Editing Søgne

{{short description|Former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway}}
{{about|the former municipality in [[Agder]], Norway|the village of Søgne, Norway|Tangvall}}
{{Infobox kommune
|name                   = Søgne
|former                 = yes
|native_name            = 
|native_name_lang       = 
|former_name            = Sygne herred
|other_name             = 
|image_skyline          = Trysnes, Søgne.jpg
|image_caption          = View of [[Trysnes]] in Søgne
|idnumber               = 1018
|county                 = Vest-Agder
|district               = [[Sørlandet]]
|capital                = [[Tangvall]]
|established            = 1 Jan 1838
|preceded               = none
|disestablished         = 1 Jan 2020
|succeeded              = [[Kristiansand Municipality]]
|demonym                = Søgnesokning
|language               = Bokmål
|coatofarms             = Søgne komm.svg
|webpage                = www.sogne.kommune.no
|mayor                  = Astrid Hilde
|mayor_party            = [[Norwegian Labour Party|Ap]]
|mayor_as_of            = 2015-2019
|area_rank              = 354
|area_total_km2         = 151.33
|area_land_km2          = 144.09
|area_water_km2         = 7.24
|area_water_percent     = 4.8
|population_as_of       = 2020
|population_rank        = 103
|population_total       = 11,321
|population_density_km2 = 78.6
|population_increase    = 16.2
|coordinates            = {{coord|58|05|39|N|07|46|21|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
|utm_zone = 32V |utm_northing = 6439878 |utm_easting = 0427651 |geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Søgne''' is a [[List of former municipalities of Norway|former municipality]] in the old [[Vest-Agder]] county, [[Norway]]. The municipality existed from 1838 until 2020 when it was merged with the municipalities of [[Songdalen]] and [[Kristiansand]] into the "new" Kristiansand municipality in what is now [[Agder]] county. It was located in the traditional district of Sørlandet, just outside of the [[Kristiansand (town)|city of Kristiansand]]. The [[administrative centre]] of the municipality was the hamlet of [[Tangvall]]. Hamlets and areas in Søgne include [[Ausviga]], [[Eik, Vest-Agder|Eig]], [[Høllen]], [[Langenes, Vest-Agder|Langenes]], [[Lohne, Norway|Lohne]], [[Lunde, Vest-Agder|Lunde]], [[Ny-Hellesund]], [[Trysnes]], [[Vedderheia]], [[Ålo]], and [[Åros, Søgne|Åros]].

Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the {{convert|151|km2|adj=on}} municipality was the 354th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway.  Søgne is the 103rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 11,321.  The municipality's [[population density]] is {{convert|78.6|PD/km2}} and its population has increased by 16.2% over the last decade.<ref name="ssb pop">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |year=2017 |title=Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=Folkemengd1951&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=folkendrhist&StatVariant=&checked=true |access-date=2017-11-05 |language=no}}</ref>

==General information==
[[File:Holmen1.jpg|thumb|left|View of the coastline of Søgne]]
[[File:Høllen havn - panoramio.jpg|thumb|left|View of the harbour at [[Høllen]]]]
[[File:Ny-Hellesund StOlafs sund (2).JPG|thumb|left|View of the cliffs of [[Ny-Hellesund]]]]
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Sygne (later spelled ''Søgne'') was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). on 1 July 1913, the northern half of Søgne (population: 822) was separated to form the new municipality of [[Greipstad]]. This left Søgne with 2,609 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. Søgne municipality remained generally the same during this time, however, there were a couple of small changes to the municipal boundaries. On 1 January 1964, the Stubstad area of neighboring [[Holum]] municipality (population: 9) and the Brunvatne area of neighboring [[Øyslebø]] municipality (population: 44) were both transferred to Søgne municipality. Then on 1 January 1965, the unpopulated Svalemyren area of neighboring [[Mandal (municipality)|Mandal]] municipality was transferred to Søgne.<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, the three neighboring municipalities of [[Kristiansand]], [[Songdalen]], and Søgne merged to form one large municipality called ''Kristiansand''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nye Kristiansand |url=https://www.kristiansand.kommune.no/nye-kristiansand/ |access-date=2017-11-05 |publisher=Kristiansand kommune |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Søgne'' farm ({{langx|non|Sygna}}) since the [[Old Søgne Church]]  was built there. The name comes from the local river ''Sygna'' (now called [[Søgneelva]]). The river name is derived from the verb {{wikt-lang|non|súga}} which means "to suck". The municipality was historically spelled ''Sygne'' until the 1880s when it was changed to ''Søgne''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mt1LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt |date=1912 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=9 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=46–47 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 24 May 1985 and they were in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Per fess]] [[Line (heraldry)|urdy]] [[Azure (heraldry)|azure]] and [[argent]], two points to the [[Chief (heraldry)|chief]]"'' ({{langx|no|Delt av blått og sølv ved gråverksnitt (med to spisser oppover)}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) that is divided by a [[Line (heraldry)|line]] that follows a geometric "urdy" pattern. Below the line, the field has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of azure (blue). Above the line, the field has a tincture of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The design of the line is meant to symbolize two stone road markers ([[cairn|varder]]), which in historical times were used to mark the paths and tracks that people followed. Two of the largest of these signs are found in the municipality, and were mentioned in historical records in the early 17th century. According to legend, they were built by King [[Olaf II of Norway]] ''(Hellige-Olav)'', in the 11th century. A local tradition says they represent two girls standing on top of the hill looking for their lovers to return from fishing. The fishermen drowned and the girls remained waiting there. The stone markers are named {{lang|no|"jentene på Hellerøya"}} (the girls on Heller island). The original stone markers were destroyed by Germans during [[World War II]] and afterwards they were rebuilt in concrete. The arms were designed by Ulf Skauge based on idea by Nols Th. Finstad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=S%C3%B8gne |access-date=2023-01-21 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Søgne, Vest-Agder (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-10-18.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1985-07-27 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1985-05-24-1062?q=flagg |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Søgne. It is part of the [[Mandal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Agder og Telemark]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Søgne'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Søgne||[[Søgne Church]]||[[Lunde, Vest-Agder|Lunde]]||1861
|-
|[[Old Søgne Church]]||[[Tangvall|Søgne]]||1604
|}

