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Hjelme is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway. The 19-square-kilometre (7.3 sq mi) municipality was located within the northern part of the present-day municipality of Øygarden. It existed from 1910 until 1964. The administrative centre was located at Hjelme, where the Old Hjelme Church was located. The municipality included the main islands of Alvøyna, Seløyna, Lyngøyna, and Hernar as well as many smaller surrounding islands. The Fedjeosen strait was the northern boundary, the Hjeltefjorden was the eastern boundary, the small Nordra Straumøysundet strait was the southern boundary, and the North Sea was to the west.




History


On 1 January 1910, the western district of the municipality of Manger (population: 986) was separated to form its own municipality called Hjelmen. On 5 November 1912 the name was changed from Hjelmen to Hjelme by royal resolution. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Hjelme (population: 956) was merged with the majority of the neighboring municipality of Herdla to form the new municipality named "Øygarden".




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The municipality is named after the old Hjelme farm (Old Norse: Hjalma). The name was likely the old name for the island of Hjelme. The name is the plural form of hjalmr which means "helmet", likely referring to a helmet-shaped mountain on the island near the farm. Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Hjelmen. On 5 November 1912, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Hjelme.




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Government


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

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The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Hjelme was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:




See also


List of former municipalities of Norway




References

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• Hjelme
• Hordaland
• Old Hjelme Church
• List of equipment of the Royal Danish Army
• Hjelme Church
• Øygarden
• Vestland
• Bergen
• Zahid Ali
• Strusshamn Church