Foldereid Municipality
Foldereid is a former municipality in the northern part of the old Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1886 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the area surrounding the inner part of the Folda fjord, the Innerfolda in the present-day Nærøysund Municipality and Høylandet Municipality in Trøndelag county. The village of Foldereid, where the Foldereid Church is located, was the administrative centre of the municipality.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 191st largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Foldereid Municipality was the 606th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,036. The municipality's population density was and its population had decreased by 4.2% over the previous 10-year period.
General information
The municipality of Foldereid was established on 1 October 1886 when it was separated from the large Kolvereid Municipality. Initially, the new municipality had 948 residents.During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, a large merger took place which dissolved Foldereid Municipality. The following areas were merged to form a new, larger Nærøy Municipality:
- the western two-thirds of Foldereid Municipality
- all of Gravvik Municipality
- all of Nærøy Municipality
Name
The municipality is named after the old Foldereid farm. The farm is named after the local fjord, Foldafjorden. The first element is the genitive case of the name of the local fjord,, which has an uncertain meaning. The last element is which means "isthmus", due to the fact that the Foldereid farm lies on a rather flat piece of land that is about wide between the Foldafjorden and an arm of the Bindalsfjorden to the north.Churches
The Church of Norway had one parish within Foldereid Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Kolvereid prestegjeld and the Ytre Namdal prosti in the Diocese of Nidaros.| Parish | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
| Foldereid | Foldereid Church | Foldereid | 1863 |
Geography
Foldereid Municipality was located in the northern part of Nord-Trøndelag county. It was bordered by Bindal Municipality in the north, Gravvik Municipality to the northwest, Kolvereid Municipality to the southwest, Høylandet Municipality to the south, and Namsskogan Municipality to the east. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Fuglstadfjellet on the border with Bindal Municipality to the north.Government
While it existed, Foldereid Municipality was responsible for primary education, 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. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Frostating Court of Appeal.Municipal council
The municipal council of Foldereid Municipality was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.Mayors
The mayor of Foldereid Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position:- 1887–1889: Haagen E. Andersen
- 1890–1891: Ole Tobias Olsen
- 1892–1895: Martin Rosendal
- 1896–1903: Johannes Klingen
- 1904–1904: Even M. Aune
- 1905–1907: Martin Rosendal
- 1908–1919: Andreas Synnes
- 1920–1922: Jermund E. Homo
- 1923–1928: Richard Sivertsen
- 1929–1931: Jermund E. Homo
- 1932–1934: Peter Jæger-Leirvik
- 1935–1937: Bjarne Krekling
- 1938–1940: Stockfleth Saur
- 1940–1942: Ingvald Rishaug
- 1942–1945: Peter Jæger-Leirvik
- 1945–1947: Stockfleth Saur
- 1948–1951: Bjarne Krekling
- 1952–1955: Karl Vennevik
- 1956–1959: Gunnar Brevik
- 1960–1963: Sveinung Leirvik