Fluberg (municipality)

Fluberg is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1914 until its dissolution in 1962. The area is now divided between Nordre Land Municipality and Søndre Land Municipality. It encompassed both sides of the northern part of the large lake Randsfjorden. The administrative centre was the village of Fluberg.

History
The municipality of Fluberg was established on 1 January 1914 when it was split from Søndre Land Municipality. Initially, the new municipality had 2,027 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the municipality of Fluberg was dissolved and its lands and people were divided between the neighboring municipalities. The Tranlia and Store Røen areas (population: 196) joined Nordre Land Municipality and the rest of Fluberg (population: 2,110) became part of Søndre Land Municipality.

Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Fluberg farm (Fluguberg) since the first Fluberg Church was built there. The first element is likely the genitive case of an old local river name, Fluga. This river name could come from the word which means "fly" (as in 'the river sounds like a fly') or from the word flug which means "steep side of a mountain". The last element is which means "mountain" or "rock".

Government
While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. 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 Fluberg 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 Fluberg:


 * 1914-1919: Torger T. Hagen
 * 1920-1928: Fredrik Johansen
 * 1929-1931: Oluf Hanvold (V/AD)
 * 1932-1934: Christian Odden (Ap)
 * 1935-1937: Martinius Hagen (V)
 * 1938-1961: Niels Minaberg (Ap)