Tingvoll Municipality

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Tingvoll is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Tingvollvågen. Other villages include Meisingset, Kvisvik, Grimstad, and Torjulvågen. The municipality encompasses a peninsula on the mainland as well as a few surrounding islands. Norwegian National Road 70 and European route E39 both run through the municipality.

The Template:Convert municipality is the 253rd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Tingvoll Municipality is the 226th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,041. The municipality's population density is Template:Convert and its population has decreased by 0.8% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ssb area">Template:Cite web</ref>

General information

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View of Tingvollvågen

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View of Tingvoll Church

The parish of Tingvoll was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1866, the northern part of the municipality (population: 1,222) was separated to form the new Straumsnes Municipality. On 1 January 1874, a part of Stangvik Municipality (population: 61) was transferred to Tingvoll Municipality. On 1 January 1877, the Tiltereidet and Meisalstranden part of Tingvoll Municipality (population: 212) on the west side of the Sunndalsfjorden was transferred to Nesset Municipality. On 1 January 1880, the Torjulvågen area of Halsa Municipality (population: 240) was transferred to Tingvoll Municipality. On 1 January 1890, the Rausand area of Tingvoll Municipality (population: 101) was transferred to Nesset Municipality.<ref name="Dag">Template:Cite web</ref>

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Straumsnes Municipality (population: 1,160) and the part of Frei Municipality on the island of Aspøya (population: 147) were merged into Tingvoll Municipality. On 1 January 1965, the part of Tingvoll Municipality located on the western side of the Tingvollfjorden (population: 778) was transferred to Gjemnes Municipality and the Åsprong-Sandnes area near Meisingset (population: 26) was transferred from Stangvik Municipality to Tingvoll Municipality.<ref name="Dag" />

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Tingvoll farm (Template:Langx) since the first Tingvoll Church was built there. The first element is Template:Wikt-lang which means "thing" or "assembly". The last element is Template:Wikt-lang which means "meadow" or "flat ground" (so Tingvoll means "meeting place", like Þingvellir in Iceland).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Tingvold. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Tingvoll.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 7 September 1984. The official blazon is "Argent, five oak leaves vert in annulo stems to centre" (Template:Langx). This means the arms have a field (background) has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The charge is a group of five oak leaves arranged in a circle with their stems pointing to the centre. The oak leaves were chosen as a symbol since Norway's northernmost autochthonous oak forests can be found in the municipality. Each leaf represents one of the five main villages in the municipality: Tingvollvågen, Straumsnes, Gyl, Torjulvågen, and Meisingset. The arms were designed by Alvhild Ulseth. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:See also-text

Churches

The Church of Norway has two parishes (Template:Lang) within Tingvoll Municipality. It is part of the Indre Nordmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre.

**Churches in Tingvoll**
Parish (Template:Lang)	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Tingvoll	Tingvoll Church	Tingvollvågen	c. 1180
Straumsnes	Straumsnes Church	Grimstad	1864
Straumsnes	Langøy Chapel	Langøya	1935

History

Eight or nine centuries ago, Tingvoll was the site of the Nordmøre Ting. There was a flat field there, which in Norwegian is called voll. It was here that meetings were held, called ting, thus the name Tingvoll. The name has the same origin as the Scottish town of Dingwall, the parliament of the Isle of Man Tynwald, the English town of Thingwall (which Norwegian Vikings colonised<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>), Wirral Peninsula, and Þingvellir in Iceland.

Tingvoll Church, also known as the Nordmøre Cathedral (Template:Langx), was built around 1180 at the village of Tingvollvågen.

Government

Tingvoll 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 Møre og Romsdal District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

Mayors

The mayor (Template:Langx) of Tingvoll 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 web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Div col

1838–1839: Anders Larsen
1840–1843: Fanejunker Bjerkhol
1844–1847: J. Bugge
1848–1851: P. Hofflund
1852–1854: A. Bjerkhol
1854–1855: Peder I. Kjærivik
1856–1856: Karlsen
1856–1857: Markus Sæthem
1858–1861: H. Brodkorp
1862–1863: Markus Sæthem
1864–1873: Anders Koksvik
1874–1877: John Sæther
1878–1879: Lars A. Koksvik
1880–1883: Lars Solli
1884–1887: L. Nilsen
1888–1895: Hans Meisingset
1896–1897: Lars Meisingset
1898–1898: Lars Koksvik
1899–1904: Lars Meisingset
1905–1922: Lars Gjøvik
1923–1925: A.L. Koksvik
1926–1928: Lars Gjøvik
1929–1934: O.K Varvik
1935–1937: Magnus Skeid
1938–1940: O.H. Drøpping
1941–1943: Petter Grinde
1943–1945: Kristian Kindsbekken
1945–1945: O.H. Drøpping
1946–1951: Magnus Skeid
1952–1955: L.B. Flemmen
1956–1959: Steinar Stomsvik
1960–1963: John Th. Angvik
1964–1965: Steinar Stomsvik
1966–1967: Sverke Romundstad
1968–1969: Oddmund Tveikra
1970–1971: Jon Resell
1972–1975: Sverke Romundstad
1976–1979: Per Kamsvåg
1980–1983: Ivar Bølset
1984–1987: Rasmus Sørheim
1988–1995: Einar Lund
1996–1999: Lars Jostein Holten
1999–2007: Kristin Sørheim
2007–2011: Ole Morten Sørvik (H)
2011–2015: Peder Hanem Aasprang (Sp)
2015–2019: Milly Bente Nørsett (Ap)
2019–present: Ingrid Waagen (Sp)

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Geography

Tingvoll Municipality encompasses a large peninsula surrounded by the Tingvollfjorden, Vinjefjorden, Freifjorden, Halsafjorden, and Trongfjorden. The municipality also includes some islands including Aspøya. The Bergsøysund Bridge (part of the European route E39 highway) connects Aspøya to the neighboring island of Bergsøya to the west. The highest point in the municipality is the Template:Convert tall mountain Smisetnebba on the border with Sunndal Municipality.<ref name="elev" /> Template:Wide image

Climate

Tingvoll has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification), also known as a marine west coast climate. The wettest season is autumn and early winter. The driest season is spring. The average daily high temperature varies from about Template:Convert in January and February to Template:Convert in July. The all-time high is Template:Convert recorded 9 July 2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In February 2001 a low of Template:Convert was recorded. Earlier weather stations have recorded colder lows. The Tingvoll weather station started recording January 1992.

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Eco-municipality

Tingvoll has been a self declared eco-municipality since 1990, when the municipal council (Template:Lang) signed the declaration. The movement of eco-municipalities started among rural municipalities in Finland and later in Sweden in the 1980s. The idea was to inspire local economic and cultural development within a sustainable framework. In Tingvoll, the work started with a program for environmental education of the members of the council and the executive officers. The schools adapted national programs for environmental education.

A main part of the early years of eco-municipality, was the program for composting waste from the households. A new type of insulated bin was developed (Hagakompen) to assure composting could handle meat and fish waste, and work well in wintertime as well.

The Bioforsk Organic Food and Farming Division is located at Tingvoll.

Notable people

Martha G. Thorwick (1863 in Tingvoll — 1921), an American clubwoman and medical doctor based in San Francisco
Gunvor Hals (born 1953 in Tingvoll), a television personality
Nils Erik Ulset (born 1983 in Tingvoll), a biathlete, cross-country skier, and three-time Paralympic Champion