Klæbu Municipality

Klæbu is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was incorporated into the neighboring Trondheim Municipality. It was located in the southern part of the Trondheim Region, about Template:Convert south of the city of Trondheim. The administrative center was the village of Klæbu. The other major village in Klæbu Municipality was Tanem.<ref>Template:Cite SNL</ref>

At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the Template:Convert municipality was the 337th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Klæbu Municipality was the 171st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,076. The municipality's population density was Template:Convert and its population had increased by 7.8% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ssb area">Template:Cite web</ref>

Even though agriculture was traditionally the main industry for Klæbu, the municipality most recently functioned more as a commuter town of Trondheim, where many of Klæbu's inhabitants worked or attended school.

General information

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Klæbu Church

The municipality of Klæbu was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1899, the small northwestern part of Klæbu (population: 533) was separated from Klæbu to form the new Tiller Municipality.<ref name="Dag">Template:Cite web</ref>

On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old Sør-Trøndelag county to the new Trøndelag county.

On 1 January 2020, Klæbu Municipality merged with the neighboring Trondheim Municipality to the north.<ref name="trhk">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Klæbu farm (Template:Langx) since the first Klæbu Church was built there. The first element is the plural genitive case of Template:Lang which means "rocky hill". The last element is Template:Lang which means "rural district". The district/parish has a lot of small rocky hills.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 8 July 1983 and it was in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official blazon is "Argent, flaunches azure" (Template:Langx). This means the arms have a field (background) that has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. Each side of the arms have blue flaunches. The arms symbolize the Trangfossen waterfall in the Nidelva river, which is now the deepest canyon in Norway measuring Template:Convert. The river has been of great importance for the local development, for agriculture and hydroelectricity generation, hence the use of the waterfall as a typical symbol for the municipality. The waterfall is no longer visible as that part of the river became part of Bjørsjøen lake after the building of the dam at Hyttfossen. 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 had one parish (Template:Lang) within Klæbu Municipality. It is part of the Heimdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

Churches in Klæbu

Parish (Template:Lang)	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Klæbu	Klæbu Church	Klæbu	1790
	Vassfjell Chapel	Vassfjellet mountain	1974

Geography

The Nidelva river flowed through Klæbu Municipality. The river was a large source of hydroelectric power with a total of 3 power stations within the municipal borders. The river runs north from the lake Selbusjøen. The mountain Vassfjellet was located along the western border with Melhus Municipality. The highest point in the municipality was the Template:Convert tall mountain Kråkfjellet.<ref name="elev" />

The landlocked municipality of Klæbu had three municipalities that bordered it: Melhus Municipality to the west and south, Selbu Municipality to the east, and Trondheim Municipality to the north.

Media

The newspaper KlæbuPosten is published in Klæbu.<ref name="Kommunevar">Template:Cite web</ref>

Government

While it existed, Klæbu Municipality was 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 was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.<ref name="ks">Template:Cite SNL</ref> The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Sør-Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

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Mayors

The mayor (Template:Langx) of Klæbu was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Div col

• 1838–1839: Hans Jørgen Darre
• 1840–1851: Lars Larsen Forseth, Sr.
• 1852–1855: Eskild Lysklæth
• 1856–1863: Nicolai Ulstad
• 1864–1867: Eskild Lysklæth
• 1868–1879: Lars Larsen Forseth, Jr. (V)
• 1880–1881: Sivert Thonstad (H)
• 1882–1887: Ludvig Lysklæth
• 1888–1892: Hannibal Hartmann
• 1892–1893: Andreas Nideng (H)
• 1894–1895: Sivert Thonstad (H)
• 1896–1904: Ole Aune (V)
• 1905–1913: Paul O. Lium (V)
• 1914–1916: Karl Ulstad (V)
• 1917–1919: Ole Halseth (Ap)
• 1920–1928: Paul O. Lium (Bp)
• 1929–1931: Ole Halseth (Ap)
• 1932–1934: John E. Nervik (Ap)
• 1935–1937: Bernt Forset (Bp)
• 1938–1941: John E. Nervik (Ap)
• 1941–1945: Torbjørn Lium (NS)
• 1945–1945: Bernt Forset (Bp)
• 1945–1945: John E. Nervik (Ap)
• 1946–1957: Johan Nervik (Ap)
• 1958–1959: Lars Bendiksvoll (Ap)
• 1960–1963: Sigurd Gjølgali (Ap)
• 1964–1967: Lars Bendiksvoll (Ap)
• 1968–1979: Reidar Fosshode (Ap)
• 1980–1983: Arild Huitfeldt (H)
• 1984–1987: Ivar Myhre (Ap)
• 1988–1989: Kai Nordseth (Ap)
• 1990–1991: Sverre Tangen (Ap)
• 1992–2007: Ivar Skei (SV)
• 2007–2015: Jarle Martin Gundersen (Sp)
• 2015–2019: Kirsti Tømmervold (Ap)

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway