Ulstein Municipality

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Ulstein is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The commercial and administrative centre of Ulstein is the town of Ulsteinvik. The municipality occupies the western half of the island of Hareidlandet, as well as about 30 smaller islands, four of which are populated.

Ulstein is connected to the mainland of Norway by the Eiksund Bridge (to the island of Eika) and then the Eiksund Tunnel to Ørsta Municipality on the mainland. The Grasøyane Lighthouse is located on a small island in the northwestern part of Ulstein Municipality.

The Template:Convert municipality is the 331st largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Ulstein Municipality is the 125th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,861. The municipality's population density is Template:Convert and its population has increased by 9.5% 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 Ulsteinvik

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Ulstein Church

The municipality of Ulstein (originally spelled Template:Lang) was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). It originally included most of the island of Hareidlandet (except the Eiksund area) and the Vartdalsstrand area southeast of the Vartdalsfjorden on the mainland. On 1 January 1895, Ulstein Municipality was divided into two separate municipalities: the area southeast of the Vartdalsfjorden (population: 736) became the new Vartdalsstranden Municipality and the rest of the old municipality (population: 2,996) remained as a smaller Ulstein Municipality. Then on 1 January 1917, the municipality was divided again. The eastern half of the island of Hareidlandet (population: 2,310) became the new Hareid Municipality and the western half (population: 2,336) remained as a smaller Ulstein 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, the island of Eika, the village of Eiksund, and the surrounding area (population: 222) were transferred from Herøy Municipality to Ulstein Municipality.<ref name="Dag" />

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Ulstein farm (Template:Langx) since the first Ulstein Church was built there. The first element is Template:Wikt-lang which means "wolf" (possibly an old name for the local river Ulva or referring to the male name Ulfr). The last element is Template:Wikt-lang which means "stone mountain", probably referring to a small mountain (now called Ulsteinhetta) which is located behind the farm. Before 1879, the name was written Ulfsten or Ulfsteen, then between 1879 and 1888 it was spelled Ulvsten, and since 1889 it has been spelled Ulstein.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 30 May 1986. The official blazon is "Azure, a fess indented Or" (Template:Langx). This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is a fess (horizontal bar) with indented edges. The fess 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 arms show a bar that is described as wolf-toothed, which makes the bar a canting since the municipality is named after the Ulva river (a name which sounds like the word for wolf (Template:Langx). The blue colour represents the sea and the gold represents wheat. The arms were designed by Jarle Skuseth after an idea by Asbjørn Waage. 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>

Churches

The Church of Norway has one parish (Template:Lang) within Ulstein Municipality. It is part of the Søre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre.

**Churches in Ulstein**
Parish (Template:Lang)	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Ulstein	Ulstein Church	Ulsteinvik	1849

Geography

The municipality is located on the western part of the island of Hareidlandet, plus the island of Dimnøya and many smaller surrounding islands. The highest point in the municipality is the Template:Convert tall mountain Blåtinden near the southern tip of the island of Hareidlandet.<ref name="elev" /> Hareid Municipality shares the only land border with Ulstein to the east. Herøy Municipality lies to the west, Volda Municipality lies to the south, and Ørsta Municipality lies to the southeast. The Vartdalsfjorden and Rovdefjorden form the southern border of Ulstein.

There are several villages throughout the municipality. The largest is the town of Ulsteinvik and others include the villages of Haddal, Flø, Eiksund, Ringstad, Sundgota, Hasund, and Varleite. The island of Dimnøya is just outside Ulsteinvik, and there are many residents there. There are also several small populated islands surrounding the main island of Hareidlandet: Eika, Vattøya, and Hatløya.

Government

Ulstein 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 SNL</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 Ulstein Municipality 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> Template:Div col

1838–1841: Andreas Hofgaard Winsnæs
1842–1843: Nils Toresen Nedrelid
1844–1845: Martinus Mortensen Overaae
1846–1849: Hans Nicolai Wraamann
1850–1853: Martinus Mortensen Overaae
1854–1855: Hans Nicolai Wraamann
1855–1855: Jon Pedersen Branda
1856–1859: Martinus Mortensen Overaae
1860–1867: Knut Guliksen Hareide
1868–1871: Johannes Pedersen Scheide
1872–1873: Elling Ellingsen Ulfsteen
1874–1875: Lars Hansen Hareide
1876–1881: Johannes Pedersen Scheide
1882–1883: Ole Johannessen Teigene
1884–1895: Martinus Kolbeinsen Bjørndal
1896–1897: Ole Johannessen Teigene
1898–1901: Martinus Kolbeinsen Bjørndal
1902–1904: Ole Johannessen Teigene
1905–1910: Hans Nilsen Rise
1911–1913: Arne Ingebrigtsen Grimstad
1914–1922: Hans B. Osnes
1923–1928: Knut Andreassen Strand
1929–1931: Sverre J. Lynge
1932–1934: Knut Andreassen Strand
1935–1945: Leif H. Saunes (V)
1946–1947: Knut Andreassen Strand
1948–1948: Martin Ulstein (V)
1948–1959: Knut A. Ertesvåg
1960–1963: Jan Remø (H)
1964–1967: Per A. Dimmen (H)
1967–1967: Peter K. Saunes (Ap)
1968–1975: Oskar V. Sundgot (KrF)
1976–1979: Olav B. Urke (KrF)
1979–1987: Asbjørn Flø (Sp)
1987–1993: Ottar Kaldhol (Ap)
1993–1995: Arne Walderhaug (KrF)
1995–2003: Jan Berset (H)
2003–2011: Hannelore Måseide (Ap)
2011–2015: Jan Berset (H)
2015–2023: Knut Erik Engh (FrP)
2023–present: Stian Skorgen Scheide (H)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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Industry

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Kleven Verft

Maritime Cluster

The Headquarters of the Ulstein Group, Rolls-Royce Marine, and Kleven Verft are located in Ulstein Municipality. The maritime industry is renowned for its creativity in the ship industry, which currently employs more than 1,000 people in Ulstein.

Ulstein is known as a central community in the maritime cluster that has been created within the Sunnmøre region, Norway. Large shipyards and ship design companies are situated in Ulsteinvik. Technological innovation has played an import role in the recent history of the town. For example, the Ulstein Group has designed a new hull shape with an inverted bow called the Ulstein Group's X-Bow, examples of which are regularly docked in Ulsteinvik, outside the drydocks of Ulstein Verft.

Notable people

Ragnar Ulstein Template:Post-nominal (1920–2019), a journalist, writer, and resistance member
Martin Tore Bjørndal (1944−2015), a Norwegian diplomat in South America
Øystein Runde (born 1979), a comics writer and comics artist

Sport

Ole Bjørn Sundgot (born 1972), a former footballer with 270 club caps
Arild Sundgot (born 1978), a former football striker with 312 caps with Lillestrøm SK
Magnus Myklebust (born 1985), a football striker with 350 club caps
Karsten Warholm (born 1996), an athlete who competes in the sprints and hurdles

References

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External links

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