Syvde Municipality

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Syvde is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The Script error: No such module "convert". municipality existed from 1918 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Vanylven Municipality in the traditional district of Sunnmøre. The administrative centre was the village of Myklebost, at the end of the Syvdsfjorden. Syvde Church was the municipal church.^[1]

Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the Script error: No such module "convert". municipality was the 468th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Syvde Municipality was the 538th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,482. The municipality's population density was Script error: No such module "convert". and its population had increased by 2.5% over the previous 10-year period.^[2]^[3]

General information

The municipality of Søvde (later spelled Syvde) was established on 1 February 1918 when the old Vanylven Municipality was split into two municipalities: Vanyvlen Municipality (population: 1,848) in the west and the new Søvde Municipality (population: 1,260) in the east.^[4]

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Syvde Municipality was dissolved and the following areas were merged to form a new, larger Vanylven Municipality:^[4]

all of Syvde Municipality (population: 1,458)
the portion of Rovde Municipality that was located south of the Rovdefjorden (population: 436)
all of Vanylven Municipality (population: 2,003)

Name

The municipality is named after the local fjord, Syvdsfjorden (Template:Langx). The name is likely derived from the word Template:Wikt-lang which means "to swerve" or "to drift", probably referring to the crooked or bent shape of the fjord. Historically, the name was spelled Søvde.^[1]^[5]

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish (Script error: No such module "Lang".) within Syvde Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Vanylven prestegjeld and the Søre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.^[3]

**Churches in Syvde**
Parish (Script error: No such module "Lang".)	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Syvde	Syvde Church	Syvde	1837

Geography

The municipality included the areas surrounding the Syvdsfjorden. The highest point in the municipality was the Script error: No such module "convert". tall mountain Storeblæja.^[6] Rovde Municipality was located to the northeast, Dalsfjord Municipality was located to the east and south, Vanylven Municipality was located to the west, and Sande Municipality was located to the northwest.

View of the Syvde area

View of the Syvde area
Syvde seen from Ytre Løset

Syvde seen from Ytre Løset
Syvde Church

Syvde Church

Government

Syvde Municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.^[7] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council Script error: No such module "Lang". of Syvde was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.