Dalsfjord, Møre og Romsdal

Dalsfjord is a former municipality in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The former municipality existed from 1924 until its dissolution in 1964. The 165 km2 municipality included the area around the Dalsfjorden between Vanylven Municipality in the west and almost all the way to the Kilsfjorden in the east. The area is now a part of Volda Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Dravlaus. Other villages in the area included Ulvestadbygda (Ulvestad, Lauvstad, and Sætre), Åmelfot, Steinsvik, and Dalsbygda.

History
Originally, Dalsfjord was a part of Volda Municipality (see formannskapsdistrikt law), the parish of Dalsfjord was established as a separate municipality on 1 July 1924. Initially, Dalsfjord had a population of 960. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Dalsfjord (population: 1,151) ceased to exist as a municipality when it was merged back into Volda.

Name
The municipality is named after the Dalsfjorden since it is the central geographical feature of the municipality. The first element is which means "valley" or "dale". The last element is which means "fjord".

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 (Herredsstyre) of Dalsfjord was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Mayors
The mayors of Dalsfjord:
 * 1924-1940: Knut Steinsvik
 * 1941-1945: S.P. Løvik
 * 1946-1951: Knut Rødstøl
 * 1951-1958: Jakob K. Velsvik
 * 1958-1960: Lars Velsvik
 * 1960-1963: S.P. Løvik