Haram, Norway
Encyclopedia
Haram is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal
county
, Norway
. It is part of the Sunnmøre
region
. The administrative center is Brattvåg
, the industrial center of Sunnmøre. Other important villages in the municipality include Austnes
, Eidsvik
, Helle
, Longva
, Søvik, Tennfjord
, and Vatne.
Brattvåg IL
is a sports club based in the municipality. Tennfjord Mannskor
is a male choir
from the village of Tennfjord
. The Ulla lighthouse
is located at the north end of Haramsøya
.
). The district of Roald
was separated from Haram on 1 January 1890 to form a municipality of its own. This left 1,956 people left in Haram. On 1 January 1965, the Myklebost
area on Harøya
island and some smaller islands to the west of there (population: 287) were merged into the neighboring municipality of Sandøy
. Also on that date most of the municipality of Vatne (population: 2,260) and the Søvik area of Borgund
(population: 1,191) were merged together with Haram to form a new, larger municipality of Haram.
) is named after the old Haram farm (Old Norse
: Harhamarr), since the first church was built there. The meaning of the first element is unknown and the last element is hamarr which means "rocky hill". Before 1889, the name was written Harham.
is from modern times. It was granted on 7 August 1987. The arms show three wave
s in blue with a silver background.
of the district was well-known for its practice of H-dropping and the old and traditional pronunciation of the name of the municipality was [a:ram].
has five parishes within the municipality of Haram. It is part of the Diocese of Møre
and the Rural Deanery
(Prosti) of Nordre Sunnmøre.
, Fjørtofta
, Haramsøya
, Løvsøya, Skuløya, and Terøya
. The islands of Bjørnøya and Terøya are connected to the mainland via causeway
s. The islands of Haramsøya and Skuløya are connected together with the Ullasund Bridge
. The rest of the islands have ferry
connections to the mainland. The Haramsfjorden, Vatnefjorden, and Romsdalsfjord
en all flow through the municipality.
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...
county
Counties of Norway
Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 430 municipalities...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is part of the Sunnmøre
Sunnmøre
Sunnmøre is the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. Its main city is Ålesund. The region comprises the municipalities of Giske, Hareid, Herøy, Norddal, Sande, Skodje, Haram, Stordal, Stranda, Sula, Sykkylven, Ulstein, Vanylven, Volda, Ørskog,...
region
Districts of Norway
The country Norway is historically divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties and municipalities. The districts are defined by geographical features, often valleys, mountain ranges, fjords,...
. The administrative center is Brattvåg
Brattvåg
Brattvåg is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the Norwegian mainland, along the west side of the Samfjorden. It is northwest of Vatne/Eidsvik...
, the industrial center of Sunnmøre. Other important villages in the municipality include Austnes
Austnes
Austnes is a village in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the southeast side of the island of Haramsøya, about southwest of the village of Longva via the Ullasund Bridge. The Ulla lighthouse is located about to the north.The village has a population...
, Eidsvik
Eidsvik, Møre og Romsdal
Eidsvik is a village in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located between the villages of Tennfjord and Vatne at the end of the Grytafjorden, about north of Skodje. Since 2002, Eidsvik has been considered a part of the Vatne urban area, so its population...
, Helle
Helle, Møre og Romsdal
Helle is a village in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Vatnefjorden in the northeastern part of the municipality, about north of the village of Vatne....
, Longva
Longva
Longva is a village in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Flemsøya. It is about northeast of the village of Austnes on Haramsøya via the Ullasund Bridge. The population was 637, but since 2004, Longva has not been considered an...
, Søvik, Tennfjord
Tennfjord
Tennfjord is a village that is located at the end of the Grytafjorden in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village of Tennfjord lies just south of Eidsvik and Vatne. Eidsvik lies in the northeastern part of the fjord valley, while Tennfjord lies to the south...
, and Vatne.
Brattvåg IL
Brattvåg IL
Brattvåg Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the village of Brattvåg in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway . It has sections for association football and Nordic skiing. It was established in 1940....
is a sports club based in the municipality. Tennfjord Mannskor
Tennfjord Mannskor
The Tennfjord Mannskor is a choir based in the village of Tennfjord in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was founded on 31 August 2004 with 17 people at the first rehearsal...
is a male choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
from the village of Tennfjord
Tennfjord
Tennfjord is a village that is located at the end of the Grytafjorden in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village of Tennfjord lies just south of Eidsvik and Vatne. Eidsvik lies in the northeastern part of the fjord valley, while Tennfjord lies to the south...
