Editing Loppa Municipality

{{short description|Municipality in Finnmark, Norway}}
{{about|the municipality in Finnmark, Norway|the island village in that municipality|Loppa (island)}}
{{Infobox kommune
|name                   = Loppa
|native_name            = 
|native_name_lang       = 
|other_name             = <hr />{{native name|se|Láhpi suohkan}}<br />{{native name|fkv|Lappean komuuni}}
|former_name            = Loppen herred
|image_skyline          = Oksfjord-1.jpg
|image_caption          = View of the village of Øksfjord
|idnumber               = 5614
|county                 = Finnmark
|district               = Vest-Finnmark
|capital                = [[Øksfjord]]
|established            = 1 Jan 1838
|preceded               = none
|demonym                = Loppværing
|language               = Bokmål
|coatofarms             = Loppa komm.svg
|flag                   = Flag of Loppa.png
|webpage                = www.loppa.kommune.no
|mayor                  = Cato Kristiansen
|mayor_party            = [[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|SV]]
|mayor_as_of            = 2023
|elevation_max_m        = 1191
|highest_point_ref      = <ref name="elev">{{Cite web |date=2024-01-16 |title=Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune |url=https://www.kartverket.no/til-lands/fakta-om-norge/hoyeste-fjelltopp-i-kommunen |publisher=[[Kartverket]] |language=no}}</ref>
|area_rank              = 167
|area_total_km2         = 689.27
|area_land_km2          = 671.19
|area_water_km2         = 18.08
|area_water_percent     = 2.6
|population_as_of       = 2024
|population_rank        = 343
|population_total       = 864
|population_density_km2 = 1.3
|population_increase    = -15.9
|coordinates            = {{coord|70|14|22|N|22|20|55|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
|utm_zone = 34W |utm_northing = 7803114 |utm_easting = 0527772 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Loppa''' ({{langx|se|Láhppi}} and {{langx|fkv|Lappea}}) is a [[List of municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Finnmark]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]]. The [[administrative centre]] of the municipality is the village of [[Øksfjord]]. Other villages in Loppa include [[Andsnes]], [[Bergsfjord]], [[Langfjordhamn]], [[Loppa (village)|Loppa]], [[Nuvsvåg]], [[Øksfjordbotn]], [[Sandland]], and [[Sør-Tverrfjord]].

The {{convert|689|km2|adj=on}} municipality is the 167th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Loppa is the 343rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 864. The municipality's [[population density]] is {{convert|1.3|PD/km2}} and its population has decreased by 15.9% over the previous 10-year period.<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>

Most people live in the village of Øksfjord, but smaller communities are spread out along the shores and islands, notably [[Nuvsvåg]], [[Sandland]], [[Bergsfjord]], Brynilen, and the island of [[Loppa (island)|Loppa]]. This island was previously the [[administrative centre]] of the municipality (hence the name). There is no airport, but Øksfjord is a port of call for the [[Hurtigruten]] boats.

==General information==
[[File:Bergsfjord Loppa.jpg|thumb|left|View of the village of Bergsfjord]]
[[File:Oeksfjord kirke.JPG|thumb|left|View of [[Øksfjord Church]]]]
[[File:Fv882 road near Steinvikneset at Øksfjorden, 2012 June.jpg|thumb|left|View near Øksfjord]]
The municipality of ''Loppen'' (later spelled ''Loppa'') was established on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). In 1858, the northern part of Loppa on the island of [[Sørøya]] and most of Loppa on the island of [[Stjernøya]] (population: 506) was separated to form the new [[Hasvik Municipality]]. This left Loppa with 801 residents. The borders of the municipality have not changed since that time.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

