Editing Hamarøy Municipality (section)

==General information==
The municipality of Hamarøy was established on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the part of Hamarøy located on the south side of the [[Sagfjorden (Nordland)|Sagfjorden]] and west of the [[Veggfjellan]] mountain (population: 77) was transferred to neighboring [[Steigen Municipality]]. On the same date, the Tysnes and Molvik farms (population: 33) was transferred from Hamarøy to the neighboring [[Tysfjord Municipality]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no}}</ref>

On 1 January 2020, the western part of [[Tysfjord Municipality]] was merged into Hamarøy Municipality. This occurred because in 2017, it was decided by the [[Parliament of Norway]] that the neighboring [[Tysfjord Municipality]] would be divided along the [[Tysfjorden]] with the eastern half being merged with the neighboring [[Narvik Municipality]] and [[Ballangen Municipality]] to form a new, larger [[Narvik Municipality]] and the remaining western half will be merged with Hamarøy Municipality on the same date.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Karlsen |first=Tone Anita |date=2017-08-22 |title=Ny Narvik tar form |url=http://www.ht.no/nyheter/2017/08/22/Nye-Narvik-tar-form-15192004.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911072326/http://www.ht.no/nyheter/2017/08/22/Nye-Narvik-tar-form-15192004.ece |archive-date=11 September 2017 |access-date=2017-09-10 |work=Harstad Tidende |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-13 |title=Intensjonsavtale Hamarøy og Tysfjord |url=https://www.tysfjord.kommune.no/intensjonsavtale-hamaroey-og-tysfjord.5936561-340628.html |access-date=2017-09-10 |publisher=Tysfjord kommune |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Hamarøya'' island ({{langx|non|Hamarøy}}), which is now a peninsula, since the first [[Hamarøy Church]] was built there. The first element is the [[genitive case]] of the word {{wikt-lang|non|hǫm}} which means "[[thigh]]/[[leg]] (of an [[animal]])". The last element is {{wikt-lang|no|øy}} which means "[[island]]". This was likely because the island (or a part of it) was shaped in the form of an animal's leg.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K21BAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1905 |edition=16 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=263 |language=no}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Hammerø''. On 6 January 1908, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Hamarøy''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1908 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1908. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015110481021_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |page=24}}</ref>

On 21 January 2011, the national government approved a resolution to add a co-equal, official [[Sami language]] name for the municipality: {{lang|smj|Hábmer}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-01-21 |title=Samisk navn på Hamarøy kommune, Nordland |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/2011-01-21-80?q=H%C3%A1bmera%20suohkan |access-date=2023-11-19 |publisher=LovData.no |language=no}}</ref> The spelling of the Sami language name changes depending on how it is used. It is called {{lang|smj|Hábmer}} when it is spelled alone, but it is {{lang|smj|Hábmera suohkan}} when using the Sami language equivalent to "Hamarøy Municipality".<ref name="sami name">{{Cite web |title=Stadnamn og rettskriving |url=https://www.kartverket.no/til-lands/stadnamn/stadnamn-og-offisielle-sprak-i-noreg |access-date=2023-11-19 |publisher=[[Kartverket]] |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
[[File:Hamarøy komm.svg|thumb|left|100px|Arms (1982-2019)]]
[[File:Hamarøy komm 2020.svg|thumb|left|100px|Current arms since 2020]]
The original [[coat of arms]] was granted on 19 February 1982 and in use until 1 January 2020 when the new arms were put into use. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a lynx [[statant|statant guardant]] [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått en stående sølv gaupe}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[lynx]]. The lynx has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. Lynx are common in the area it was chosen for the arms as a symbol for the rich wildlife in the forests of the municipality. The arms were designed by Asbjørn Mathiassen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Hamarøy |access-date=2023-02-01 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hamarøy, Nordland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-18-49.html |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1982-04-23 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1982-02-19-423 |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

The current [[coat of arms]] was adopted in 2019 for use starting on 1 January 2020 after a municipal merger. The [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a rock carving of two swans [[argent]]"''. This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a depiction of a 9,000-year-old rock carving of the outlines of two [[swan]]s. The swans have a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means they are commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The ancient [[rock carving]] seen at Dyreberget in Leiknes is a notable historical feature for the municipality. The two swans also symbolize the two cultures of the municipality: Norwegian and [[Lule Sami]]. The arms were designed by Ingar Nikolaisen Kuoljok and Dag Winsjansen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Er du klar for nytt kommunevåpen? |url=https://www.nyehamaroy.no/er-du-klar-for-nytt-kommunevaapen.6223821-475902.html |access-date=2020-02-09 |publisher=NyeHamarøy.no |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gracheva |first=Svetlana |date=2020-08-21 |title=Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.hamaroy.kommune.no/kommunevaapen.519707.no.html |access-date=2023-02-01 |publisher=Hábmera suokan/Hamarøy kommune |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has two parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Hamarøy Municipality. It is part of the [[Ofoten prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Hamarøy'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Hamarøy||[[Hamarøy Church]]||[[Presteid]]||1974
|-
|rowspan="2"|Sagfjord||[[Sagfjord Church]]||[[Karlsøy, Nordland|Karlsøy]]||1770
|-
|[[Tømmernes Church]]||[[Tømmerneset]]||1952
|}