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is a municipality
Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
 in the county
Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
 of Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane

is a County municipality in Norway, bordering M?re og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger....
, Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. It is located in the traditional district
Districts of Norway

Norway is divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties of Norway and municipalities of Norway....
 of Sogn
Sogn

Sogn is a Districts of Norway in Western Norway . It is located in the Counties of Norway of Sogn og Fjordane, surrounding the Sognefjord....
. The administrative center is the village of Leikanger, which is also the administrative center of Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane

is a County municipality in Norway, bordering M?re og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger....
 county.

The urban area of Leikanger and Hermansverk has 1,965 inhabitants (2007). This urban area is often called Systrond, which is why a person from Leikanger is often called Systrending.

municipality (originally the parish
Church of Norway

The Church of Norway is the state church of Norway. The church confesses the Lutheranism Christianity faith. It has as its foundation the Christian Bible, the Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed, Luther's Small Catechism and the Augsburg Confession....
) is named after the old farm Leikanger (Old Norse
Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
 Leikvangir), since the first church was built there.






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is a municipality
Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
 in the county
Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
 of Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane

is a County municipality in Norway, bordering M?re og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger....
, Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. It is located in the traditional district
Districts of Norway

Norway is divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties of Norway and municipalities of Norway....
 of Sogn
Sogn

Sogn is a Districts of Norway in Western Norway . It is located in the Counties of Norway of Sogn og Fjordane, surrounding the Sognefjord....
. The administrative center is the village of Leikanger, which is also the administrative center of Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane

is a County municipality in Norway, bordering M?re og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger....
 county.

The urban area of Leikanger and Hermansverk has 1,965 inhabitants (2007). This urban area is often called Systrond, which is why a person from Leikanger is often called Systrending.

General information


Name

The municipality (originally the parish
Church of Norway

The Church of Norway is the state church of Norway. The church confesses the Lutheranism Christianity faith. It has as its foundation the Christian Bible, the Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed, Luther's Small Catechism and the Augsburg Confession....
) is named after the old farm Leikanger (Old Norse
Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
 Leikvangir), since the first church was built there. The first element is leikr which means "sport
Sport

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s" or "athletics" and the last element is the plural form of vangr which means "meadow". Until 1889 the name was written Lekanger.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms
Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
 is from modern times. The arms were granted on 5 September 1963. The arms show a twig of an apple tree
APPLE

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. The apple tree branch is a symbol for the many orchards in the municipality and thus for the local economy. The three leaves also symbolise the three parishes in the municipality.

Background

Leikanger was established as a municipality
Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
 on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskaps-distrikt was the name for a Norway local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Charles XIV John of Sweden on 14 January 1837....
). The original municipality was identical to the Leikanger parish
Church of Norway

The Church of Norway is the state church of Norway. The church confesses the Lutheranism Christianity faith. It has as its foundation the Christian Bible, the Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed, Luther's Small Catechism and the Augsburg Confession....
 (prestegjeld) with the six sub-parishes (sokn) of Leikanger, Fresvik, Rinde (later named Feios), Vangsnes, Tjugum, and Mundal (Mundal was later re-named Fjærland
Fjærland

Fj?rland is a village in Sogndal municipality, along the Fj?rlandfjord, in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The Fj?rlandfjord is a branch of Sognefjorden, the longest fjord in Norway....
).

In 1849 the sub-parishes of Vangsnes, Tjugum, and Mundal were transferred into the newly created Balestrand
Balestrand

Balestrand is a Municipalities of Norway in the Counties of Norway of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway of Sogn....
 parish (prestegjeld). The new parish was separated from Leikanger in 1850 and made into a municipality of its own named Balestrand
Balestrand

Balestrand is a Municipalities of Norway in the Counties of Norway of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway of Sogn....
. This split left Leikanger with 2,368 residents.

On 1 January 1964, the Hella-Eitorn area (population: 31) was transferred from Balestrand
Balestrand

Balestrand is a Municipalities of Norway in the Counties of Norway of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway of Sogn....
 back to Leikanger. Also, the Tingstad area (population: 5) was transferred to neighboring Sogndal
Sogndal

Sogndal is a Municipalities of Norway in the Counties of Norway of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway of Sogn. The town of Sogndalsfj?ra is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality....
 municipality. These changes left Leikanger with 2,680 residents.

