Editing Tysnes

{{short description|Municipality in Vestland, Norway}}
{{about|the municipality in Western Norway|the island along the Hardangerfjorden|Tysnesøy}}
{{Infobox kommune
|name                   = Tysnes
|native_name            = 
|native_name_lang       = 
|other_name             = 
|former_name            = 
|image_skyline          = Hamna i Våge.jpg
|image_caption          = The harbour in [[Våge, Tysnes|Våge]]
|idnumber               = 4616
|county                 = Vestland
|district               = Sunnhordland
|capital                = [[Uggdal]]
|established            = 1 Jan 1838
|preceded               = none
|demonym                = Tysnesing
|language               = Nynorsk
|coatofarms             = Tysnes komm (2020).svg
|webpage                = www.tysnes.kommune.no
|mayor                  = Synnøve Bakke
|mayor_party            = [[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]
|mayor_as_of            = 2023
|area_rank              = 283
|area_total_km2         = 255.14
|area_land_km2          = 245.19
|area_water_km2         = 9.93
|area_water_percent     = 3.9
|population_as_of       = 2023
|population_rank        = 232
|population_total       = 2910
|population_density_km2 = 11.9
|population_increase    = 6.4
|coordinates            = {{coord|59|59|54|N|05|34|38|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
|utm_zone=32V |utm_northing=6656194 |utm_easting=0309146 |geo_cat=adm2nd
}}

'''Tysnes''' ({{IPA|no-NO-03|ˈtŷːsneːs|lang}}) is a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Vestland]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]]. It is located in the [[Districts of Norway|traditional district]] of [[Sunnhordland]]. The [[administrative centre]] is the village of [[Uggdal]]. Other population centres in Tysnes include the villages of [[Våge, Tysnes|Våge]] and [[Onarheim]]. The island municipality is located in a group of islands near the mouth of the [[Hardangerfjorden]]. The majority of the municipal population lives on the island of [[Tysnesøya]], the largest island in the municipality.<ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Tysnes |url=https://snl.no/Tysnes |access-date=2015-01-22 |language=no}}</ref>

The {{convert|255|km2|adj=on}} municipality is the 283rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Tysnes is the 232nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,910. The municipality's [[population density]] is {{convert|11.9|PD/km2}} and its population has increased by 6.4% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb hist 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>

==General information==
The historic [[Prestegjeld|parish]] of ''Tysnæs'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 January 1907, the small portion of Tysnes located on the mainland (population: 67) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of [[Kvinnherad]]. The municipal borders have not changed since that time.<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>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Tysnes'' farm ({{langx|non|Týsnes}}) since the first [[Tysnes Church]] was built there. The first element is the [[genitive case]] of the name of the [[Old Norse]] god [[Týr]]. The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|nes}} which means "[[headland]]".<ref name="OR" />

This is probably the only place in [[Norway]] named after the god Týr. Several place names around the farm also have sacred meanings: ''Ve'' (holy place), ''Helgastein'' (holy rock), ''Godøy'' (the god's island), and ''Vevatnet'' (the [[holy lake]]). The old name of the big island of Tysnesøy was ''Njarðarlǫg'' (the district of the god [[Njord]]). Recently, a sun phenomenon connected to the original Tysnes headland has been discovered, and this seems to be the starting-point of the sacral name complex.<ref name="OR">{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ud5LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Bergenhus amt |date=1910 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=11 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=169–171 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
[[File:Tysnes komm.svg|thumb|left|100px|Old arms in use from 1971 until 2020.]]
[[File:Tysnes komm (2020).svg|thumb|left|100px|Coat of arms in use starting in 2020.]]
The first [[coat of arms]] for Tysnes was adopted on 28 October 1971 and it was in use until 1 January 2020 when a new coat of arms replaced it. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], under a [[Chevron (insignia)|chevron]] two crossed axes [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|På blå grunn to sølvfarga kryssede økser med sparre over}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is two crossed [[axe]]s under a [[Chevron (insignia)|chevron]]. The charge 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 arms were derived from the seal of the medieval [[Onarheim]] [[guild]] (''Olavsgildet''). Onarheim is a village on the island of [[Tysnesøya]] which was historically a [[Viking Age]] center of power in the [[Sunnhordland]] region. The [[Chevron (insignia)|chevron]] above the axes was added to the municipal arms to distinguish it from the medieval arms and the arms for the old [[Hordaland]] county. The arms were designed by Magnus Hardeland. The municipal flag had the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Tysnes |access-date=2023-05-24 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tysnes, Hordaland |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-12-23.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tysnes kommune |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/Tysnes%20fra%20SNL.JPG.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dtysnes |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |language=no}}</ref>

