Borgund, Sogn og Fjordane

Borgund is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the southeastern part of the traditional district of Sogn. The 635 km2 municipality existed from 1864 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed an area in the eastern part of the present-day Lærdal Municipality. The administrative center of Borgund was the village of Steinklepp, just northeast of the village of Borgund. Steinklepp was the site of a store, a bank, and a school. The historical Filefjell Kongevegen road passes through the Borgund area.

Location
The former municipality of Borgund was situated near the southeastern end of the Sognefjorden, along the Lærdalselvi river. The lower parts of the municipality were farms such as Sjurhaugen and Nedrehegg. They were at an elevation of about 270 m above sea level. Høgeloft, on the border with the neighboring municipality of Hemsedal, is a mountain in the Filefjell range and it was the highest point in Borgund at 1920 m above sea level. The lakes Eldrevatnet, Juklevatnet, and Øljusjøen were also located near the border with Hemsedal.

History
Borgund was established as a municipality in 1864 when it was separated from the municipality of Lærdal. Initially it had a population of 963. 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 Borgund (population: 492) was merged with the Muggeteigen area (population: 11) of the neighboring Årdal Municipality and all of Lærdal Municipality (population: 1,755) were all merged to form a new, larger municipality of Lærdal.

Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Borgund farm (Borgyndr or Borgund) since the historic Borgund Stave Church was built there. The first element is which means "castle" or "fortified place". The last element is the suffix -und which means "rich" or "having a lot of something".

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

Mayors
The mayors of Borgund:


 * 1864-1867: Haakon Henrikson Eraker
 * 1868-1873: John Knutson Hegg
 * 1874-1875: Haakon H. Kvamme, Sr.
 * 1876-1883: John Knutson Hegg
 * 1884-1887: Roar H. Husum
 * 1888-1891: Ola Kirkevold
 * 1892-1901: John Knutson Hegg
 * 1902-1910: Anders L. Nesset
 * 1911-1914: Ola E. Eggum
 * 1915-1916: Jakob S. Hovland
 * 1917-1917: Lars A. Nesse
 * 1918-1919: Håkon H. Kvamme, Jr.
 * 1920-1922: Ola O. Kvenshagen
 * 1923-1928: Lars A. Nesse
 * 1929-1931: Ola O. Kvenshagen
 * 1936-1945: Nils A. Lyslo
 * 1945-1945: Roar O. Husum
 * 1946-1947: Hallvard Borlaug
 * 1952-1955: Roar O. Husum
 * 1948-1951: Torstein Hillestad (Ap)
 * 1956-1957: Olav Sletthagen(Ap)
 * 1958-1963: Anders Lunden (Ap)