Editing Luster, Norway (section)

==General information==
[[File:Fortun 2010.jpg|thumb|left|View of the [[Fortun (village)|Fortun]] area]]
[[File:Norway sheep and landscape.jpg|thumb|left|Norwegian sheep and Luster landscape]]
[[File:Gaupne gamle kirke.jpg|thumb|left|[[Old Gaupne Church]]]]
''Lyster'' was established as a [[List of municipalities of Norway|municipality]] on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). The original municipality was identical to the ''Lyster'' [[Church of Norway|parish]] ''([[prestegjeld]])'' with the sub-parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) of [[Fortun (village)|Fortun]], [[Luster (village)|Dale]], [[Nes, Sogn og Fjordane|Nes]], and [[Gaupne]]. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1963, the neighboring municipalities of [[Hafslo]] and [[Jostedal]] were merged with Luster, forming a much larger municipality. After the merger, Luster had 5,854 residents.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}</ref>

Since the consolidation of the three municipalities of [[Hafslo]], [[Jostedal]] and Luster in 1963, the area has been characterized by scattered rural settlements and large distances between these settlements. Luster was the largest municipality by area in the old [[Sogn og Fjordane]] county.<ref name="em">{{Cite web |last=Natvik |first=Oddvar |date=9 February 2005 |title=Some historical data on the 26 Kommunes |url=http://www.emigration.no/sff/emigration3.nsf/0/326D0346278A5909C1256F570048962C?OpenDocument |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613141425/http://www.emigration.no/sff/emigration3.nsf/0/326D0346278A5909C1256F570048962C?OpenDocument |archive-date=13 June 2008 |access-date=23 June 2008}}</ref>

On 1 January 2020, the municipality became part of the newly created [[Vestland]] county after [[Sogn og Fjordane]] and [[Hordaland]] counties were merged.

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the [[Lustrafjorden]] ({{langx|non|Lústr}}) and the [[Luster (village)|village of Luster]] which grew up along the fjord. The name is derived from the word {{wikt-lang|non|ljóss}} which means "light" or "bright", referring to the bright color of the water from the [[glacier]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lN1LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt |date=1919 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=12 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=8 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Lyster''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Luster''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=1057–1065}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 20 April 1990. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a [[tilia]] curled [[argent]] forming an [[Annulet (heraldry)|annulet]]"'' ({{langx|no|På blå grunn ein sølv linderanke lagt i sirkel}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[tilia]] branch curled into a circle. The charge 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 arms are inspired by an old [[Wood carving|woodcarving]] found in the [[Urnes Stave Church]] which is located in the municipality. The arms were designed by Inge Rotevatn from Nordfjordeid. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 September 2022 |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Luster |access-date=2023-05-13 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Luster, Sogn og Fjordane (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-14-26.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1990-05-30 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1990-04-20-258 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has eight parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Luster. It is part of the [[Sogn prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Bjørgvin]].<ref>{{Cite web |year=2008 |title=Alle kirker og kirkegårder i Norge |url=http://www.tha.no/kirkerinorge-v2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603174706/http://www.tha.no/kirkerinorge-v2.htm |archive-date=2008-06-03 |language=no}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Luster'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Dale||[[Dale Church (Luster)|Dale Church]]||[[Luster (village)|Luster]]||1250
|-
|rowspan="2"|Fet og Joranger||[[Fet Church (Luster)|Fet Church]]||[[Fet, Sogn og Fjordane|Fet]]||1894
|-
|[[Joranger Church]]||[[Joranger]]||1660
|-
|Fortun||[[Fortun Church]]||[[Fortun (village)|Fortun]]||1879
|-
|rowspan="2"|Gaupne||[[Gaupne Church]]||rowspan="2"|[[Gaupne]]||1908
|-
|[[Old Gaupne Church]]||1647
|-
|rowspan="2"|Hafslo||[[Hafslo Church]]||[[Hafslo (village)|Hafslo]]||1878
|-
|[[Veitastrond Chapel]]||[[Veitastrond]]||1928
|-
|Jostedal||[[Jostedal Church]]||[[Jostedal]]||1660
|-
|Nes||[[Nes Church (Sogn og Fjordane)|Nes Church]]||[[Nes, Sogn og Fjordane|Nes]]||1909
|-
|rowspan="2"|Solvorn||[[Solvorn Church]]||[[Solvorn]]||1883
|-
|[[Urnes Stave Church]]||[[Ornes, Sogn og Fjordane|Ornes]]||1130
|}