The old coat of arms was never formally adopted because it was too similar to the coat of arms for [[Hordaland]] county and the government refused to approve it. After [[Hordaland]] county became part of the new [[Vestland]] county, the Hordaland arms were no longer used. Additionally, a law was also changed, giving the municipal councils the ultimate authority to determine their own coats of arms, so Tysnes decided to review their arms. The council debated approving the old arms or choosing to adopt the arms of the old Hordaland county (with different colors). In 2020, the council adopted a new coat of arms based on the old Hordaland arms. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], under a royal crown two crossed axes [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|På blå grunn to sølvfarga kryssede økser med krone over.}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a two crossed [[axe]]s under a three pointed crown. The charge 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. This design was chosen because it more closely resembled the old Onarheim arms than the previous design. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tysnes kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/Tysnes%20kommunev%C3%A5pen%20bl%C3%A5%20og%20kvit%20(002).tif.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dtysnes |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-04 |title=Godkjenning av kommunevåpenet til Tysnes kommune - høyring |url=https://www.tysnes.kommune.no/godkjenning-av-kommunevaapenet-til-tysnes-kommune-hoeyring.6291060-312078.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Tysnes kommune |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has three parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Tysnes. It is part of the [[Sunnhordland prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Bjørgvin]].

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Tysnes'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Onarheim||[[Onarheim Church]]||[[Onarheim]]||1893
|-
|rowspan="2"|Reksteren og Uggdal||[[Reksteren Church]]||[[Reksteren]]||1937
|-
|[[Uggdal Church]]||[[Uggdal]]||1876
|-
|rowspan="1"|Tysnes||[[Tysnes Church]]||[[Våge, Tysnes|Våge]]||1868
|}

==Government==
Tysnes 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 [[Haugaland og Sunnhordland District Court]] and the [[Gulating Court of Appeal]].

