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==Government== Hamarøy Municipality is responsible for [[primary education]] (through 10th grade), outpatient [[Health care|health services]], [[old age|senior citizen]] services, [[welfare spending|welfare]] and other [[Social work|social services]], [[zoning]], [[economic development]], and municipal [[road]]s and utilities. The municipality is governed by a [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] of [[Direct election|directly elected]] representatives. The [[mayor]] is [[Indirect election|indirectly elected]] by a vote of the municipal council.<ref name="ks">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=kommunestyre |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/kommunestyre |date=2022-09-20 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Tore |language=Norwegian |editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene |accessdate=2022-10-14}}</ref> The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the [[Midtre Hålogaland District Court]] and the [[Hålogaland Court of Appeal]]. ===Municipal council=== The [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] ({{lang|no|Kommunestyre}}) of Hamarøy is made up of 17 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political [[Political party|party]]. {{div col}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |start = 2023 |end = 2027 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Nordland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/nordland/hamarøy#seats |access-date=2023-12-27 |publisher=Valg Direktoratet}}</ref> |collapsed = |Total = 17 |Arbeiderpartiet = 3 |Fremskrittspartiet = 2 |Høyre = 5 |Senterpartiet = 5 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1 |Venstre = 1 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |start = 2019 |end = 2023 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 - Nordland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/nordland/hamarøy#seats |access-date=2019-10-27 |publisher=Valg Direktoratet}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 17 |Arbeiderpartiet = 4 |Fremskrittspartiet = 1 |Høyre = 4 |Senterpartiet = 6 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1 |Venstre = 1 |note = On 1 January 2020, part of [[Tysfjord Municipality]] became part of Hamarøy Municipality. |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |start = 2015 |end = 2019 |reference = <ref name="ssb valg">{{Cite web |title=Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/04813/ |publisher=Statistics Norway |language=no}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 17 |Arbeiderpartiet = 4 |Fremskrittspartiet = 1 |Høyre = 4 |Senterpartiet = 3 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1 |Venstre = 4 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |start = 2011 |end = 2015 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2011 - Nordland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2011/ko/nordland/hamarøy#seats |access-date=2019-10-27 |publisher=Valg Direktoratet}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 17 |Arbeiderpartiet = 6 |Høyre = 4 |Senterpartiet = 2 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1 |Venstre = 4 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |start = 2007 |end = 2011 |reference = <ref name="ssb valg" /> |collapsed = yes |Total = 17 |Arbeiderpartiet = 7 |Høyre = 4 |Senterpartiet = 3 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1 |smallparty = Joint list of the [[Liberal Party (Norway)|Liberal Party]] and political independents |smallparty_no = Samarbeidslista Venstre og partipolitisk uavhengige |smallparty_number = 2 |smallparty_color = linear-gradient(135deg, {{Party color|Liberal Party (Norway)}} 50%, white 50%); |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |start = 2003 |end = 2007 |reference = <ref name="ssb valg" /> |collapsed = yes |Total = 17 |Arbeiderpartiet = 3 |Høyre = 4 |Senterpartiet = 4 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2 |smallparty = Joint list of the [[Liberal Party (Norway)|Liberal Party]] and political independents |smallparty_no = Samarbeidslista Venstre og partipolitisk uavhengige |smallparty_number = 4 |smallparty_color = linear-gradient(135deg, {{Party color|Liberal Party (Norway)}} 50%, white 50%); |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |start = 1999 |end = 2003 |reference = <ref name="ssb valg" /> |collapsed = yes |Total = 21 |Arbeiderpartiet = 6 |Høyre = 3 |Senterpartiet = 4 |smallparty = Joint list of the [[Liberal Party (Norway)|Liberal Party]] and politically independent voters |smallparty_no = Venstre og partipolitisk uavhengige velgere |smallparty_number = 8 |smallparty_color = linear-gradient(135deg, {{Party color|Liberal Party (Norway)}} 50%, white 50%); |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |start = 1995 |end = 1999 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1996 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1995 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c342.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 21 |Arbeiderpartiet = 6 |Høyre = 4 |Senterpartiet = 5 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1 |otherparty = Collaboration list |otherparty_no = Samarbeidslista |otherparty_number = 5 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |start = 1991 |end = 1995 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1993 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1991 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c057.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 21 |Arbeiderpartiet = 6 |Høyre = 3 |Senterpartiet = 6 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2 |otherparty = Collaboration list |otherparty_no = Samarbeidslista |otherparty_number = 4 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |start = 1987 |end = 1991 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1988 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1987 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b765.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 21 |Arbeiderpartiet = 9 |Høyre = 5 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1 |Senterpartiet = 4 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1 |Venstre = 1 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |start = 1983 |end = 1987 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1984 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1983 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b450.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 21 |Arbeiderpartiet = 8 |Høyre = 5 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1 |Sp/V = 5 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |start = 1979 |end = 1983 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1979 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1979 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b093.