==Government==
While it existed, this municipality was responsible for [[primary education]] (through 10th grade), outpatient [[Health care|health services]], [[old age|senior citizen]] services, [[unemployment]], [[Social work|social services]], [[zoning]], [[economic development]], and municipal [[road]]s. During its existence, this 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 |access-date=2023-08-03 |date=2022-09-20 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Tore |language=no |editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene}}</ref> The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the [[Kristiansand District Court]] and the [[Agder Court of Appeal]].

===Municipal council===
The [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] {{lang|no|(Kommunestyre)}} of Søgne was made up of 27 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                      = Søgne
|start                     = 2016
|end                       = 2019
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2015 - Vest-Agder |url=https://valgresultat.no/vest-agder/søgne?type=ko&year=2015 |access-date=2020-11-17 |publisher=Valg Direktoratet}}</ref><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>
|Total                     = 27
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 8
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 5
|Grønne                    = 1
|Høyre                     = 6
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|start                     = 2012
|end                       = 2015
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2011 - Vest-Agder |url=https://valgresultat.no/vest-agder/søgne?type=ko&year=2011 |access-date=2020-11-17 |publisher=Valg Direktoratet}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 27
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 6
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 5
|Høyre                     = 9
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|start                     = 2008
|end                       = 2011
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 27
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 6
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 4
|Venstre                   = 3
|Høyre                     = 5
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 6
|Pensjonistpartiet         = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|start                     = 2004
|end                       = 2007
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 5
|Høyre                     = 6
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 3
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|start                     = 2000
|end                       = 2003
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 3
|Høyre                     = 8
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 5
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|Høyre                     = 8
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 4
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Venstre                   = 2
|otherparty                = Søgne local list
|otherparty_no             = Søgne bygdeliste
|otherparty_number         = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|Høyre                     = 7
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 4
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|Venstre                   = 2
|otherparty                = Søgne local list
|otherparty_no             = Søgne bygdelist
|otherparty_number         = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Høyre                     = 10
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 4
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|Venstre                   = 3
|otherparty                = Søgne local list
|otherparty_no             = Søgne Bygdeliste
|otherparty_number         = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 6
|Høyre                     = 10
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 4
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|Venstre                   = 1
|otherparty                = Søgne local list
|otherparty_no             = Søgne Bygdeliste
|otherparty_number         = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Høyre                     = 9
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 5
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Venstre                   = 2
|otherparty                = Søgne local list
|otherparty_no             = Søgne bygdeliste
|otherparty_number         = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 1
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|DLF                       = 2
|Høyre                     = 7
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 5
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Venstre                   = 1
|otherparty                = Søgne local list
|otherparty_no             = Søgne Bygdeliste
|otherparty_number         = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 6
|Høyre                     = 5
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 4
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Venstre                   = 4
|Local_Lists               = 4
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo |volume=I}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 17
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Venstre                   = 5
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 17
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Venstre                   = 5
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 17
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Venstre                   = 5
|Local_Lists               = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 21
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|Høyre                     = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 4
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Venstre                   = 5
|Local_Lists               = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 16
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Venstre                   = 11
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 16
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Venstre                   = 10
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 16
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 6
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|DRF/V                     = 8
|Local_Lists               = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Søgne
|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=2020-11-17 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 16
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|Venstre                   = 10
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 1
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 2
|}}
{{div col end}}

