datatable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center; margin: 0em 0em 0.5em 0em; max-width: 625px; width: 100%;}"> <caption class="nowrap" style="font-size: small;">Avaldsnes herredsstyre 1948–1951 <small><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small>   </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party name <small><i>(in Norwegian)</i></small></th> <th>Number of<br />representatives </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #D70926; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Norway)" title="Labour Party (Norway)">Labour Party</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Arbeiderpartiet)</i></span></small></td> <td>6</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color: #ffd959; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Norway)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Norway)">Christian Democratic Party</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Kristelig Folkeparti)</i></span></small></td> <td>2</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color: #006666; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Norway)" title="Liberal Party (Norway)">Liberal Party</a> <small><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">(Venstre)</i></span></small></td> <td>2</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color: white; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bygdeliste" title="Bygdeliste">Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Borgerlige Felleslister)</i></span></small></td> <td>3</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bygdeliste" title="Bygdeliste">Local List(s)</a> <small><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">(Lokale lister)</i></span></small></td> <td>7</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="height:20px; font-weight: bold"> <td colspan="2"><i>Total number of members:</i></td><td><i>20</i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-datatable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center; margin: 0em 0em 0.5em 0em; max-width: 625px; width: 100%;}"> <caption class="nowrap" style="font-size: small;">Avaldsnes herredsstyre 1945–1947 <small><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small>   </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party name <small><i>(in Norwegian)</i></small></th> <th>Number of<br />representatives </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #D70926; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Norway)" title="Labour Party (Norway)">Labour Party</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Arbeiderpartiet)</i></span></small></td> <td>8</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color: #ffd959; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Norway)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Norway)">Christian Democratic Party</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Kristelig Folkeparti)</i></span></small></td> <td>1</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color: #006666; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Norway)" title="Liberal Party (Norway)">Liberal Party</a> <small><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">(Venstre)</i></span></small></td> <td>2</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bygdeliste" title="Bygdeliste">Local List(s)</a> <small><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">(Lokale lister)</i></span></small></td> <td>9</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="height:20px; font-weight: bold"> <td colspan="2"><i>Total number of members:</i></td><td><i>20</i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-datatable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center; margin: 0em 0em 0.5em 0em; max-width: 625px; width: 100%;}"> <caption class="nowrap" style="font-size: small;">Avaldsnes herredsstyre 1938–1941* <small><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small>   </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party name <small><i>(in Norwegian)</i></small></th> <th>Number of<br />representatives </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #D70926; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Norway)" title="Labour Party (Norway)">Labour Party</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Arbeiderpartiet)</i></span></small></td> <td>7</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color: #87add7; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">Conservative Party</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Høyre)</i></span></small></td> <td>2</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color: white; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bygdeliste" title="Bygdeliste">Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties</a> <small><span title="Bokmål-language text"><i lang="nb">(Borgerlige Felleslister)</i></span></small></td> <td>6</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; width: 3px;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bygdeliste" title="Bygdeliste">Local List(s)</a> <small><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">(Lokale lister)</i></span></small></td> <td>5</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="height:20px; font-weight: bold"> <td colspan="2"><i>Total number of members:</i></td><td><i>20</i></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="height:20px;"><td colspan="3" style="background-color: #F0F0F0;"><small><i><b>Note:</b> Due to the <a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Norway" title="German occupation of Norway">German occupation of Norway</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.</i></small></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avaldsnes_(municipality)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_municipalities_of_Norway" title="List of former municipalities of Norway">List of former municipalities of Norway</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avaldsnes_(municipality)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBolstadThorsnæs2023" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Bolstad, Erik; 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title="Egersund">Egersund</a> (1838-1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erfjord" title="Erfjord">Erfjord</a> (1914-1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finn%C3%B8y" title="Finnøy">Finnøy</a> (1838-2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fister_(municipality)" title="Fister (municipality)">Fister</a> (1884-1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forsand" title="Forsand">Forsand</a> (1871-2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helleland_(municipality)" title="Helleland (municipality)">Helleland</a> (1838-1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heskestad_(municipality)" title="Heskestad (municipality)">Heskestad</a> (1838-1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hetland" title="Hetland">Hetland</a> (1838-1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hjelmeland_og_Fister" title="Hjelmeland og Fister">Hjelmeland og Fister</a> (1859-1884)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B8le_(municipality)" title="Høle (municipality)">Høle</a> (1865-1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B8yland" title="Høyland">Høyland</a> (1838-1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A5land,_Norway" 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