Rovde

Rovde herad
—  Former Municipality  —
Coordinates:
Country Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Western Norway
Municipality ID NO-1513
Adm. Center Rovdane
Area[1]
 • Total 53 km2 (20.5 sq mi)
Created from Sande in 1905
Merged into Vanylven and Sande in 1964

Rovde is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Rovde included the area on both the north and south sides of the Rovdefjorden. The northern area on the island of Gurskøy is currently part of the municipality of Sande and the southern area is part of Vanylven.[1] The municipality had an area of 53 square kilometres (20 sq mi).

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History

The municipality of Rovde was established on 1 January 1905 when the new municipality of Rovde was split off from the municipality of Sande. Rovde had an initial population of 610, and included the villages of Larsnes and Rovdane. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Rovde was dissolved. The southern district of Rovde (Rovdestranda) with 436 inhabitants was merged into the neighboring Vanylven municipality. The rest of Rovde, on Gurskøy island, with 562 inhabitants, was reunited with Sande.[2]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Rovde farm (Old Norse: Rauðvin). The first element of the name is Rauð which means "moraine" and the last element vin which means "meadow".[1][3]

Poem

Rovdestranda, by the poet J. Nordhagen, 1928.
English language Norwegian language
Sailor go from the city towards the north
on a brilliant sunny day,
steer with courage from the ocean into the fjord,
how calm becomes the sea.
Then seen are fields—you laugh inside
and steer with hand better to see
the sky high mountain under heaven,
and under them all lies Rovdestranden.

From Søvdsnes to Kleiven along the brave way north
are tended farms, where the people live.
Yes, a finer place you can hardly find
than nature's own Rovdestranda.

 Seiler du leden fra Stadt imot nord
en strålende solskinsdag,
styer fra havet mot indre fjord,
hvor sjøen får mindre drag.
da sees fra baugen—du stirrer i le
og skygger med hånden for bedre å se
de skyfrie fjell under himmelranden,
og under dem lunt ligger Rovdestranden.

Fra Søvdsnes til Kleiven langs veien mot nord
er velstelte gårder, hvor folket bor.
Ja, skjønnere sted du knapt finne kan
enn denne naturskjønne Rovdestranda.

References

  1. ^ a b c Store norske leksikon. "Rovde" (in Norwegian). http://www.snl.no/Rovde. Retrieved 2010-09-13. 
  2. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf. 
  3. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1919) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt (12 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 33. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=202227&avid=45010.