{{short description|Former municipality in Rogaland, Norway}} {{Infobox kommune |name = Fister |herad = yes |former = yes |native_name = |native_name_lang = |other_name = |official_name = |image_skyline = Fisterfjorden.jpg |image_caption = View of Fister from the fjord |idnumber = 1132 |county = Rogaland |district = [[Ryfylke]] |capital = [[Fister]] |established = 1 July 1884 |preceded = [[Hjelmeland og Fister Municipality]] |disestablished = 1 Jan 1965 |succeeded = [[Finnøy Municipality]] and [[Hjelmeland Municipality]] |demonym = |language = [[Nynorsk]]<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 = Halvard Lid |mayor_party = |mayor_as_of = 1963–1964 |elevation_max_m = 502 |highest_point_ref = <ref name="elev">{{Cite web |title=Kart over Norge |url=https://norgeskart.no/#!?project=norgeskart&layers=1001&zoom=14&markerLat=6594738.795843364&markerLon=-8167.001008510608&lat=6594734.04&lon=-8148.49&p=searchOptionsPanel&sok=Lauv%C3%A5sen |publisher=[[Kartverket]] |language=no}}</ref> |area_rank = 470 |area_total_km2 = 47.2 |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_water_percent = |population_as_of = 1964 |population_rank = 505 |population_total = 730 |population_density_km2 = 15.5 |population_increase = -9 |coordinates = {{coord|59|10|29|N|06|03|17|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}} }}
'''Fister''' is a [[List of former municipalities of Norway|former municipality]] in [[Rogaland]] county, [[Norway]]. The {{convert|47.2|km2|adj=on}} municipality existed from 1884 until its dissolution in 1965. The area is now divided between [[Stavanger Municipality]] and [[Hjelmeland Municipality]] in the [[Traditional districts of Norway|traditional district]] of [[Ryfylke]]. The [[administrative centre]] was the village of [[Fister]], where [[Fister Church]] is located.<ref name="snl">{{Cite SNL|Fister|Fister|2026-03-17|Thorsnæs|Geir|2024-11-26}}</ref>
Prior to its dissolution in 1965, the {{convert|47.2|km2|adj=on}} municipality was the 470th largest by area out of the 525 municipalities in Norway. Fister Municipality was the 505th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about {{formatnum:730}}. The municipality's [[population density]] was {{convert|15.5|PD/km2}} and its population had decreased by 9% 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=no}}</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>
==General information== [[File:Fister kyrkje.jpg|thumb|left|[[Fister Church]]]] The municipality of Fister was established on 1 July 1884 when the large [[Hjelmeland og Fister Municipality]] was divided into two municipalities: the eastern district (population: 832) became the new Fister Municipality and the western district (population: 2,249) remained as a smaller [[Hjelmeland og Fister Municipality]]. At the same time, the name was changed to simply ''Hjelmeland Municipality'', dropping the "Fister" part which was no longer part of the municipality.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1965, the municipality of Fister was dissolved. The western part of Fister Municipality, known as the Fister islands ({{lang|no|Fisterøyene}}), (population: 246) was merged into [[Finnøy Municipality]]. The rest of Fister Municipality was merged with the following areas to form a larger [[Hjelmeland Municipality]]:<ref name="Dag" /> *all of [[Hjelmeland Municipality]] (population: 1,691) *the eastern part of Fister Municipality (population: 467), including the mainland and part of [[Randøy]] island *most of [[Årdal Municipality]] (population: 743), except for the Sunngardene area which went to Strand Municipality *the Buergården areas of [[Jelsa Municipality]] (population: 8)
===Name=== The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Fister]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Fístr}}) since the first [[Fister Church]] was built there. The name probably comes from the word {{lang|non|fístr}} which means "windy" or "hardy". It is probably related to the verb {{wikt-lang|no|fise}} which means "to pass gas".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4pBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Stavanger amt |date=1915 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=10 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=309–310 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>
===Churches=== The [[Church of Norway]] had one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Fister Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Hjelmeland [[prestegjeld]] and the [[Ryfylke prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Stavanger]].<ref name="SS1951" />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Fister Municipality''''' !Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built |- |rowspan="1"|Fister||[[Fister Church]]||[[Fister]]||1867 |}
==Geography== The municipality encompassed the western coast of mainland along the Fisterfjorden plus the islands to the west of the mainland, including the western part of [[Randøy]] and [[Halsnøya (Rogaland)|Halsnøya]]. The highest point in the municipality was the {{convert|502|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Lauvåsen.<ref name="elev" /> [[Hjelmeland Municipality]] was located to the northeast, [[Årdal Municipality (Rogaland)|Årdal Municipality]] was located to the southeast, [[Strand Municipality]] was located to the south, [[Finnøy Municipality]] was located to the west, and [[Sjernarøy Municipality]] was located to the northwest.
