Editing Tysfjord Municipality (section)

==General information==
[[File:Stetind 2009 2.JPG|thumb|left|Stetind mountain and the fjord]]
The municipality of Tysfjord was established on 1 January 1869 when it was separated from the large [[Lødingen Municipality]]. Initially, the population of Tysfjord was 1,402. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the Tysnes and Molvika areas (population: 33) located northwest of [[Bognes]] were transferred from the neighboring [[Hamarøy Municipality]] to Tysfjord Municipality.<ref name="Dag">{{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 |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>

On 1 January 2020, the municipality was dissolved and divided between its neighbors: [[Narvik Municipality]] and [[Hamarøy Municipality]]. This occurred because in 2017, the [[Parliament of Norway]] decided that Tysfjord Municipality would be divided along the fjord with the eastern half being merged with [[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 |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 local [[Tysfjorden]] since it was a central geographical feature in the area. There are several ideas on the derivation of the name. Historically, the name was spelled in Norwegian as ''Tyttisfjiorden''. One thought is that the first element was the old name for the fjord {{lang|non|Þýtir}} which may have come from the verb {{wikt-lang|non|þjóta}} which means "blowing" (as in wind) or "rushing". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|fjord}} which means "[[fjord]]". Another thought is that the name ''Tysfjord'' is a Norwegianized form of the [[Lule Sami language]] name for the fjord, {{lang|smj|Divtasvuodna}}. The meaning of the first element {{lang|smj|divtas}} is unknown and the last element is {{wikt-lang|smj|vuodna}} which means "[[fjord]]". Another popular belief is that the Norwegian name is derived from the [[genitive case]] of the name of the [[Norse mythology|Old Norse]] god [[Týr]], but is the least plausible since the name ''Týr'' does not seem fit either with the Sami form or the oldest Norwegian spellings of the name.<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=275 |language=no}}</ref><ref name="snl1">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Tysfjord (tidligere kommune) |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Tysfjord_-_tidligere_kommune |date=2022-07-04 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=no |accessdate=2023-03-11}}</ref> 

Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Tysfjorden''. On 6 January 1908, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Tysfjord''.<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 7 October 2011, the national government approved a resolution to add a co-equal, official [[Lule Sami]] name for the municipality: {{lang|smj|Divtasvuodna}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-07 |title=Samisk navn på Tysfjord kommune, Nordland |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/2011-10-07-1011 |access-date=2024-08-28 |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|Divtasvuodna}} when it is spelled alone, but it is {{lang|smj|Divtasvuona suohkan}} when using the Sami language equivalent to "Tysfjord Municipality".<ref name="sami name" />

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 31 July 1987. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Argent]], a lobster [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]] [[Attitude (heraldry)|issuant]] from the base"'' ({{langx|no|I sølv en oppvoksende svart hummer}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) that 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 [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[lobster]]. The lobster was chosen because Tysfjord is the northernmost location of lobster habitat in the world. The original drawing included a lobster with claws of different size, such as they are in the natural population of lobsters in Tysfjord, but the [[National Archives of Norway|National Archives]] opted for the same size claws to meet the standard heraldic conventions. The arms were designed by Esther Skoglund. The municipality originally adopted a design that showed [[Stetind]] mountain, but this was not approved by the [[National Archives of Norway|National Archives]], so the lobster design was chosen instead.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Tysfjord |access-date=2023-02-04 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tysfjord, Nordland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-18-50.html |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1987-07-24 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1987-07-24-654 |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] had three [[parishes]] ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Tysfjord Municipality. It was part of the [[Ofoten prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Tysfjord'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Drag/Helland||[[Drag/Helland Church]]||[[Drag, Norway|Drag]]||1972
|-
|Kjøpsvik||[[Kjøpsvik Church]]||[[Kjøpsvik]]||1975
|-
|Korsnes||[[Korsnes Church]]||[[Korsnes]]||1889
|}