{{short description|Former municipality in Nordland, Norway}} {{Infobox kommune |name = Ankenes |herred = yes |former = yes |native_name = |native_name_lang = |other_name = |official_name = |image_skyline = Frigjøringen av Narvik 1940-2015 36.JPG |image_caption = View of the old ''Ankenes Herredshus'' (municipal government building) |idnumber = 1855 |county = Nordland |district = Ofoten |capital = Ankenesstrand |established = 1 Jan 1884 |preceded = Ofoten Municipality |disestablished = 1 Jan 1974 |succeeded = Narvik Municipality |demonym = Ankenesværing |language = Neutral<ref name="lang">{{Cite journal |year=1932 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015110481043_001 |journal=Norsk Lovtidend |language=no |location=Oslo, Norway |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=453-471}}</ref> |coatofarms = |flag = |mayor = Edgar Sneve |mayor_party = Ap |mayor_as_of = 1972–1973 |elevation_max_m = 1893.7 |highest_point_ref = <ref name="elev">{{Cite web |date=2024-01-16 |title=Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune |url=https://www.kartverket.no/til-lands/fakta-om-norge/hoyeste-fjelltopp-i-kommunen |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}}</ref> |area_rank = 31 |area_total_km2 = 2028 |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_water_percent = |population_as_of = 1973 |population_rank = 139 |population_total = 7025 |population_density_km2 = 3.5 |population_increase = 15.7 |coordinates = {{coord|68|25|16|N|17|22|11|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}} }}
'''Ankenes''' is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The {{convert|2028|km2|adj=on}} municipality existed from 1884 until 1974. It encompassed most of the present-day Narvik Municipality, surrounding of the town of Narvik which was once its own municipality. The administrative centre of Ankenes was the village of Ankenesstrand, situated along the west side of the Beisfjorden, where the Ankenes Church is located.<ref name="NLF">{{Cite book |last=Helland |first=Amund |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012060824013 |title=Norges land og folk: Nordlands amt |publisher=H. Aschehoug & Company |year=1908 |volume=XVIII |location=Kristiania, Norway |page=434 |language=no |chapter=Ankenes herred |access-date=2018-09-05 |issue=4}}</ref><ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Ankenes |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Ankenes |access-date=2018-09-05 |date=2016-07-06 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=no}}</ref>
thumb|left| View of Ankenes Church c. 1950 thumb|left|View of Ankenes c. 1950 Prior to its dissolution on 1 January 1974, the {{convert|2028|km2|adj=on}} municipality was the 31st largest by area out of the 444 municipalities in Norway. Ankenes Municipality was the 139th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 7,025. The municipality's population density was {{convert|3.5|PD/km2}} and its population had increased by 15.7% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |title=Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913/ |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="SS1951">{{Cite book |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_049.pdf |title=Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 |date=1951-01-01 |publisher=H. Aschehoug & Co. |series=Norges Offisielle Statistikk |location=Oslo, Norge |language=no |format=PDF |authorlink=Statistics Norway}}</ref>
Today, the name Ankenes is often used to refer to the suburban Ankenesstrand area, just west of the centre of the town of Narvik. The European route E6 highway is the main thoroughfare through Ankenesstrand and it follows the shoreline of the Ofotfjorden and Beisfjorden and it then crosses the fjord over the {{convert|375|m|adj=on}} long Beisfjord Bridge where it then reaches the central part of the town of Narvik.
==General information== The old Ofoten Municipality was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). Ofoten Municipality included all of the land surrounding the inner part of the Ofotfjorden, including the Ankenes area. On 1 January 1884, Ofoten Municipality was dissolved and split into two municipalities: Ankenes Municipality (population: 1,734) and Evindnæs Municipality (population: 2,397). In 1901, the Narvik (population: 3,705) received town status as a kjøpstad. Soon after, on 1 January 1902, the new town of Narvik was separated from Ankenes Municipality to form a separate municipality of its own. The split left Ankenes Municipality with a population of 3,023. On 1 January 1974, Ankenes Municipality was merged with the town of Narvik to form a new, larger Narvik Municipality. Prior to the merger, Ankenes had 7,022 inhabitants and Narvik had 12,758.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=https://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>
===Name=== The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Ankenes'' farm since the first Ankenes Church was built there. The first element is derived from the diminutive form of the old male name {{lang|non|Anki}} which is short for ''Arnkell''. The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|nes}} which means "headland".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4i5MAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt |date=1905 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=16 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=286 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>
===Churches=== The Church of Norway had one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Ankenes Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Ofoten prestegjeld and the Nordre Salten (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.<ref name="SS1951">{{Cite book |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_049.pdf |title=Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 |date=1951-01-01 |publisher=H. Aschehoug & Co. |series=Norges Offisielle Statistikk |location=Oslo, Norge |language=no |format=PDF |authorlink=Statistics Norway}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Ankenes Municipality''''' !Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built |- |rowspan="2"|Ankenes||Ankenes Church||Ankenesstrand||1867 |- |Skjomen Church||Elvegården||1893 |}
==Geography== The highest point in the municipality was the {{convert|1893.7|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Storsteinsfjellet.<ref name="elev" /> The municipality was bordered by Sweden to the east and south; Ballangen Municipality and Evenes Municipality to the west; and Skånland Municipality, Gratangen Municipality, and Salangen Municipality to the north.
