Vevring

Vevring is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed the land surrounding the western part of the Førdefjorden on both the north and south shores of the fjord in what is now Kinn, Askvoll, and Sunnfjord municipalities in Vestland county. It stretched from the Ålasundet strait (the narrowest part of the fjord) in the east to the mouth of the fjord in the west and from the Steindalen valley in the north to the mountains south of the fjord. The municipality was 120 km2 in 1964 when it was dissolved.

The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Indrevevring (on the north shore of the fjord), where the Vevring Church is located. The village of Kvammen, across the fjord from Indrevevring was the main village on the south side of the fjord.

History
The parish of Vevring was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality was dissolved and split between three surrounding municipalities:
 * the Steindal valley (population: 25) in the north was incorporated into the newly created Flora Municipality
 * the area south of the Førdefjorden (population: 407) was incorporated into Askvoll Municipality
 * the area north of the Førdefjorden (population: 439) was incorporated into Naustdal Municipality

Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Vevring farm (Vefring) since the first Vevring Church was built there. The name of the farm comes from the name of a local stream. The stream's original name was derived from the word which means "to roam" or "to wander", likely describing the path of the stream.

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 Vevring was made up of 15 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Mayors
The mayors (ordførar) of Vevring:


 * 1838-1858: Johannes Skorven
 * 1858-1863: Anders A. Redal
 * 1864-1868: Johannes Skorven
 * 1869-1900: Karl Vefring
 * 1901-1910: Andreas Hegrenes
 * 1911-1925: Gjert Hegrenes
 * 1926-1932: Johannes Osland
 * 1933-1937: Johannes Kvammen
 * 1938-1942: Johannes Thingnes
 * 1942-1943: Anders Øye
 * 1943-1945: Sigvald Gjelsvik
 * 1945-1945: Johannes Thingnes
 * 1946-1955: Bertel Hundvebakke
 * 1956-1964: Audun Hegrenes