Voll Municipality


Voll is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1874 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Rauma Municipality in the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre was the village of Måndalen which is also where the main Voll Church is located.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 313th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Voll Municipality was the 592nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,135. The municipality's population density was and its population had increased by 0.6% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The municipality of Voll was established on 1 January 1874 when the old Eid og Voll Municipality was divided into two: Eid Municipality on the northeast side of the Romsdalsfjorden and Voll Municipality on the other side of the fjord.
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, a large municipal merger took place. The following places were merged to form the new Rauma Municipality on that date:
The municipality is named after the old Voll farm since the first Voll Church was built there. The name comes from the word which means "meadow" or "field". Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Vold. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Voll.

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish within Voll Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Eid prestegjeld and the Indre Romsdal prosti in the Diocese of Nidaros.
Parish Church nameLocation of the churchYear built
VollVoll ChurchVoll1896
VollInnfjorden ChapelInnfjorden1897

Geography

The municipality encompassed the Måndalen and Innfjorden valleys west of the Romsdalsfjorden in the west-central part of the present-day Rauma Municipality. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Finnan, on the border with Grytten Municipality. Veøy Municipality and Eid Municipality were to the north, Grytten Municipality was to the east, Norddal Municipality was to the south, and Stordal Municipality and Tresfjord Municipality were to the west.

Government

While it existed, Voll 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 Voll 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 Voll Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:
  • 1874–1877: Knud Vik
  • 1878–1879: P. Christian Sæbø
  • 1880–1883: Knud Vik
  • 1884–1884: E. Sæbø
  • 1887–1889: Knud Vik
  • 1890–1907: Jacob Bøe
  • 1908–1919: Ole Otterholm
  • 1920–1931: Knut L. Venås
  • 1931–1942: Olav O. Oterholm
  • 1942–1945: Edvard Engen
  • 1946–1948: Einar Moen
  • 1948–1952: Olav O. Oterholm
  • 1952–1959: Kennet Bruaseth
  • 1959–1963: Ivar Raknem