Editing Leksvik Municipality

{{short description|Former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway}}
{{infobox kommune
|name                   = Leksvik
|former                 = yes
|native_name            = 
|native_name_lang       = 
|other_name             = 
|former_name            = Leksviken herred
|image_skyline          = Leksvik-village-Norway.jpg
|image_caption          = View of the village of [[Leksvik (village)|Leksvik]]
|idnumber               = 1718
|county                 = Nord-Trøndelag
|district               = Fosen
|capital                = [[Leksvik (village)|Leksvik]]
|established            = 1 Jan 1838
|preceded               = none
|disestablished         = 31 Dec 2017
|succeeded              = [[Indre Fosen Municipality]]
|demonym                = Leksværing
|language               = Neutral
|coatofarms             = Leksvik komm.svg
|flag                   = 
|mayor                  = Steinar Saghaug
|mayor_party            = [[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]
|mayor_as_of            = 2015–2017
|elevation_max_m        = 601
|highest_point_ref      = <ref name="elev">{{Cite web |date=2024-01-16 |title=Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune |url=http://www.kartverket.no/Kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Hoyeste-fjelltopp-i-kommunen/hoyeste-fjelltopp-i-hver-kommune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526063607/http://www.kartverket.no:80/Kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Hoyeste-fjelltopp-i-kommunen/hoyeste-fjelltopp-i-hver-kommune |archive-date=2017-05-26 |publisher=[[Kartverket]] |language=no}}</ref>
|area_rank              = 230
|area_total_km2         = 430.22
|area_land_km2          = 399.70
|area_water_km2         = 30.52
|area_water_percent     = 7.1
|population_as_of       = 2017
|population_rank        = 249
|population_total       = 3480
|population_density_km2 = 8.1
|population_increase    = -0.1
|coordinates            = {{coord|63|39|59|N|10|29|29|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Leksvik''' is a [[List of former municipalities of Norway|former municipality]] in the old [[Nord-Trøndelag]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]]. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2018 when it became part of the newly created [[Indre Fosen Municipality]] in [[Trøndelag]] county. The [[administrative center]] of the municipality was the [[Leksvik (village)|village of Leksvik]]. Other villages in Leksvik included [[Vanvikan]], [[Seter, Norway|Seter]], and [[Dalbygda]]. [[Norwegian County Road 755]] is the main road that connected the whole municipality from north to south.

[[File:Leksvik sentrum.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Leksvik as seen from Våttåhaugen. Photo: Christian Nesset]]
Prior to its dissolution in 2018, the {{convert|430|km2|adj=on}} municipality was the 230th largest by area out of the then 426 municipalities in Norway. Leksvik Municipality was the 249th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,480. The municipality's [[population density]] was {{convert|8.7|PD/km2}} and its population had decreased by 0.1% over the last decade.<ref name="ssb pop">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |title=Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913/ |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="ssb area">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |title=09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/09280/ |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

The villages of Leksvik and [[Vanvikan]] were the two largest urban areas in Leksvik, notable for their [[high tech]] industries which have developed to become advanced and in demand. Areas with [[agriculture]] were also widespread, but most of the municipality was covered in [[forest]]s and [[mountain]]s where the [[wildlife]] ruled with animals such as [[moose]] and [[reindeer]].  The moose are sometimes seen in the heart of Leksvik and Vanvikan, where modern [[downtown]] areas with [[commerce|commercial]] and [[residential]] developments are growing.

