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Mosvik is a municipality in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. In addition to the main centre of Mosvik, there is also a small settlement at Venneshamn. Mosvik features two of Norway's 12 tallest structures, the Skavlen transmitter (television and radio transmitter at 165 m) and Skarnsund Bridge (152 m).
The municipality Mosvik og Verran was divided January 1, 1901. Until 1991 connection to Innherred was only available with a car ferry, at first via Ytterøy to Levanger, but later directly to Inderøy on the Kjerringvik-Vangshylla ferry route. In 1991 the Skarnsund Bridge was completed, eliminating the need for a ferry.
The Old Norse form of the name was Masarvík. The first element is the genitive case of the rivername Mös (now Mossa), the last element is vík f 'inlet'. The meaning of the rivername is unknown.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from 1984. The two points represent trees of spruce and the letter M.
[edit] Community life
| Municipal election 2003 |
| Party |
Percent |
Votes |
Seats in council |
Members of the
executive board |
| % |
± |
total |
± |
total |
± |
| Labour |
30,8 |
-3,7 |
144 |
-21 |
4 |
-3 |
2 |
| Christian Democrat |
9,6 |
-4,8 |
45 |
-24 |
1 |
-1 |
|
| Centre |
33,3 |
-0,2 |
156 |
-4 |
5 |
-2 |
1 |
| Socialist Left |
10,5 |
10,5 |
49 |
49 |
1 |
1 |
|
| Liberal |
6,8 |
-0,3 |
32 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Common list Conservative and Independent list |
9,0 |
-1,5 |
42 |
-8 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
| Turnover/Total |
70,1% |
468 |
13 |
5 |
| Mayor: Carl Ivar von Køppen (Sp) |
Deputy mayor: Trine Berg Fines (H) |
| Comments: Source: Statistics Norway |
