Frosta Municipality

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Frosta is the smallest municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Alstad (also known as Frosta). Other villages in Frosta include Logtun, Nordfjæra, Småland, Sørgrenda, and Tautra. The municipality is located along the Trondheimsfjord, on the Frosta peninsula, northeast of the city of Trondheim. It also includes the island of Tautra which is connected to the mainland by a Template:Convert causeway bridge.

The Template:Convert municipality is the 338th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Frosta is the 247th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,645. The municipality's population density is Template:Convert and its population has decreased by 0.3% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ssb area">Template:Cite web</ref>

General information

The parish of Frosta was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). It is one of very few municipalities in Norway with unchanged borders since that date.<ref name="Dag">Template:Cite web</ref> In 2018, the municipality, which was part of the old Nord-Trøndelag county, became part of the new Trøndelag county.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named Frosta (Template:Langx). The meaning of the name is unknown.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Frosten. On 31 December 1908, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Frosta.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 26 June 1987. The official blazon is "Vert, a sceptre fleury Or" (Template:Langx). This means the arms have a green field (background) and the charge is a sceptre or mace with a Fleur-de-lis design at the top. The charge has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The coat of arms was inspired by the old seal of the medieval Frostating assembly, where King Magnus VI the law-mender is sitting with a lily sceptre in his hand. Frosta was one of the historic places of justice, so this was chosen to commemorate that fact. The arms were designed by Einar H. Skjervold.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Churches

The Church of Norway has one parish (Template:Lang) within Frosta Municipality. It is part of the Sør-Innherad prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

**Churches in Frosta**
Parish (Template:Lang)	Church Name	Location of the Church	Year Built
Frosta	Frosta Church	Frosta	1866
Frosta	Logtun Church	Logtun	16th century

History

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Tinghaugen, Frostating

Several rock engraving sites can be found in the municipality, together with burial mounds from Viking times. Archaeologists have for the first time found the remnants of a Template:Ill in Norway at Frosta. A number of logs sticking up along the shoreline at Frosta have been dated back to around year 1000.

Norway's oldest court, Frostating, had its seat at Tinghaugen on the Frosta peninsula, near the medieval Logtun Church. The remains of Tautra Abbey are located on Tautra island. The abbey was a Trappist (Reformed Cistercian) convent established in 1207.

Economy

Agriculture makes up the largest business in Frosta, which is sometimes called "Trondheim's kitchen garden" due to the substantial production of vegetables, strawberries, and flowers.

Geography

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Kråklund, Frosta, July 1967

Frosta is located on the Frosta peninsula which juts into the Trondheimsfjord, about Template:Cvt northeast of the city of Trondheim. By road, the distance is about Template:Cvt to Trondheim. The highest point in the municipality is the Template:Convert tall mountain Storheia, located on the border with Levanger Municipality.<ref name="elev" />

Climate

Frosta has a predominantly temperate oceanic climate/marine west coast climate (barely humid continental if Template:Convert is used as winter threshold). The driest month is May and the wettest is December. The all-time high temperature is Template:Convert recorded July 2019; the all-time low is Template:Convert recorded in February 2010. The warmest month on record was July 2014 with average high Template:Convert, average low Template:Convert and mean Template:Convert. The coldest month on record was December 2010 with average high Template:Convert, average low Template:Convert and mean Template:Convert. The weather station was established in December 1989. Frosta is sometimes nicknamed "Trondheim's kitchen garden" due to many farms with production of vegetables, as well as a good microclimate. Template:Weather box

Government

Frosta Municipality is 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 is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.<ref name="ks">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

Mayors

The mayor (Template:Langx) of Frosta is the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position:<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Div col

1838–1842: Isak Jørgen Coldevin
1843–1845: Rasmus Stene
1846–1849: Haagen Einersen
1850–1853: Aage Hagerup
1854–1857: Haagen Einersen
1858–1861: Henning Wedege
1862–1863: Aage Hagerup
1864–1865: Haagen Einersen
1866–1869: Arnt Peter Island
1870–1871: Johan Peter Qvarme
1872–1873: Hans Juberg
1874–1885: Arnt Peter Island
1886–1889: Hans Juberg (V)
1890–1891: Hans Faanes (V)
1892–1897: Lars Flegstad (V)
1898–1913: Andreas Galtvik (V)
1914–1916: Haakon Rochseth (Riksmålspartiet)
1917–1919: Andreas Galtvik (V)
1920–1922: Haakon Rochseth (Riksmålspartiet)
1923–1925: Andreas Galtvik (V)
1926–1931: Ole Andreas Aursand (V)
1932–1940: Asbjørn Hogstad (V)
1941–1945: Bjarne Rokseth (NS)
1945-1945: Asbjørn Hogstad (Bp)
1945–1947: Kristian Rangnes (Ap)
1948–1951: Asbjørn Hogstad (Bp)
1952–1955: Lars Viken (Bp)
1956–1961: Erling Wollan (Ap)
1962–1963: Johan Petter Skogseth (Sp)
1964–1967: Erling Wollan (Ap)
1968–1969: Gunnar Stenhaug (Ap)
1970–1971: Bjarne Sundfær (H)
1972–1975: Erling Wollan (Ap)
1976–1991: Karl Viken (Sp)
1992–1999: Jens Hagerup (Sp)
1999-2003: Boje Reitan (Sp)
2003-2009: Lars Myraune (H)
2009-2011: Frode Revhaug (H)
2011-2015: Johan Petter Skogseth (Sp)
2015-2019: Trine Haug (Sp)
2019–present: Frode Revhaug (H)

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Notable people

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Lars Myraune, 2009

Lars Myraune (born 1944 in Frosta), a military leader, politician, and Mayor of Frosta 2003–2009
Karin Pettersen (born 1964 in Frosta), a team handball player and team silver medalist at the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics
Vidar Riseth (born 1972 in Frosta), a former football player with over 400 club caps and 52 for Norway
Anna Ceselie Brustad Moe (born 1975), a politician for the Centre Party

References

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External links

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