==General information==
[[File:Bjornaa 1small.jpg|thumb|left|190px|View of the Bjørnåa river and falls]]
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Leksvik was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). During its entire existence, it was one of the few municipalities in Norway that did not have any changes to its borders.<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 2018, Leksvik Municipality merged with the neighboring [[Rissa Municipality]] to form the newly created [[Indre Fosen Municipality]] and at the same time, it became part of the newly merged [[Trøndelag]] county.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Om Indre Fosen |url=http://www.indrefosenkommune.no/om-indre-fosen/ |access-date=2017-10-01 |publisher=Indre Fosen kommune |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Leksvik (village)|Leksvik]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Lexuvík}}) since the first [[Leksvik Church]] was built there. The first element is {{lang|non|Lexa}} which is the [[genitive case]] of a river name. The name of the river is possibly derived from the word {{wikt-lang|non|lax}} which means "[[salmon]]". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|vík}} which means "[[inlet]]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_kFFxvxaufcC |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt |date=1903 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=15 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=48 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Leksvigen'' or ''Leksviken''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Leksvik'', removing the [[Definite article|definite form]] ending ''-en''.<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 28 September 1990 and they were in use until 1 January 2018 when the municipality was dissolved (the same arms were re-adopted for the new [[Indre Fosen]] Municipality after the merger of Leksvik and [[Rissa Municipality]] on that date). The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Per chevron]] [[embowed]] [[Azure (heraldry)|azure]] and [[argent]] point ending in [[Trefoil (heraldry)|trefoil]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått en innbøyd sølv spiss som ender i et kløverblad}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) that is [[division of the field|divided by a line]] in the shape of a [[Chevron (insignia)|chevron]] with curved sides that meet at a point. A [[Trefoil (heraldry)|trefoil]] is located on top of this point. The background above the line is blue and the background below this line 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 part represents the [[Trondheimsfjord]] and the white/silver part represents the land, particularly the Amborneset peninsula where King [[Sverre of Norway|Sverre Sigurdsson]] fought his last sea battle on 8 June 1198. There is a [[clover]]/trefoil design at the end of the silver part which represents life and growth. The arms were designed by Einar H. Skjærvold.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Leksvik |access-date=2023-02-12 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Leksvik, Nord-Trøndelag (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-17-18.html |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1990-12-09 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1990-09-28-820 |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] had one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Leksvik Municipality. It was part of the [[Fosen prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nidaros]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Leksvik'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Leksvik||[[Leksvik Church]]||[[Leksvik (village)|Leksvik]]||1670
|-
|Stranda||[[Stranda Church (Leksvik)|Stranda Church]]||[[Vanvikan]]||1897
|}

==Geography==
Leksvik Municipality was located on the eastern side of the [[Fosen]] peninsula along the coast of [[Trondheimsfjorden]]. There were two large lakes located in Leksvik: [[Storvatnet (Leksvik)|Storvatnet]] and [[Meltingvatnet]]. The highest point in the municipality was the {{convert|601|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Kjerringklumpen.<ref name="elev" />

==Government==
While it existed, Leksvik Municipality was 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 was governed by a [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] of [[Direct election|directly elected]] representatives. The [[mayor]] was [[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 was under the jurisdiction of the [[Frostating Court of Appeal]]. 

===Municipal council===
The [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] {{lang|no|(Kommunestyre)}} of Leksvik was made up of 25 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political [[Political party|party]]. 
{{div col}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|start                     = 2016
|end                       = 2017
|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=Norwegian}}</ref>
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 10
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|Høyre                     = 5
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 5
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Venstre                   = 1
|note = On 1 January 2018, Leksvik Municipality became part of [[Indre Fosen Municipality]].
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|start                     = 2012
|end                       = 2015
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2011 - Nord-Trøndelag |url=https://valgresultat.no/nord-trøndelag/leksvik?type=ko&year=2011 |access-date=2020-04-19 |publisher=Valg Direktoratet}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 7
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 3
|Høyre                     = 5
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|start                     = 2008
|end                       = 2011
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 8
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Venstre                   = 1
|Høyre                     = 3
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 4
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|start                     = 2004
|end                       = 2007
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 8
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 3
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 7
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|start                     = 2000
|end                       = 2003
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 8
|Høyre                     = 5
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 8
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|start                     = 1996
|end                       = 1999
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1996 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1995 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c342.pdf |access-date=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 7
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 11
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|start                     = 1992
|end                       = 1995
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1993 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1991 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c057.pdf |access-date=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 7
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 10
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|start                     = 1988
|end                       = 1991
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1988 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1987 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b765.pdf |access-date=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 10
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 8
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|start                     = 1984
|end                       = 1987
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1984 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1983 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b450.pdf |access-date=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 10
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 8
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|start                     = 1980
|end                       = 1983
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1979 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1979 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b093.pdf |access-date=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 8
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 9
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|start                     = 1976
|end                       = 1979
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1977 |title=Kommunevalgene 1975 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a769.pdf |access-date=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 7
|Høyre                     = 1
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 10
|otherparty                = Free Voters List
|otherparty_no             = Frie Velgeres Liste 
|otherparty_number         = 4
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|start                     = 1972
|end                       = 1975
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1973 |title=Kommunevalgene 1972 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a457.pdf |access-date=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 21
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 7
|Høyre                     = 1
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 9
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|start                     = 1968
|end                       = 1971
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1967 |title=Kommunevalgene 1967 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a214.pdf |access-date=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo |volume=I}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 21
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 6
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 7
|Local_Lists               = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|start                     = 1964
|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=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 21
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 7
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 5
|Local_Lists               = 9
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1960
|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=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 21
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 7
|Local_Lists               = 8
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1956
|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=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 21
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 13
|Local_Lists               = 4
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1952
|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=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 20
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Local_Lists               = 15
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1948
|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=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 20
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 3
|Local_Lists               = 17
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|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=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 20
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 3
|AFS                       = 1
|Local_Lists               = 16
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Leksvik
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1938
|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=2020-04-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 20
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 5
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 3
|Local_Lists               = 12
|}}
{{div col end}}