On 1 January 2020, the municipality became part of the newly formed [[Troms og Finnmark]] county. Previously, it had been part of the old [[Finnmark]] county.<ref name="snl5">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Troms og Finnmark |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Troms_og_Finnmark |access-date=2019-12-26 |date=2019-12-24 |editor-last=Mæhlum |editor-first=Lars |language=no}}</ref> On 1 January 2024, the [[Troms og Finnmark]] county was divided and the municipality once again became part of [[Finnmark]] county.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-05 |title=Fylkesinndelingen fra 2024 |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/no/tema/kommuner-og-regioner/kommunestruktur/fylkesinndelingen-fra-2024/id2922222/ |publisher=Regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the island of [[Loppa (island)|Loppa]] ({{langx|non|Loppa}}), since it was the former centre of the municipality and the first church ([[Loppa Church]]) was located there. The meaning of the name is uncertain, however it is mentioned to be of Norse origin.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bratrein |first=Håvard Dahl |title=Høvding, Jarl, Konge. Nord-Norges politiske historie i vikingtid, ei annerledes fortelling |publisher=Tromsø Museums Skrifter |year=2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qolBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Finmarkens amt |date=1924 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=18 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=93–94 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref><ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Loppa |url=http://snl.no/Loppa |access-date=2013-01-09 |language=no}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Loppen''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Loppa''.<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 19 December 1980. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Or (heraldry)|Or]] a cormorant [[Attitude (heraldry)|wings elevated]] sable"'' ({{langx|no|I gult en svart skarv}}). This means the arms have a [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] that is a [[great cormorant|great black cormorant]] in [[sable (heraldry)|sable]]. The [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) has 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 cormorant was chosen as a symbol since the municipality has several typical [[fishing village]]s which often attract cormorants which are reputed to be good fish-catchers. The yellow color in the field symbolizes the riches from the local [[fishing industry]]. 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=Loppa |access-date=2023-01-22 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Loppa, Finmark |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-20-14.html |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1980-12-19 |title=Loppa kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/he10071208070148.tif.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dloppa |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=digitalarkivet.no |publisher=Arkivverket |language=no}}</ref> {{See also-text|Coats of arms of [[Coat of arms of Røst|Rost]] and [[Coat of arms of Skjervøy|Skjervøy]]}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Loppa. It is part of the [[Alta prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland]]. In the medieval ages Loppa was its own parish, with traces after an old church in the fishing village of Yttervær, on the island Loppa.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Loppa'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="5"|Loppa||[[Bergsfjord Church]]||[[Bergsfjord]]||1951
|-
|[[Loppa Church]]||[[Loppa (island)|Loppa]]||1953
|-
|[[Nuvsvåg Chapel]]||[[Nuvsvåg]]||1961
|-
|[[Sandland Chapel]]||[[Sandland]]||1971
|-
|[[Øksfjord Church]]||[[Øksfjord]]||1954
|}

==Geography==
Loppa is the westernmost municipality of Finnmark and it faces the open stretch of the [[Norwegian Sea]] called [[Lopphavet]], and it is mostly coastal with [[fjord]]s and [[island]]s under the gigantic snowcap of the [[Øksfjordjøkelen]] [[glacier]]. The municipality includes most of the peninsula between the [[Kvænangen (fjord)|Kvænangen]] and the [[Altafjorden]]. There are also several islands in the municipality, notably [[Loppa (island)|Loppa]], [[Silda (Finnmark)|Silda]], and part of [[Stjernøya]]. The mountains [[Lopptinden]] and [[Svartfjellet, Loppa|Svartfjellet]] both lie in the municipality along with the glaciers [[Langfjordjøkelen]], [[Øksfjordjøkelen]], and [[Svartfjelljøkelen]]. The highest point in the municipality is the {{convert|1191|m|adj=on}} tall mountain [[Øksfjordjøkelen]].<ref name="elev" />

