Syvde

This article is about the former municipality in Sunnmøre, Norway. For the village in Vanylven, Norway, see Myklebost, Vanylven.
Syvde herad
Former Municipality

View of from Eidså across the Syvdsfjorden in the area of the old Syvde municipality
Syvde herad

Location in Møre og Romsdal county

Coordinates: 62°05′16″N 05°44′15″E / 62.08778°N 5.73750°E / 62.08778; 5.73750Coordinates: 62°05′16″N 05°44′15″E / 62.08778°N 5.73750°E / 62.08778; 5.73750
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Sunnmøre
Municipality ID NO-1512
Adm. Center Myklebost
Area[1]
 • Total 125 km2 (48 sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Created from Vanylven in 1918
Merged into Vanylven in 1964

Syvde is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality included the areas surrounding the Syvdsfjorden in the eastern part of the present-day Vanylven Municipality. The 125-square-kilometre (48 sq mi) municipality existed from 1918 until 1964. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Myklebost, at the end of the fjord. Syvde Church was the municipal church.[1]

History

The municipality of Syvde was established on 1 February 1918 when the old Vanylven Municipality was split into Vanyvlen and Syvde. Initially, Syvde had a population of 1,260. On 1 January 1964, all of Syvde municipality, the southern parts of Rovde municipality, and all of Vanylven municipality where merged into a new, larger Vanylven municipality. Prior to the merger, Syvde had a population of 1,458.[2]

Name

The name Syvde comes from the local fjord, Syvdsfjorden. The Old Norse form is Sybðir which means "crooked" or "bent", referring to the shape of the fjord. The name was historically spelled "Søvde".[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Store norske leksikon. "Syvde. – kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-09-15.
  2. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  3. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1908). Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt (in Norwegian) (13 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 11.


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