==Government== While it existed, Fister Municipality was responsible for [[primary education]] (through 10th grade), outpatient [[Health care|health services]], [[old age|senior citizen]] services, [[welfare spending|welfare]] and other [[Social work|social services]], [[zoning]], [[economic development]], and municipal [[road]]s and utilities. The municipality was governed by a [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] of [[Direct election|directly elected]] representatives. The [[mayor]] was [[Indirect election|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 [[Ryfylke District Court]] and the [[Gulating Court of Appeal]].
===Municipal council=== The [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] {{lang|no|(Herredsstyre)}} of Fister Municipality was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political [[Political party|party]]. {{div col}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Fister |herad = yes |start = 1963 |end = 1964 |reference = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1964 |title=Kommunevalgene 1963 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_138.pdf |access-date=2020-07-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |nynorsk = yes |Total = 13 |Local_Lists = 13 |note = On 1 January 1965, Fister Municipality was divided between [[Hjelmeland Municipality]] and [[Finnøy Municipality]]. |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Fister |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=2020-07-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |nynorsk = yes |Total = 13 |Local_Lists = 13 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Fister |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=2020-07-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |nynorsk = yes |Total = 13 |Local_Lists = 13 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Fister |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=2020-07-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |nynorsk = yes |Total = 12 |Local_Lists = 12 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Fister |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=2020-07-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |nynorsk = yes |Total = 12 |Local_Lists = 12 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Fister |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=2020-07-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |nynorsk = yes |Total = 12 |Local_Lists = 12 |}} {{Kommunestyre table |name = Fister |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=2020-07-14 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref> |collapsed = yes |nynorsk = yes |Total = 12 |Local_Lists = 12 |}} {{div col end}}
===Mayors=== The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayor]] ({{langx|nn|ordførar}}) of Fister Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:<ref>{{cite book |last=Grude |first=Joakim |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016102648082 |title=Amtsformandskabet i Stavanger Amt 1838-1887 |publisher=Dreyers Boktrykkeri |year=1887 |location=Stavanger |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Grude |first=Joakim |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2021052848654 |title=Amtsformandskabet i Stavanger Amt 1838-1918 |publisher=Dreyers Grafiske Ansalt |year=1919 |location=Stavanger |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Brandal |first1=Trygve |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018030107035 |title=Hjelmeland |date=1994 |publisher=Hjelmeland kommune |isbn=8299135710 |location=Hjelmeland, Norway |page=582-583 |language=no}}</ref> {{div col}} *1885–1907: Ole Svendsen Sigmundstad *1908–1910: Ole Olsen Bjelland, Jr. *1911–1913: Per Olsen Mosnes *1914–1916: Ole Olsen Bjelland, Jr. *1917–1919: Thormod Øvrehus *1920–1922: Reidar Skår *1923–1928: Thormod Øvrehus *1929–1941: Thomas Thomsen *1942–1943: Lars A. Landsnes *1943–1945: Johannes Hovda *1945–1945: Thomas Thomsen *1945–1951: Halvard Lid *1951–1955: David Sørhus *1955–1957: Sigmund Sigmundstad *1957–1959: Halvard Lid *1959–1961: David Sørhus *1961–1963: Øystein Bergøy *1963–1964: Halvard Lid {{div col end}}
==See also== *[[List of former municipalities of Norway]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{sister bar|auto=y|d=y|commonscat=y|voy=Rogaland|wikt=Fister}} {{Adjacent communities |state = collapsed |Centre = Fister Municipality |North = [[Hjelmeland Municipality]] |Northeast = [[Hjelmeland Municipality]] |East = [[Årdal Municipality (Rogaland)|Årdal Municipality]] |Southeast = [[Årdal Municipality (Rogaland)|Årdal Municipality]] |South = [[Strand Municipality]] |Southwest = [[Finnøy Municipality]] |West = [[Finnøy Municipality]] |Northwest = [[Sjernarøy Municipality]] }} {{Rogaland}} {{Authority control}}
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