===Climate===
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|single line  = yes
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|location     = [[Øksfjord]]
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|Jan mean C=-3.7
|Feb mean C=-3.5
|Mar mean C=-2.1
|Apr mean C=0.7
|May mean C=4.8
|Jun mean C=8.9
|Jul mean C=12.1
|Aug mean C=11.3
|Sep mean C=7.7
|Oct mean C=3.5
|Nov mean C=-0.2
|Dec mean C=-2.6
|year mean C=3.1
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|Jan precipitation mm=73
|Feb precipitation mm=67
|Mar precipitation mm=57
|Apr precipitation mm=52
|May precipitation mm=46
|Jun precipitation mm=52
|Jul precipitation mm=59
|Aug precipitation mm=71
|Sep precipitation mm=80
|Oct precipitation mm=105
|Nov precipitation mm=82
|Dec precipitation mm=86
|year precipitation mm=830
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}}

==Government==
Loppa 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 [[Vestre Finnmark District Court]] and the [[Hålogaland Court of Appeal]].

===Municipal council===
The [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] {{lang|no|(Kommunestyre)}} of Loppa is made up of 15 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                      = Loppa
|start                     = 2023
|end                       = 2027
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Finnmark Finnmárku |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/finnmark%20finnm%C3%A1rku/loppa#seats |access-date=2024-01-04 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|Total                     = 15
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Høyre                     = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 3
|otherparty                = People's List for Loppa
|otherparty_no             = Folkelista i Loppa
|otherparty_number         = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|start                     = 2019
|end                       = 2023
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 - Troms og Finnmark |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/troms%20og%20finnmark/loppa#seats |access-date=2019-10-23 |publisher=Valg Direktoratet}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 15
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Høyre                     = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 5
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|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                     = 15
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 6
|Høyre                     = 5
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|start                     = 2011
|end                       = 2015
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2011 - Finnmark |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2011/ko/finnmark%20finnm%C3%A1rku/loppa#seats |access-date=2019-10-23 |publisher=Valg Direktoratet}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 15
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|Høyre                     = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Kyst                      = 6
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|start                     = 2007
|end                       = 2011
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 15
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Høyre                     = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|Kyst                      = 5
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|start                     = 2003
|end                       = 2007
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 15
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 8
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|Kyst                      = 5
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|start                     = 1999
|end                       = 2003
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 15
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|otherparty                = Voting list for the Bergsfjord area
|otherparty_no             = Valgliste for Bergsfjord krets
|otherparty_number         = 1
|otherparty1               = Loppa cross-party list
|otherparty_no1            = Loppa tverrpolitiske liste
|otherparty_number1        = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|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                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|otherparty                = Loppa cross-party common list
|otherparty_no             = Loppa tverrpolitiske fellesliste  
|otherparty_number         = 4
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|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                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 7
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 6
|otherparty                = Nuvsvåg local list
|otherparty_no             = Nuvsvåg bygdeliste
|otherparty_number         = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|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                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 10
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 3
|otherparty                = Nuvsvåg local list
|otherparty_no             = Nuvsvåg bygdeliste
|otherparty_number         = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|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                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 3
|otherparty                = Nuvsvåg local list
|otherparty_no             = Nuvsvåg bygdeliste
|otherparty_number         = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|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                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|otherparty                = Local list for Oksfjord og Oksfjordbotn
|otherparty_no             = Kretsliste for Oksfjord og Oksfjordbotn
|otherparty_number         = 1
|otherparty1               = Local list for Bergsfjord
|otherparty_no1            = Kretsliste for Bergsfjord 
|otherparty_number1        = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|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                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 11
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|otherparty                = Fishermen and Workers' Non-party List
|otherparty_no             = Fiskernes og Arbeidernes Upolitiske Liste
|otherparty_number         = 3
|otherparty1               = Voting List for the Bergsfjord area
|otherparty_no1            = Valgliste for Bergsfjord Krets 
|otherparty_number1        = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|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                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 13
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 2
|Local_Lists               = 4
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|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                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|Sosialistisk_Folkeparti   = 1
|AFS                       = 4
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 4
|Local_Lists               = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|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                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 7
|AFS                       = 5
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 4
|Local_Lists               = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|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                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|Local_Lists               = 10
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|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                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|NKP                       = 1
|AFS                       = 5
|Local_Lists               = 8
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|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                     = 16
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|AFS                       = 3
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 4
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|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                     = 16
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 8
|NKP                       = 1
|AFS                       = 7
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|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                     = 16
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 7
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Loppa
|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                     = 16
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 9
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 6
|AFS                       = 1
|}}
{{div col end}}

