Horg Municipality

Horg is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1841 until its dissolution in 1964. Horg Municipality encompassed the southern part of what is now Melhus Municipality in Trøndelag county. The municipality included areas on both sides of the river Gaula. The administrative centre was the village of Lundamo. The main church for the municipality was Horg Church.
Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the municipality was the 289th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Horg Municipality was the 361st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,542. The municipality's population density was and its population had decreased by 1% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The parish of Horg was established as a municipality in 1841 when the large Støren Municipality was divided into three separate municipalities: Horg Municipality in the north, Støren Municipality in the center, and Soknedal Municipality in the south.
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the following places were merged: Horg Municipality, Hølonda Municipality, Flå Municipality, Melhus Municipality, and the Langørgen farm from Buvik Municipality. These places were all merged to form a new, larger Melhus Municipality.

Name

The municipality is named after the old Horg farm since the first Horg Church was built there. The name comes from the word which is the name for an "altar" or "cairn", so the site was likely an important site for the Old Norse religion.

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish within Horg Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Støren prestegjeld and the Gauldal prosti in the Diocese of Nidaros.

Parish	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Horg	Horg Church	Lundamo	1892

Geography

The municipality was located in the Gauldalen valley, about south of the city of Trondheim. Flå Municipality, Melhus Municipality, and Hølonda Municipality were located to the north, Meldal Municipality was to the west, and Soknedal Municipality, Støren Municipality, and Singsås Municipality were to the south. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Rensfjellet, a quadripoint on the border of Horg Municipality, Selbu Municipality, Singsås Municipality, and Flå Municipality.

Government

While it existed, Horg 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 Horg Municipality 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.

Mayors

The mayor of Horg 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:

1841–1842: Ole Hegge Knoff
1843–1845: unknown
1846–1849: Peder Olsen Lind
1850–1855: N. Nordtømme
1856–1860: Angrim M. Gylland
1861–1861: Ole Pedersen Krogstad
1862–1863: Esten Arntsen Solberg
1864–1867: Peder Olsen Lind
1868–1869: Ingebrigt Nilsen Kjelstad
1870–1881: Angrim M. Gylland
1882–1895: Arnt Johnsen Einum
1896–1897: Halvor O. Midttømme
1898–1901: Arnt Johnsen Einum
1902–1913: Ole Asbjørnsen Løhre
1914–1922: Erik Midttømme
1923–1925: John Busklein
1926–1932: Rolf Midttømme
1933–1833: Peder E. Esphaug
1934–1934: John Busklein
1935–1937: Iver Olsen Foss
1938–1938: Mikkel Myklegård
1939–1940: Arnt Moen
1941–1945: Knut Røe
1945–1947: Arnt Moen
1948–1951: John Buseth
1952–1959: Johannes Lium
1960–1963: Martin Bergum