On 1 January 1992 the sub-parishes of Leikanger lying south of the Sognefjord
Sognefjord

The Sognefjord is the list of Norwegian fjords fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world, after Scoresby Sund on Greenland. Located in Sogn og Fjordane it stretches 1 E5 m inland to the small village of Skjolden....
, including Feios and Fresvik
Fresvik

Fresvik is a village in the municipality of Vik in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the Sognefjord.The population in 2001 was approximately 275, including natural Norwegian-born residents as well as several other nationalities: United States, Canada, Thailand, China, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Unit...
 (total population: 572) were transferred to the municipality of Vik
Vik

Vik is a Municipalities of Norway in the Counties of Norway of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway of Sogn. The administrative center of Vik is the village of Vik?yri....
. This move left Leikanger with only one sub-parish: Leikanger.

Churches

The Church of Norway
Church of Norway

The Church of Norway is the state church of Norway. The church confesses the Lutheranism Christianity faith. It has as its foundation the Christian Bible, the Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed, Luther's Small Catechism and the Augsburg Confession....
 has one church within the municipality of Leikanger. It is part of the Diocese of Bjørgvin
Diocese of Bjørgvin

Bj?rgvin is a diocese in the Church of Norway. It covers Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane. The cathedral city is Bergen, Norway, and the bishop since 1994 is Ole D....
 and the Rural Deanery
Deanery

Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Catholic Church and the Church of England....
 (Prosti) of Indre Sogn
Sogn

Sogn is a Districts of Norway in Western Norway . It is located in the Counties of Norway of Sogn og Fjordane, surrounding the Sognefjord....
.

 style="font-size:medium"|Churches in Leikanger
Parish
(Prestegjeld)		Sub-Parish
(Sogn)		Church NameYear BuiltLocation
of the Church
Leikanger ParishLeikangerLeikanger kyrkje1166Leikanger


Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Leikanger, are responsible for primary education
Primary education

A primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as Primary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth of Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ....
 (through 10th grade), outpatient health services
Health care

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, senior citizen
Old age

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 services, unemployment
Unemployment

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 and other social services
Social work

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, zoning
Zoning

Zoning is a device of land use regulation used by local governments in most developed countries . The word is derived from the practice of designating permitted uses of land based on mapped zones which separate one set of land uses from another....
, economic development
Economic development

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, and municipal road
Road

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s. The municipality is governed by a municipal council
Municipal council (Norway)

Municipal council is the highest governing body of the municipality in Norway. The municipal council sets the scope of municipal activity, takes major decisions, and delegates responsibility....
 of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor.

Municipal council

The municipal council
Municipal council (Norway)

Municipal council is the highest governing body of the municipality in Norway. The municipal council sets the scope of municipal activity, takes major decisions, and delegates responsibility....
 (Kommunestyre) of Leikanger is made up of 17 representatives that are elected to every four years. For 2007–2011, the party
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
 breakdown is as follows:

Mayor

The mayor (ordførar) of a municipality in Norway is a representative of the municipal council who is elected either by the majority of the council or via direct elections. Olav Lunden of the Labour Party
Norwegian Labour Party

The Norwegian Labour Party is a social democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Second cabinet Stoltenberg and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
 (Det Norske Arbeiderpartiet) was re-elected mayor for the 2007-2011 term. He was first elected in 2003.

Geography

Leikanger is located on the north side of the Sognefjord
Sognefjord

The Sognefjord is the list of Norwegian fjords fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world, after Scoresby Sund on Greenland. Located in Sogn og Fjordane it stretches 1 E5 m inland to the small village of Skjolden....
 and to the east of the Fjærlandsfjord. It is bordered on the north and east by the municipality of Sogndal
Sogndal

Sogndal is a Municipalities of Norway in the Counties of Norway of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway of Sogn. The town of Sogndalsfj?ra is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality....
, on the west by Balestrand
Balestrand

Balestrand is a Municipalities of Norway in the Counties of Norway of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway of Sogn....
, and on the south by Vik
Vik

Vik is a Municipalities of Norway in the Counties of Norway of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway of Sogn. The administrative center of Vik is the village of Vik?yri....
.

Twin cities/towns of Leikanger

Ribe
Ribe

Ribe is the oldest town of Denmark, situated in southwest Jutland. Until 1 January 2007, it was the seat of both the surrounding Ribe Municipality, and Ribe County....
, Municipality of Esbjerg
Esbjerg

Esbjerg Municipality is a municipality in Region Syddanmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Johnny S?trup, from the Venstre Politics of Denmark....
, Denmark
Denmark

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