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25-641: Finneidfjord is a small village in Hemnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway . It is located on a small isthmus , about halfway between the villages of Hemnesberget and Bjerka . The European route E6 highway and the Nordland Line pass through the village. The 0.66-square-kilometre (160-acre) village had a population (2012) of 405 and a population density of 614 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,590/sq mi). Since 2012,

50-478: A passenger-train-derailment happened near the village. The cause was probably a sudden rock slide, which hit the train and blocked the rails. Hemnes Municipality The municipality sits south of the Ranfjorden and stretches south and east toward the border with Sweden . The Nordland Line and European route E6 cross Hemnes on their way to the town of Mo i Rana about 20 kilometres (12 mi) to

75-753: A passing Royal Navy force without significant effect, leaving Hemnes in German control for the rest of the war. In 2023, a window manufacturing company, Natre Vinduer, announced that after 99 years operating in Hemnesberget , it was closing its factory and relocating it to Gjøvik . This would transfer about 100 employees out of the municipality to the new factory. Hemnes Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services , senior citizen services, welfare and other social services , zoning , economic development , and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality

100-601: A surname may tell you specifically where in Norway the family was from. This tradition began to change in the mid to late 19th century, and inherited surnames were codified into law in 1923. If you can't find an entry when you are searching for a word that starts with AE, Ae, O, A or Aa, it may have been transcribed from one of those letters not used in English. Try looking for it under the Norwegian letter; Æ, Ø, and Å appear at

125-425: Is nes which means " headland ", referring to the peninsula on which the farm is located. The coat of arms was granted on 4 April 1986. The official blazon is " Azure , boat clamps Or " ( Norwegian : I blått en gull båtklammer ). This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is a boat clamp . The clamp has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it

150-553: Is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Helgeland District Court and the Hålogaland Court of Appeal . The municipal council ( Kommunestyre ) of Hemnes is made up of 23 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show

175-528: Is made out of metal, then gold is used. The blue color in the field symbolizes the importance of the ocean. The clamp was chosen because shipbuilding has long been a tradition in the municipality. To symbolize shipbuilding, it was decided to use the clamp which is used to keep the wooden flanks of the ships together. The arms were designed by Anne Lofthus Valla. The Church of Norway has three parishes ( sokn ) within Hemnes Municipality. It

200-520: Is part of the Indre Helgeland prosti ( deanery ) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland . As part of their drive on Northern Norway , a detachment of three hundred German soldiers landed at Hemnes from the captured Norwegian coastal steamer SS Nordnorge on 10 May 1940 and captured the municipality from a platoon of British soldiers from No. 1 Independent Company , despite a spirited defence in

225-472: The Nordland volume of which was published in 1905. The farm numbers are used in some census records, and numbers that are near each other indicate that those farms are geographically proximate. Handwritten Norwegian sources, particularly those prior to 1800, may use variants on these names. For recorded variants before 1723, see the digital version of O. Rygh. Note that this list of farms does not adhere to

250-413: The administration of a head minister ( sogneprest or sokneprest ). In 1838, the formannskapsdistrikt law was passed in Norway and it created civil municipalities that corresponded to the same borders as the ecclesiastical prestegjelds . Prior to that time there was no local government in Norway apart from the church's parishes. Today's municipalities have changed some, but their roots are all based on

275-434: The current and historical composition of the council by political party . The mayor ( Norwegian : ordfører ) of Hemnes is the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position (incomplete list): The lake Røsvatnet ( Southern Sami : Reevhtse ) is a lake and reservoir lying partially in the southern part of Hemnes. It has been

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300-518: The disaster. One man, who lost his house in 1996, called the landslide an open wound, still soaring in 2016, as nobody was held responsible for the landslide. It remains unknown if blasting explosions for the building of a new tunnel in E6 have played a role in this landslide. Quick clay can be found in many places in Norway. Quick clay is normally solid but can become fluid and form landslides when under pressure or otherwise disturbed. In 2024, on October 24th,

325-436: The discontinuation of the prestegjeld , Norway was geographically divided into 11 dioceses ( bispedømme ). Each diocese was further divided into deaneries ( prosti ). Each of those deaneries were divided into several parishes ( prestegjeld ). Each parish was made up of one or more sub-parishes or congregations ( sogn or sokn ). Within a prestegjeld , there were usually one or more clerical positions ( chaplains ) serving under

