Editing Skånland Municipality (section)

==General information==
Skånland Municipality was established on 1 July 1926 when the large [[Trondenes Municipality]] was divided into three municipalities: [[Sandtorg Municipality]] (population: 4,224) in the southwest, Skånland Municipality (population: 2,443) in the southeast, and [[Trondenes Municipality]] (population: 3,429) in the north. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring [[Astafjord Municipality]] (population: 1,120) was merged into Skånland. On the same date, the part of Skånland on the island of [[Rolla (Troms)|Rolla]] (population: 143) was transferred to the neighboring [[Ibestad Municipality]].<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>

On 1 January 2020, Skånland Municipality was merged into the neighboring [[Tjeldsund Municipality]], the newly merged municipality became part of [[Troms]] county (since Tjeldsund Municipality was in [[Nordland]] county and Skånland Municipality was in Troms county prior to the merger).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunereform |url=https://www.skanland.kommune.no/kommunereform.383885.no.html |access-date=2017-09-09 |publisher=Skånland kommune |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jensen |first=Morten |date=2017-03-06 |title=Tjeldsund + Skånland = Sant |url=http://www.ht.no/nyheter/2017/03/06/Tjeldsund-Sk%C3%A5nland-Sant-14396362.ece |access-date=2017-09-09 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Skånland'' farm ({{langx|non|Skánøyjarland}}) since this was where the first [[Skånland Church]] was built in 1870. The first element is the [[genitive case]] of an old name for the area ({{lang|non|Skánøy}}). The meaning of this name is uncertain, but it may be of [[Sami languages|Sami]] origin, meaning "small mountains" ({{lang|se|skánit}}). The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|land}} which means "[[Earth|land]]" or "[[farm]]".<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=14 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 19 August 1988 and it was used until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Or (heraldry)|Or]] an auger drill [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]]"'' ({{langx|no|I gull en svart navar}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) with a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is an [[auger (drill)|auger]] with a tincture of [[sable (heraldry)|sable]]. The auger was chosen for the design in order to represent [[boat building]], an industry with long roots in the municipality. The arms were designed by Arvid Sveen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Skånland |access-date=2023-01-28 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Skånland, Troms (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-19-13.html |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1988-08-19 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LFO/forskrift/1988-08-19-673 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> {{See also2|[[Coat of arms of Meland]]}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] had three parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Skånland Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the [[Trondenes prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Skånland'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Astafjord||[[Astafjord Church]]||[[Grov, Troms|Grov]]||1978
|-
|Skånland||[[Skånland Church]]||[[Evenskjer]]||1901
|-
|Tovik||[[Tovik Church]]||[[Tovik]]||1905
|}