===Mayors===
The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayors]] ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Søgne (incomplete list):<ref>{{Cite book |last=Andreassen |first=Jostein |title=Alt om Søgne |publisher=Søgne kommune |year=1996 |isbn=9788299236713 |location=Søgne, Norge |language=no}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* 1838–18??: Otto Joachim Moltke Hansen
* 1853-18??: [[Peder Bjørnson]]
* 1888–1901: Jakob Brunvatne ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
* 1902–1904: Hans Jensen Try ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
* 1905–1907: Jakob Brunvatne ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
* 1908–1916: Hans Jensen Try ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
* 1916-1922: S. Sverdrup ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
* 1922–1925: Harald Brunvatne ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Bp]]) 
* 1926–1928: Hans Jensen Try ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
* 1929–1931: Harald Brunvatne ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Bp]]) 
* 1932–1941: Tarald Eg ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
* 1945-1945: Tarald Eg ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
* 1946–1951: Jørgen H. Lohne ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
* 1952–1955: Tarald Eg ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
* 1956–1963: Jørgen H. Lohne ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
* 1964-1967: Syvert Tallaksen ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
* 1968-1971: Thorbjørn Odd Olsen ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
* 1972-1975: Syvert Tallaksen ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
* 1976–1991: Bjarne Nesheim ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
* 1992–2001: [[Anne Berit Andersen]] ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
* 2001–2007: Eli Løite ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
* 2007–2011: Solveig Kjelland Larsen ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 2011–2015: Åse R. Severinsen ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
* 2015–2019: Astrid Hilde ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
{{div col end}}

==Media==
The newspaper ''[[Søgne og Songdalen Budstikke]]'' has been published in Søgne since 1999.<ref name="SNL">[https://snl.no/S%C3%B8gne_og_Songdalen_Budstikke ''Store norske leksikon'': ''Søgne og Songdalen Budstikke''.]</ref>

==Geography==
Søgne was a small, coastal municipality, with a long stretch of coastline and islands to the south. To the east, it bordered the municipality of [[Kristiansand]], to the north and northeast it bordered the municipalities of [[Marnardal]] and [[Songdalen]], and to the west it bordered the municipality of [[Mandal (municipality)|Mandal]].

The municipality had a couple main rivers running through it: Lundeelva and [[Søgneelva]]. The [[Trysfjorden]] cuts into the shoreline in the west part of the municipality. There are also many islands to the south of the mainland. [[Ny-Hellesund]] is a small cluster of three populated islands that were an important [[outport]] in the history of Søgne. The [[Songvår Lighthouse]] is located in the far south part of the municipality on the small island of Hellersøya.

===Climate===
{{Weather box 
|metric first = yes
|single line  = yes
|location     = [[Tangvall|Søgne]]
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean C = -0.1
| Feb mean C = -0.5
| Mar mean C = 1.7
| Apr mean C = 5.0
| May mean C = 10.0
| Jun mean C = 13.9
| Jul mean C = 15.5
| Aug mean C = 15.1
| Sep mean C = 12.0
| Oct mean C = 8.7
| Nov mean C = 4.3
| Dec mean C = 1.5
|year mean C = 7.3
<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
|precipitation colour = <!-- Enter "green" for green precipitation colours, remove this line for blue colouring. -->
| Jan precipitation mm = 137
| Feb precipitation mm = 90
| Mar precipitation mm = 99
| Apr precipitation mm = 66
| May precipitation mm = 89
| Jun precipitation mm = 81
| Jul precipitation mm = 93
| Aug precipitation mm = 127
| Sep precipitation mm = 154
| Oct precipitation mm = 177
| Nov precipitation mm = 176
| Dec precipitation mm = 131
|year precipitation mm = 1420
<!-- Mandatory fields, source -->
|source 1= Norwegian Meteorological Institute<ref>{{Cite web |title=eKlima Web Portal |url=http://eklima.met.no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040614073527/http://eklima.met.no/ |archive-date=2004-06-14 |publisher=Norwegian Meteorological Institute}}</ref>
}}

==Notable people==
*[[Dina Larsen]] (1873-1961), domestic science teacher and civil servant
*[[Hans Try]] (1934–1990), archivist and historian

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Søgne}}
{{Wikivoyage|Vest-Agder}}
*[http://ssb.no/kommunefakta/sogne Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]] {{in lang|no}}
*[http://www.sogneguiden.no/engelsk.asp Søgneguiden: Visitor information]
*[http://www.visitkrs.no/en/Kommuner/Sogne/  Welcome to Søgne: Tourist information]
*[http://www.bsnett.no/ ''Søgne og Songdalen Budstikke'': local newspaper] {{in lang|no}}
*[http://www.sogne.kommune.no/ Søgne municipal website] {{in lang|no}}
*[http://www.sorforumet.com Sørforumet: Forum]

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