==Government== While it existed, Ankenes Municipality was 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 was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.<ref name="ks">{{Cite SNL|kommunestyre|kommunestyre|2024-12-31|Hansen|Tore|2024-11-25|editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene}}</ref> The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Hålogaland Court of Appeal.
===Municipal council=== The municipal council {{lang|no|(Kommunestyre)}} of Ankenes Municipality was made up of 25 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party. {{div col}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Ankenes |start = 1971 |end = 1973 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1973 |title=Kommunevalgene 1972 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a457.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |Total = 25 |Arbeiderpartiet = 13 |Høyre = 3 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1 |Senterpartiet = 6 |Sosialistisk_Folkeparti = 1 |Venstre = 1 |note = On 1 January 1974, Ankenes Municipality became part of Narvik Municipality. |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Ankenes |start = 1967 |end = 1971 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1967 |title=Kommunevalgene 1967 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a214.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo |volume=I}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 25 |Arbeiderpartiet = 14 |Høyre = 4 |Senterpartiet = 3 |Sosialistisk_Folkeparti = 2 |Venstre = 2 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Ankenes |start = 1963 |end = 1967 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1964 |title=Kommunevalgene 1963 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_138.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 25 |Arbeiderpartiet = 15 |Høyre = 4 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1 |Senterpartiet = 3 |Sosialistisk_Folkeparti = 1 |Venstre = 1 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Ankenes |herad = yes |start = 1959 |end = 1963 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1960 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_022.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 25 |Arbeiderpartiet = 14 |Høyre = 5 |NKP = 1 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3 |Senterpartiet = 2 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Ankenes |herad = yes |start = 1955 |end = 1959 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1957 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_252.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 25 |Arbeiderpartiet = 15 |NKP = 1 |Høyre = 3 |Senterpartiet = 3 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1 |Venstre = 2 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Ankenes |herad = yes |start = 1951 |end = 1955 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1952 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_120.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 24 |Arbeiderpartiet = 10 |NKP = 1 |Høyre = 3 |Senterpartiet = 5 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2 |Venstre = 3 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Ankenes |herad = yes |start = 1947 |end = 1951 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1948 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_165.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 24 |Arbeiderpartiet = 10 |NKP = 3 |Senterpartiet = 6 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2 |Venstre = 3 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Ankenes |herad = yes |start = 1945 |end = 1947 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1947 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_133.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 24 |Arbeiderpartiet = 10 |NKP = 4 |Senterpartiet = 4 |Kristelig_Folkeparti = 3 |Venstre = 3 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Ankenes |herad = yes |start = 1937 |end = 1941* |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1938 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_133.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |Total = 24 |Senterpartiet = 6 |Venstre = 5 |Arbeiderpartiet = 13 |}} {{div col end}}
===Mayors=== The mayor ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Ankenes Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Svendsen |first=Oddvar |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2009031904063 |title=Narviks historie |year=2002 |isbn=8299612829 |language=no}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * 1884–1916: Bertheus Normann * 1917–1922: Peter Leiros (V) * 1923–1928: Hans Peder Seinæs * 1929–1934: Peter Leiros (V) * 1935–1940: Magnus Edvardsen (Ap) * 1941–1945: Harder Kristiansen (NS) * 1945–1945: Magnus Edvardsen (Ap) * 1946–1967: Ole Andreassen (Ap) * 1967–1971: Henning Eidissen (Ap) * 1972–1973: Edgar Sneve (Ap) {{div col end}}
==Notable people== *Gunnar Emil Garfors (1900–1979), a Norwegian poet *Ola Teigen (1937–1970), a politician for the Norwegian Labour Party *Toralv Kollin Markussen (1895–1973), a politician for the Norwegian Communist Party
==See also== *List of former municipalities of Norway
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{sister bar|auto=y|d=y|commonscat=y|voy=Nordland|wikt=Ankenes}} {{Geographic location |state = collapsed |Centre = Ankenes Municipality<br /><br />Narvik Municipality (enclave) |North = Gratangen Municipality<br />{{coat of arms|Troms}} county |Northeast = Salangen Municipality and <br />Bardu Municipality<br />{{coat of arms|Troms}} county |East = Kiruna Municipality<br />{{flag|Sweden}} |Southeast = Kiruna Municipality<br />{{flag|Sweden}} |South = Gällivare Municipality<br />{{flag|Sweden}} |Southwest = Lødingen Municipality |West = Ballangen Municipality |Northwest = Evenes Municipality }} {{Nordland}} {{Authority control}}
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