350-538: The end of the Norwegian alphabet Prestegjeld A prestegjeld was a geographic and administrative area within the Church of Norway ( Den Norske Kirke ) roughly equivalent to a parish . This traditional designation was in use for centuries to divide the kingdom into ecclesiastical areas that were led by a parish priest. Prestegjelds began in the 1400s and were officially discontinued in 2012. Prior to

375-464: The large village of Hemnesberget and the area immediately around it (population: 1,077). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee . On 1 January 1964, Hemnes Municipality (population: 1,352) was merged with Korgen Municipality (population: 3,033), the extreme northern part of Hattfjelldal Municipality (population: 168), and

400-428: The modern boundaries of Hemnes, but instead reflects the boundaries as O. Rygh knew them. Refer to their location on the map to determine which municipality they belong in now. Farm names were often used as part of Norwegian names , in addition to the person's given name and patronymic or inherited surname. Some families retained the farm name, or toponymic , as a surname when they emigrated, so in those cases tracing

425-796: The mountain range. Each map has a maximum number of listings it can display, so the map has been divided into parts consistent with the enumeration districts ( Norwegian : tellingskrets ) in the 1920 census. This map will include one farm name per farm number; other farm names or subdivision numbers may exist. Note that tellingskrets 2, Brennberget - Straumgrenda, and 3, Utskarpen, are now in Rana municipality. Tellingskrets 5, Elsfjorden; 6, Drevvatne skolekreds and 7, Luktvatne, are now in Vefsn Municipality . The farms in Hemnes Municipality as they are listed in O. Rygh's series Norske_Gaardnavne ( lit.   ' Norwegian farm names ' ),

450-542: The northeast. The E6 highway enters Hemnes from the west through the Korgfjell Tunnel from Vefsn Municipality . The 1,590-square-kilometre (610 sq mi) municipality is the 49th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Hemnes is the 194th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,485. The municipality's population density is 2.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 1.5% over

475-503: The population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway . On the night from the 19th to the 20th June 1996, around 0h30, a large quick clay landslide took place in Finneidfjord. Two residential houses and 300 metres of E6 road disappeared into the sea. NRK came back to Finneidfjord 20 years later, interviewed people who were involved in the landslide and wrote an article to commemorate

500-490: The prestegjeld. Historically, the government employed all the priests working in all of the prestegjelds across Norway. In 1989, the law was changed so that each diocese employed the priests within its areas. Between 2004 and 2012, the prestegjeld was phased out of the Church of Norway. The new structure replaced the prestegjeld with the already-existing deanery ( prosti ). The sokn (sub-parishes or congregations) are

525-476: The previous 10-year period. This municipality was established in 1839 when the large Rana Municipality was divided into Sør-Rana Municipality and Nord-Rana Municipality , shortly after the Formannskapsdistrikt law went into effect. Soon after, in 1844, Sør-Rana Municipality was renamed Hemnes Municipality . On 1 July 1918, the southern district of Hemnes Municipality (population: 1,369)

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550-573: The site of human occupation since the Stone Age . Its area of 219 square kilometres (85 sq mi) makes it the second largest lake in Norway by surface area. Other lakes include Bleikvatnet , Grasvatnet , Stormålvatnet , and Stormyrbassenget . The Okstindan mountain range is located in Hemnes, including the highest point in the municipality: the 1,915.75-metre (6,285.3 ft) tall Oksskolten . The large Okstindbreen glacier sits atop

575-410: The southern part of Sør-Rana Municipality (population: 934) to form a new, larger Hemnes Municipality. The municipality (originally the parish ) is named after the old Hemnes farm ( Old Norse : Heimnes , now called Hemnesberget ) since the first Hemnes Church was built there. The first element is heimr which means " home " (here in the sense of being "closest to home"). The last element

600-416: The streets of Hemnesberget . A Royal Navy task force consisting of the anti-aircraft cruiser Calcutta and destroyer Zulu sank the former Norwegian steamer and shelled the German forces in the town, but were unable to dislodge the German landing force. A Norwegian Army detachment attempted a counterattack against the German's positions, but was driven back. The town was again bombarded on 12 May by

625-455: Was separated to become the new Korgen Municipality . This left Hemnes Municipality with 3,567 residents. A few months later on 1 January 1919, the eastern area of Bardal (population: 4) was transferred to the neighboring Nesna Municipality . Then on 1 July 1929, Hemnes was divided into three smaller municipalities: Sør-Rana Municipality , Elsfjord Municipality , and Hemnes Municipality. After this division, Hemnes Municipality only consisted of

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