Editing Karlsøy Municipality (section)

==General information==
Karlsøy has been a [[Church of Norway]] [[parish]] for many years. Many immigrants, mostly from Finland, resided in Karlsøy as evidenced by the 1801 census.<ref name="nordem">{{Cite book |last=Sølvi Sogner |title=Nordic Demography: Trends and Differentials |last2=Gunnar Thorvaldsen |publisher=Unipub forlag |year=2002 |isbn=978-82-7477-091-1 |editor-last=Jørgen Carling |location=Oslo |page=264 |chapter=Surnames as proxies place of origin in the 1801 census for Norway |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QxIEAQAAIAAJ}}</ref> The analysis of the census data revealed that the family names of these people such as Aderup, [[Blix]] and [[Rosenlund (surname)|Rosenlund]] were foreign-sounding.<ref name=nordem/> 

The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Karlsøy was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see the [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 January 1867, the southern district of Karlsøy (population: 862) was transferred from Karlsøy to the neighboring [[Lyngen Municipality]] (that area later became part of [[Ullsfjord Municipality]]). On 1 September 1886, the western island district of Karlsøy (population: 828) was separated from Karlsøy to become the new [[Helgøy Municipality]]. This left Karlsøy with 1,334 inhabitants.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, [[Helgøy Municipality]] was merged back into Karlsøy Municipality. At the same time, all of the mainland areas of Karlsøy (the northern part of the Lyngen [[peninsula]], with 1,001 inhabitants) was transferred from Karlsøy to neighboring [[Lyngen Municipality]]. After all the changes, the new Karlsøy had 3,414 residents. On 1 January 2008, the southern part of the island of [[Reinøya (Troms)|Reinøya]] was transferred from [[Tromsø Municipality]] to Karlsøy 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><ref name="gov" />

On 1 January 2020, the municipality became part of the newly formed [[Troms og Finnmark]] county. Previously, it had been part of the old [[Troms]] county.<ref name="snl5">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Troms og Finnmark |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Troms_og_Finnmark |access-date=2019-12-26 |date=2019-12-24 |editor-last=Mæhlum |editor-first=Lars |language=no}}</ref> On 1 January 2024, the [[Troms og Finnmark]] county was divided and the municipality once again became part of [[Troms]] county.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-05 |title=Fylkesinndelingen fra 2024 |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/no/tema/kommuner-og-regioner/kommunestruktur/fylkesinndelingen-fra-2024/id2922222/ |publisher=Regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the small [[Karlsøya (Troms)|Karlsøya]] island ({{langx|non|Kalsøe}}) since the first [[Karlsøy Church]] was built there. The first element is the [[genitive case]] of the male name {{wikt-lang|non|Karl}}. The last element is {{wikt-lang|no|øy}} which means "[[island]]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=py5MAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Tromsø amt |date=1911 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=17 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=162 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Karlsø''. On 6 January 1908, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Karlsøy''. The letter ''y'' was added to the end of the word to "Norwegianize" the name ({{lang|da|ø}} is the Danish word for "island" and {{lang|no|øy}} is the Norwegian word).<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>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 12 December 1980. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], an eagle head [[Erasure (heraldry)|erased]] [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått et avrevet sølv ørnehode}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is the head of a [[white-tailed eagle]]. The eagle head 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. The blue color in the field symbolizes the importance of the sea to the island community. The eagle head was chosen since one of [[Europe]]'s largest colonies of these birds is found on the island of [[Nord-Fugløya]] in the municipality. Furthermore, the eagle symbolizes the importance of [[fishing]] for the municipality. The arms were designed by Hallvard Sandvik.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Karlsøy |access-date=2023-01-27 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Karlsøy, Troms (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-19-36.html |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Karlsøy kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/he10081205031147.tif.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dkarls%25C3%25B8y |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Karlsøy Municipality. It is part of the [[Tromsø domprosti]] (arch-[[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Karlsøy'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="4"|Karlsøy||[[Helgøy Church]]||[[Helgøya (Troms)|Helgøya]]||1742
|-
|[[Karlsøy Church]]||[[Karlsøya (Troms)|Karlsøya]]||1854
|-
|[[Ringvassøy Church]]||[[Hansnes]]||1977
|-
|[[Sengskroken Church]]||[[Vanna (Troms)|Vanna]]||1962
|}