===Municipal council===
The [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] ({{lang|no|Kommunestyre}}) of Tysnes is made up of 21 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                      = Tysnes
|start                     = 2023
|end                       = 2027
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Vestland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/vestland/tysnes#seats |access-date=2024-01-23 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = 
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 21
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|Høyre                     = 5
|INP                       = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|start                     = 2019
|end                       = 2023
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2019 – Vestland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/vestland/tysnes#seats |access-date=2020-02-02 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 21
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|Høyre                     = 8
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|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
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 21
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 7
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|Høyre                     = 5
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 4
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|start                     = 2011
|end                       = 2015
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2011 – Hordaland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2011/ko/hordaland/tysnes#seats |access-date=2020-02-02 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 21
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 6
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 4
|Høyre                     = 4
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|start                     = 2007
|end                       = 2011
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 21
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 2
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 4
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 4
|Venstre                   = 3
|otherparty                = Cross-Party List
|otherparty_no             = Tverrpolitisk liste
|otherparty_number         = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|start                     = 2003
|end                       = 2007
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 21
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 3
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 4
|Venstre                   = 1
|otherparty                = Cross-Party List
|otherparty_no             = Tverrpolitisk liste
|otherparty_number         = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|start                     = 1999
|end                       = 2003
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 23
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|Høyre                     = 5
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 6
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|otherparty                = Cross-Party List
|otherparty_no             = Tverrpolitisk liste
|otherparty_number         = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|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=2020-02-20 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 23
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 6
|Senterpartiet             = 7
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|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=2020-02-20 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|Høyre                     = 5
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 5
|Senterpartiet             = 9
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|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=2020-02-20 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|Høyre                     = 6
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 4
|Senterpartiet             = 10
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|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=2020-02-20 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|Høyre                     = 8
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 5
|Senterpartiet             = 7
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|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=2020-02-20 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 3
|Høyre                     = 6
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 6
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Venstre                   = 2
|otherparty                = Election list for Reksteren
|otherparty_no             = Valliste for Reksteren 
|otherparty_number         = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|otherparty                = Election list for Reksteren
|otherparty_no             = Valliste for Reksteren
|otherparty_number         = 2
|otherparty1               = Election list for Onarheim
|otherparty_no1            = Valliste for Onarheim
|otherparty_number1        = 4
|otherparty2               = Election list for Uggdal
|otherparty_no2            = Valliste for Uggdal
|otherparty_number2        = 9
|otherparty3               = Election list for Tysnes and Lunde school districts<br />
|otherparty_no3            = Valliste for Tysnes og Lunde skulekrets
|otherparty_number3        = 10
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Local_Lists               = 25
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo |volume=I}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Local_Lists               = 25
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 2
|Høyre                     = 3
|Local_Lists               = 20
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 2
|Høyre                     = 2
|Local_Lists               = 21
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 3
|Local_Lists               = 22
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 32
|Local_Lists               = 32
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 32
|AFS                       = 1
|Local_Lists               = 31
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 32
|AFS                       = 2
|Local_Lists               = 30
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Tysnes
|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=2020-05-10 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 30
|Local_Lists               = 30
|}}
{{div col end}}

===Mayors===
The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayors]] ({{langx|nn|ordførar}}) of Tysnes:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Heggland |first=Johannes |title=Tysnes - Det gamle Njardarlog |year=1964 |volume=2 |pages=311–312, 337–338, 352–353 |language=no}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* 1838–1841: Georg Døderlein Greve
* 1842–1845: Hans Olsen Bakke
* 1846–1849: Rudolph Grip Normann
* 1850–1853: Johan Frederik Voss
* 1854–1861: Herman Olai Hermandsen
* 1862–1863: Bård J. Nordbustad
* 1864–1873: Carl Marius Mohr
* 1874–1881: Herman Olai Hermandsen
* 1882–1885: Halvor Gjestland
* 1886–1889: Ole H. Mevatne
* 1890–1898: Amund J. Utne
* 1899–1918: Lars B. Sunde
* 1918–1934: Aksel Gjersvik
* 1935–1942: Jens Flornes
* 1942–1944: Erling Jonsgard ([[Nasjonal Samling|NS]])
* 1944–1945: Reidar Johannessen ([[Nasjonal Samling|NS]])
* 1945–1945: Jens Flornes
* 1947–1947: Johannes M. Lunde
* 1948–1955: Torbjørn Onarheim
* 1956–1959: [[Johannes Heggland]]
* 1960–1967: Martinus A. Færevaag
* 1968–1971: [[Johannes Heggland]]
* 1972–1979: Leif Andersland
* 1979–1983: Tor Ottersen ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
* 1983–1995: Helge Hauge ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
* 1995–2003: Lorentz Lunde ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
* 2003–2011: Helge Hauge ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
* 2011–2015: Kjetil Hestad ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
* 2015–2023: Kåre Martin Kleppe ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
* 2023-present: Synnøve Bakke ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-14 |title=Maktskifte i Tysnes - INP får varaordførar |url=https://www.nrk.no/vestland/maktskifte-i-tysnes---inp-far-varaordforar-1.16558390 |access-date=2024-01-23 |work=[[NRK]] |language=no}}</ref>
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==Geography==
The municipality consists of a group of [[island]]s, located south of the city of [[Bergen]] where the [[Hardangerfjorden]] and the coastal [[archipelago]] meet. The [[Bjørnafjorden]] lies north of the municipality and the [[Langenuen]] strait runs along the western side of the municipality. The largest of these islands, named [[Tysnesøya]], can be reached from the mainland either by [[ferry]] to the village of [[Våge, Tysnes|Våge]] on the north side of the island or by the [[road bridge]] constructed on the eastern side of the island. The second largest island is [[Reksteren]], which is connected to Tysnesøya by a small road bridge.

