Fluberg (municipality)
# Fluberg (municipality)

Fluberg is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1914 until its dissolution in 1962. The area is now divided between Nordre Land Municipality and Søndre Land Municipality. It encompassed both sides of the northern part of the large lake Randsfjorden. The administrative centre was the village of Fluberg.

## History

The municipality of Fluberg was established on 1 January 1914 when it was split from Søndre Land Municipality. Initially, the new municipality had 2,027 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the municipality of Fluberg was dissolved and its lands and people were divided between the neighboring municipalities. The Tranlia and Store Røen areas (population: 196) joined Nordre Land Municipality and the rest of Fluberg (population: 2,110) became part of Søndre Land Municipality.

### Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Fluberg farm (Old Norse: Fluguberg) since the first Fluberg Church was built there. The first element is likely the genitive case of an old local river name, Fluga. This river name could come from the word fluga which means "fly" (as in 'the river sounds like a fly') or from the word flug which means "steep side of a mountain". The last element is berg which means "mountain" or "rock".

## Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.

### Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Fluberg was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Fluberg herredsstyre 1960–1961 :

| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives |
| - | - | - |
| | Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 11 |
| | Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 2 |
| | Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 1 |
| | Liberal Party (Venstre) | 3 |
| Total number of members: | Total number of members: | 17 |
| Note: On 1 January 1962, Fluberg was divided and became part of Nordre Land Municipality and Søndre Land Municipality. |||

Fluberg herredsstyre 1956–1959 :

| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives |
| - | - | - |
| | Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 10 |
| | Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 2 |
| | Liberal Party (Venstre) | 3 |
| | Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 2 |
| Total number of members: | Total number of members: | 17 |

Fluberg herredsstyre 1952–1955 :

| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives |
| - | - | - |
| | Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 8 |
| | Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 3 |
| | Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 1 |
| | Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 4 |
| Total number of members: | Total number of members: | 16 |

Fluberg herredsstyre 1948–1951 :

| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives |
| - | - | - |
| | Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 9 |
| | Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 4 |
| | Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 1 |
| | Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet) | 2 |
| Total number of members: | Total number of members: | 16 |

Fluberg herredsstyre 1945–1947 :

| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives |
| - | - | - |
| | Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 9 |
| | Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 4 |
| | Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 1 |
| | Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 2 |
| Total number of members: | Total number of members: | 16 |

Fluberg herredsstyre 1938–1941* :

| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives |
| - | - | - |
| | Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 11 |
| | Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet) | 3 |
| | Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 2 |
| Total number of members: | Total number of members: | 16 |
| Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945. |||

### Mayors

The mayors of Fluberg:

* 1914-1919: Torger T. Hagen
* 1920-1928: Fredrik Johansen
* 1929-1931: Oluf Hanvold (V/AD)
* 1932-1934: Christian Odden (Ap)
* 1935-1937: Martinius Hagen (V)
* 1938-1961: Niels Minaberg (Ap)