===Mayors===
The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayors]] ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Loppa:<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.loppa.kommune.no/tidligere-ordfoerere-og-valg.20659.no.html |title=Ordførere gjennom tidene i Loppa kommune 1839 |date=2016-12-21 |publisher=Loppa kommune |language=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115155408/http://www.loppa.kommune.no/tidligere-ordfoerere-og-valg.20659.no.html |archive-date=2018-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gamst |first1=Leonhard |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013060408161 |title=Loppas historie. Bygdebok for Loppa kommune |last2=Samuelsberg |first2=Harald |publisher=Loppa kommune |year=1983 |language=no}}</ref>
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*1839–1840: Jens Hjort Stuwitz 
*1841–1847: Christopher A. Lassen 
*1848–1849: Johan Axel Rask
*1849–1857: Marius Meyer 
*1858–1859: Nils Hjort Stuwitz 
*1860–1861: Ove Kristian Brock 
*1861–1862: Georg Peter Ulich 
*1863–1869: Wilhelm Henrik Klerck Buck 
*1869–1875: Peder Olsen Megrund  
*1876–1877: Petter Steffensen Berg
*1878–1880: Jens Rasmussen Kiil
*1881–1897: Edvard Buck ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
*1897–1908: Arne Fosnes ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1909–1911: Reiel Nybø ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
*1912–1916: Arne Fosnes ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1916–1942: Ola Berg ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1945–1945: Bendix Berg ([[Bygdeliste|LL]])
*1945–1946: Edvin Pettersen ([[Bygdeliste|LL]])
*1947–1947: Ragnar Lyngmoe ([[Arbeiderpartiet|Ap]])
*1948–1955: Nordahl Johansen ([[Arbeiderpartiet|Ap]])
*1956–1959: Ole Grønnum ([[Arbeiderpartiet|Ap]])
*1960–1961: Harald Samuelsberg ([[Arbeiderpartiet|Ap]])
*1962–1967: Einar Fjelldahl ([[Arbeiderpartiet|Ap]])
*1968–1979: Konrad J. Knutsen ([[Arbeiderpartiet|Ap]])
*1980–1981: Edgar Flåten ([[Arbeiderpartiet|Ap]])
*1982–1987: Torleif Gamst ([[Arbeiderpartiet|Ap]])
*1988–1991: Konrad J. Knutsen ([[Arbeiderpartiet|Ap]])
*1992–1995: Arne Gamst ([[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|SV]])
*1995–2007: Arne Dag Isaksen ([[Arbeiderpartiet|Ap]])
*2007–2015: Jan-Eirik Jensen ([[Kystpartiet|K]])
*2015–2019: Steinar Halvorsen ([[Høyre|H]])
*2019–2023: Stein Thomassen ([[Arbeiderpartiet|Ap]])
*2023–present: Cato Kristiansen ([[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|SV]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-19 |title=Cato Kristiansen femte SV-ordfører i Norge |url=https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/cato-kristiansen-femte-sv-ordforer-i-norge-1.16602810 |access-date=2024-01-05 |work=NRK Troms og Finnmark |language=no}}</ref>
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== History ==
The area of Loppa is suggested to have been inhabited since the [[Mesolithic]] times with traces after settlement and scattered findings in both Nuvsvåg, Øksfjord, Sandland, Loppa, Silda and Bergsfjord. The activity of fishing and whaling in the municipality seems to have its origins from ancient times.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 December 2019 |title=Archaeological database Askeladden |url=https://www.riksantikvaren.no/Veiledning/Data-og-tjenester/Askeladden}}</ref>