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|align       = none
|cols        = 3
|direction   = vertical
|percentages = pagr
|source      = [[Statistics Norway]]<ref name="ssb hist 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="FM">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |title=Folke- og bustadteljing 2001 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/fob2001/kommunehefte/1223/fob_1223_tabeller.pdf |language=Norwegian}}</ref> and Norwegian Historical Data Centre<ref name="NHDC">{{Cite web |last=Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet |author-link=University of Tromsø |title=Censuses in the Norwegian Historical Data Archive (NHDC) |url=https://rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/reg_komm_e.html}}</ref>
|1845|3758
|1855|4110
|1865|4274
|1875|4464
|1891|4590
|1900|4603
|1910|4951
|1920|4416
|1930|4379
|1946|4009
|1951|3866
|1960|3559
|1970|3019
|1980|2774
|1990|2915
|2000|2843
|2010|2779
|2020|2869
|2023|2910
}}

[[File:Karen Mowat.jpg|140px|thumb|Karen Mowat, 17th century]]

== Notable people ==
* [[Anders Mowatt of Hugoland]] (ca. 1530 – ca. 1610 in Tysnes), a Scottish merchant, navy admiral, and landowner
* [[Axel Mowat]] (1592 in Tysnes – 1661), a Norwegian naval officer and land owner becoming [[Barony Rosendal]]
* [[Karen Mowat]] (ca. 1630 in Tysnes – 1675), a Norwegian noblewoman, heiress, and landowner of Scottish origins
* [[Claus Pavels Riis]] (1826–1886), a Norwegian author who settled in Tysnes as a landowner and gardener
* [[Olav Gurvin]] (1893 in Tysnes – 1974), a Norwegian [[musicologist]] and academic
* [[Johannes Heggland]] (1919 in Tysnes – 2008), a novelist, short story and children's literature writer, playwright, and politician
* [[Magnus Aarbakke]] (born 1934 in Tysnes), a Norwegian judge and [[Supreme Court of Norway|Supreme Court]] Justice from 1994 to 2002

==Media==
The newspaper ''[[Tysnes (newspaper)|Tysnes]]'' has been published in Tysnes since 1953.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-07-04 |title=Hipp, hipp hurra - Tysnes fyller 60 år |url=http://www.tysnesbladet.no/article/20130704/ARTICLE/130709995/1039 |work=Tysnesbladet |language=no}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Insel Tysnes, Norwegen..2H1A8385WI.jpg|Island of Tysnes
File:Mittsommerfest in Norwegen, Insel Tysnes IMG 4425WI.jpg|Midsummer festival, Island of Tysnes
File:Nationaltracht. Insel Tysnes, Norwegen 2H1A8177WI.jpg|National dress on the island of Tysnes
File:Fähre in Norwegen, Tysnes, Vage IMG 4572WI.jpg|Ferry in Tysnes
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://ssb.no/kommunefakta/tysnes Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]] {{in lang|no}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050216070852/http://www.tysnes.kommune.no/default.asp?PageID=48 Tysnes municipality home page]
* [http://www.tysnesbladet.no/ ''Tysnes'' newspaper] {{in lang|no}}
* [http://www.tysnesingen.no/ ''Tysnesingen'' online newspaper] {{in lang|no}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84ZNkhLoKNA Video about the sun phenomenon connected to the Tysnes headland, pre-Christian cult and the sacral place names in the area]

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