Singsås (municipality)

Singsås is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 767 km2 municipality existed from 1841 until its dissolution in 1964. Singsås municipality encompassed the eastern part of what is now the municipality of Midtre Gauldal in Trøndelag county. The administrative center was the village of Singsås, where the Singsås Church is located.

History
In 1841, the western district (population: 1,272) of the old municipality of Holtaalen was split off to form a separate municipality called Singsaas (under the recently passed formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1875, an unpopulated area of Singsås municipality made up of rural farmland and mountains was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Budal. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipalities of Budal (population: 529), Singsås (population: 1,554), Soknedal (population: 1,916), and Støren (population: 2,296) were all merged to form the new municipality of Midtre Gauldal.

Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Singsås farm (Singillsaas) since the first Singsås Church was built there. The first element is a male name Singull or Singulfr. The last element is possibly which means "hill" or "ridge". On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled Singsaas with the digraph "aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled Singsås, using the letter å instead.

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 elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.

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

Mayors
The mayors of Singsås:


 * 1841–1841: Peder Olsen Reppe
 * 1842–1845: Peder Thomassen Talsnes
 * 1846–1849: Esten Andersen Hovstad
 * 1850–1851: Hans Jacobsen Winsnes
 * 1852–1855: Ole Pedersen Kjelden
 * 1856–1859: Peder Pedersen Winsnes
 * 1860–1861: Hans Jacobsen Winsnes
 * 1862–1865: Peder Pedersen Winsnes
 * 1866–1867: Peder Tønder Monsen
 * 1868–1879: Peder Pedersen Winsnes
 * 1880–1898: Hans Olsen Mahlum (H)
 * 1899–1901: Tomas Jensen Bogen (V)
 * 1902–1904: Peder Pedersen Reppe (V)
 * 1905–1916: Ingebrigt Ingebrigtsen Huus (V)
 * 1917–1919: Tomas Jensen Bogen (V)
 * 1920–1922: Ole Olsen Koth (Ap)
 * 1923–1928: Ole Hansen Malum (H)
 * 1929–1934: Hans Pedersen Winsnes (Bp)
 * 1935–1937: Ingebrigt Ingebrigtsen Huus (Bp)
 * 1938–1941: Hans P. Foros (Ap)
 * 1941–1943: Arnt P. Hinsværk
 * 1943–1945: Johan P. Kristiansen
 * 1945–1947: Hans P. Foros (Ap)
 * 1948–1959: Arnt P. Hinsværk (Bp)
 * 1960–1963: Ivar Grytdal (Bp)