=== Roman Age ===
Little is known of this period historically and archaeologically in this area. However the discovering of a [[Roman Age]] longhouse from 120 AD,<ref name="Bratrein 1996">{{Cite book |last=Bratrein |first=Håvard Dahl |title=Ottar Tidsskrift |publisher=Tromsø Museum |year=1996}}</ref> at the island of Loppa shows the earliest signs of settlement in the [[Iron Age|Early Iron Age]]. Perhaps was this the very beginning of Norse taxation of the Sami peoples in the area and the interaction between the two peoples of trade and commerce in fishing and the industry of the hunting of maritime mammals.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Ellingsen |first=Gøran Hálfdanarson |title=Loppa - An Iron Age settlement in the periphery of Hálogaland |url=https://www.academia.edu/38183548 |language=no |year=2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Henriksen |first=Jørn Erik |date=1995 |title=Hellegropene, fornminner fra en funntom periode |url=https://www.academia.edu/1947438 |website=Academia.edu}}</ref> The longhouse is also one of the oldest one ever discovered in [[Northern Norway]].

=== Viking Age ===
In 1962 a rich female [[Viking Age]] grave was discovered on the island of Loppa. It contained luxurious personal objects such as tortoise brooches, a round brooch in the [[Viking art|Oseberg style]], a whalebone plaque, beads, knife, scissor and an arrowhead. The female grave was dubbed "The Queens Grave" due to the manner in which she was buried. However she was most likely not a queen but a very important person indeed on Viking Age Loppa. Perhaps a housewife of a local chieftain? The wealth of the grave reflects that of the Norse elite's presence in the area. The burial was dated to the 9th century AD.<ref name="Bratrein 1996" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Storli |first=Inger |title=Hålogaland før rikssamlingen |publisher=Institutt for sammenliknende forskning |year=2006}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Bratrein |first=Håvard Dahl |title=Feltrapport fra 1994}}</ref>

In 1964 a longhouse from Viking Age was also discovered dated to the end of the 8th century AD. Several other buildings and boathouses was also discovered and dated to the same period as the longhouse and the rich female grave. There is also several burials from Iron Age on the island, where the biggest a burial cairn with the size of 13 meters in diameter. The amount of Iron Age burials and houses suggests that of a more permanent Norse settlement.<ref name=":0" />

=== Middle Ages ===
In [[Middle Ages]], the hunting and the production of oil from marine mammals seems to stop, and fishing becomes more important. Along the coast of Northern Norway we see so called farm mounds of ancient settlements, and at Loppa there are at least 6 farm mounds spread out on the island of [[Loppa (island)|Loppa]], [[Silda, Finnmark|Silda]] and at mainland [[Andsnes]]. However, the farm mounds of Northern Norway seem to have their upbringing already in Early Iron Age, suggesting that fishing was already a commercial trade before the Middle Ages. On the island of Loppa one of the farm mounds was dated to the 1100s AD, with a church site close by. This suggests that Loppa was its own parish already in the Middle Ages.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bruun |first=Inga Malene |title=Kulturminneregistrering i gamle fiskevær |publisher=Tromsø Museum |year=2009}}</ref>

[[File:Hans E Kinck av Harald Brun 1908.jpg|125px|thumb|Hans E Kinck, 1908]]

== Notable people ==
* [[Hans E. Kinck]] (1865 in Øksfjord – 1926), an author and philologist who wrote novels, short stories, dramas, and essays
* [[Harald Nicolai Samuelsberg]] (1911 in Loppa – 1986), a politician who was mayor of Loppa 
* [[Hallgeir Pedersen]] (born 1973), a jazz guitarist who was raised in Øksfjord
* [[Magnus Andersen (footballer)|Magnus Andersen]] (born 1986 in Øksfjord), a Norwegian football midfielder with over 300 club caps

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://ssb.no/kommunefakta/loppa Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]] {{in lang|no}}

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