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 21 |Arbeiderpartiet = 7 |Høyre = 7 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2 |Senterpartiet = 3 |Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1 |Venstre = 1 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |start = 1975 |end = 1979 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1977 |title=Kommunevalgene 1975 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a769.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 21 |Arbeiderpartiet = 6 |Høyre = 4 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2 |Senterpartiet = 6 |otherparty = Hamarøy Free Voters |otherparty_no = Hamarøy Frie Velgere |otherparty_number = 3 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |start = 1971 |end = 1975 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1973 |title=Kommunevalgene 1972 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a457.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 21 |Arbeiderpartiet = 8 |Høyre = 5 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3 |Senterpartiet = 5 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |start = 1967 |end = 1971 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1967 |title=Kommunevalgene 1967 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a214.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo |volume=I}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 21 |Arbeiderpartiet = 8 |Høyre = 6 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3 |Senterpartiet = 4 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |start = 1963 |end = 1967 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1964 |title=Kommunevalgene 1963 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_138.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 25 |Arbeiderpartiet = 9 |Høyre = 7 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3 |Senterpartiet = 5 |Local_Lists = 1 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |herad = yes |start = 1959 |end = 1963 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1960 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_022.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 25 |Arbeiderpartiet = 9 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 10 |Local_Lists = 3 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |herad = yes |start = 1955 |end = 1959 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1957 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_252.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 25 |Arbeiderpartiet = 9 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 12 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |herad = yes |start = 1951 |end = 1955 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1952 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_120.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 24 |Arbeiderpartiet = 9 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 4 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 11 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |herad = yes |start = 1947 |end = 1951 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1948 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_165.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 24 |Arbeiderpartiet = 8 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 7 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 9 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |herad = yes |start = 1945 |end = 1947 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1947 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_133.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 24 |Arbeiderpartiet = 11 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 5 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 8 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Hamarøy |herad = yes |start = 1937 |end = 1941* |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1938 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_133.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 24 |Borgerlige_Felleslister = 9 |Arbeiderpartiet = 11 |Local_Lists = 4 |}} {{div col end}} ===Mayors=== The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayor]] ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Hamarøy was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position (incomplete list): {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *1838-18??: Truls Krog Koch *1857-1864: Nikolai Walsøe *1880-1886: Olaus Holter ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) *1887-1899: Andreas Nilsen ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) *1908-1910: Joakim E. Winther ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) *1911-1919: Johan Hoff Ellingsen ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) *1919-1937: Konrad Halmøy ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) *1937-1942: Sverre Pedersen ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) *1942-1943: Sverre Vaag ([[Nasjonal Samling|NS]]) *1943-1945: Sverre Pedersen *1945-1945: Bjarne Gaarder ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) *1945-1945: Nordahl Markussen ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]) *1946-1947: Johan Stokland ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) *1947-1955: Arthur Thoresen ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]) *1955-1959: Petter Fikke ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) *1959-1967: Ulrik Normann ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) *1967-1983: Olav Elsbak, Jr. ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) *1983-1991: Ingvald Sørensen ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]) *1991-1995: Sverre Harald Eriksen ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]]) *1995-2003: May Valle ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]]) *2003-2007: Jan-Folke Sandnes ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) *2007-2015: Rolf Steffensen ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]) *2015-2019: Jan-Folke Sandnes<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-10-14 |title=Han blir ny ordfører i Hamarøy |url=http://www.fremover.no/lokale-nyheter/hamaroy/han-blir-ny-ordforer-i-hamaroy/s/5-17-86603 |access-date=2015-10-14 |work=[[Fremover]] |language=no}}</ref> ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]) *2019–present: Britt Kristoffersen Løksa ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]]) {{div col end}}
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