===Mayors===
The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayor]] ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Leksvik was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position:<ref>{{Cite book |title=Fosen. Natur, kultur og mennesker |publisher=Adresseavisens Forlag |year=1993 |editor-last=Sæther |editor-first=Stein Arne |location=Trondheim |pages=215–216 |language=no}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*1838–1840: Johan Albricht Carl Dons
*1840–1841: Nils Hjellup
*1842–1845: [[Christopher Winther Scheen]]
*1845-1846: Ole H. Krabseth
*1846–1849: Petter A. Grande
*1850–1857: Ole J. Moholdt	
*1858–1859: Ole Aalberg
*1860–1863: Hans Bull Motzfeldt
*1864–1865: Ole J. Moholdt 
*1866–1869: Ole Aalberg
*1870–1871: Aage Casper Larsen Winge 
*1872–1883: Hans Bull Motzfeldt ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
*1884–1888: Carl Ludvig Møller ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
*1888–1893: Ole Moxnes ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1894–1895: Hans Strand ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
*1896–1897: Ole Moxnes ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1898–1916: Hans Strand ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
*1917–1922: Karl Myran ([[Temperance Party (Norway)|Av]])
*1923–1925: Arnt Bye 	
*1926–1937: Edvard Grande ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1938–1941: P.A. Rosvold ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
*1941–1945: Hartvig Dalsaune 
*1945–1947: P.A. Rosvold ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
*1948–1949: Ole Graven ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1950–1951: Ole Hindrum ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Bp]])
*1952–1960: Elias Grande ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1961–1963: Johan Hindrum ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
*1964–1967: Hans Kirkhus ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1968–1979: Ingvar Sæther ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
*1980–1983: Olav Moholdt ([[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|KrF]])
*1984–1985: Ingvar Sæther ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
*1986–1995: [[Ingebjørg Karmhus]] ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
*1995–2003: [[Einar Strøm (politician)|Einar Strøm]] ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
*2003–2007: Borghild Husdal Buhaug ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
*2007–2015: [[Einar Strøm (politician)|Einar Strøm]] ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
*2015–2017: Steinar Saghaug ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
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==History==
The first inhabitants are believed to have moved to Leksvik some 3,000 years ago. They left several pieces of [[cutting]] tools which are now placed in [[museum]]s. But Leksvik does not appear in [[recorded history]] before the [[Viking Age]] when the villages Leksvik and Hindrem became quite important in the local area. In both Leksvik and Hindrem there have been found great [[tomb]]s and [[ruins]] of buildings and [[longboat]]s. On Borgen, there is a hill between Hindrem and [[Seter, Norway|Seter]] that may have been a great Viking [[Fortification|fortress]], but this could also be tracks made by the [[glacier]]s during the last [[ice age]]. After the [[Black Death]] struck Norway in 1349, Leksvik fell into silence for some 300 years.

In more modern history, Leksvik and Hindrem are small and relatively isolated villages, north of [[Trondheim Fjord]]. Two churches stood here, [[Leksvik Church]] and a [[stave church]] in Hindrem, but this broke down in 1655 and was replaced by a modern wooden church. In the 19th century, the church of Hindrem was demolished, and the new [[Stranda Church (Leksvik)|Stranda Church]] was built in Vanvikan. Leksvik became well known for its [[goat]]s and had 5,000 of them at their peak number.

During [[World War II]], Leksvik was settled by [[Operation Weserübung|German troops]] with the main camp on the top of Våttåhaugen, a hill north of the village of Leksvik. But as a small and isolated village, nothing of great importance happened there during the war, and it was mostly peaceful although [[bomb]]s fell over [[Trondheim (city)|Trondheim]], on the south side of the [[fjord]]. After [[electric power]] first came to Leksvik, [[Bjørn Lyng]] founded the first industry in Vanvikan and Leksvik.  After the first road was finally finished in the early 1960s, [[Industrial sector|industry]] grew rapidly and replaced the goats.

== Notable people ==
* {{See also|Indre_Fosen Municipality#Notable_people}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040830213127/http://webcam.kjellberg.no/ Webcam showing the view from Leksvik], looking across the fjord towards the [[Frosta peninsula]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312041236/http://www.treveven.no/leksikon/article.asp?Data_ID_Article=78&Data_ID_Channel=2 European ash north to Leksvik]

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