Ullsfjord Municipality

Ullsfjord Municipality
Ullsfjord herred
Sørfjord herred  (historic name)
Sørfjorden herred  (historic name)
View of Ullsfjord Church in Sjursnes
View of Ullsfjord Church in Sjursnes
Troms within Norway
Troms within Norway
Ullsfjord within Troms
Ullsfjord within Troms
Coordinates: 69°31′57″N 19°38′27″E / 69.53250°N 19.64083°E / 69.53250; 19.64083
CountryNorway
CountyTroms
DistrictHålogaland
Established1902
 • Preceded byLyngen Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byTromsø Municipality and Lyngen Municipality
Administrative centreSjursnes
Government
 • Mayor (1951–1963)Hans Kristian Hauan (Ap)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total657.8 km2 (254.0 sq mi)
 • Rank#150 in Norway
Highest elevation1,834 m (6,017 ft)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total2,208
 • Rank#406 in Norway
 • Density3.4/km2 (9/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +3.7%
DemonymUllsfjording[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1937[5]

Ullsfjord (historically: Sørfjord) is a former municipality in Troms county in Norway. The 658-square-kilometre (254 sq mi) municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in what is now the eastern part of Tromsø Municipality and the southwestern part of Lyngen Municipality. The municipality encompassed the area surrounding the Ullsfjorden between Tromsø and Lyngen municipalities. The administrative centre was the village of Sjursnes where Ullsfjord Church is located.[6]

Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 657.8-square-kilometre (254.0 sq mi) municipality was the 150th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Ullsfjord Municipality was the 406th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,208. The municipality's population density was 3.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.8/sq mi) and its population had increased by 3.7% over the previous 10-year period.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  4. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  5. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  6. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (11 December 2017). "Ullsfjord – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  8. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 1951). Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 (PDF). Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.