. The Ulla lighthouse
Ulla lighthouse
Ulla lighthouse is a lighthouse near Ulla, a fishing community on the north end of the island of Haramsøya in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway....
is located at the north end of Haramsøya
Haramsøya
Haramsøya is an island in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located between the islands of Lepsøya and Flemsøya, just northwest of the mainland of Haram. The village of Austnes is located on the southeast part of the island...
.
General information
Haram was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistriktFormannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian 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 Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...
). The district of Roald
Vigra
Vigra is an island and former municipality on the west coast of Norway. It is in the present-day municipality of Giske in Møre og Romsdal county. The former municipality was made up of the island of Vigra along with many smaller islets surrounding it...
was separated from Haram on 1 January 1890 to form a municipality of its own. This left 1,956 people left in Haram. On 1 January 1965, the Myklebost
Myklebost, Sandøy
Myklebost is a village on the southern end of Harøya island in the municipality of Sandøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is about south of the municipal center of Steinshamn. There are ferry connections from Myklebost to Fjørtofta and Brattvåg in Haram and to Dryna in Midsund. ...
area on Harøya
Harøya
Harøya is a swampy island in the municipality of Sandøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is the largest island in the municipality. The island is located between the islands of Finnøya and Fjørtofta ....
island and some smaller islands to the west of there (population: 287) were merged into the neighboring municipality of Sandøy
Sandøy
Sandøy is an island municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre is the village of Steinshamn. Other villages include Ona and Myklebost...
. Also on that date most of the municipality of Vatne (population: 2,260) and the Søvik area of Borgund
Borgund, Møre og Romsdal
Borgund is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality consisted of the islands of Sula, Humla, Tørla, and Ellingsøya, as well as parts of Oksenøya, Hessa, and Nørvøya, plus many minor islands throughout the area...
(population: 1,191) were merged together with Haram to form a new, larger municipality of Haram.
Name
The municipality (originally the parishParish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
) is named after the old Haram farm (Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Harhamarr), since the first church was built there. The meaning of the first element is unknown and the last element is hamarr which means "rocky hill". Before 1889, the name was written Harham.
Coat of arms
The coat of armsCoat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is from modern times. It was granted on 7 August 1987. The arms show three wave
Wave
In physics, a wave is a disturbance that travels through space and time, accompanied by the transfer of energy.Waves travel and the wave motion transfers energy from one point to another, often with no permanent displacement of the particles of the medium—that is, with little or no associated mass...
s in blue with a silver background.
Dialect
The dialectDialect
The term dialect is used in two distinct ways, even by linguists. One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors,...
of the district was well-known for its practice of H-dropping and the old and traditional pronunciation of the name of the municipality was [a:ram].
Churches
The Church of NorwayChurch of Norway
The Church of Norway is the state church of Norway, established after the Lutheran reformation in Denmark-Norway in 1536-1537 broke the ties to the Holy See. The church confesses the Lutheran Christian faith...
has five parishes within the municipality of Haram. It is part of the Diocese of Møre
Diocese of Møre
The Diocese of Møre is a diocese in the Church of Norway which geographically consists of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Its bishop and cathedral are located in the county administrative center of Molde...
and the Rural Deanery
Deanery
A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...
(Prosti) of Nordre Sunnmøre.
| Parish (Sokn) | Church Name | Year Built | Location of the Church |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haram | Haram kyrkje | 1838 | Austnes Austnes Austnes is a village in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the southeast side of the island of Haramsøya, about southwest of the village of Longva via the Ullasund Bridge. The Ulla lighthouse is located about to the north.The village has a population... |
| Lepsøy kapell | 1896 | Lepsøya Lepsøya Lepsøya is an island in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located in the western part of the municipality, with the Haramsfjorden and the island of Haramsøya to the northeast; the Vigrafjorden and the island of Vigra to the southwest; and Bjørnøya, Terøya,... |
|
| Fjørtoft | Fjørtoft kyrkje | 1878 | Fjørtofta Fjørtofta Fjørtofta is an island in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the municipality of Haram, between the islands of Flemsøya , Harøya , and Midøya and Dryna .... |
| Vatne | Vatne kyrkje | 1868 | Vatne |
| Hamnsund | Hamnsund kyrkje | 1875 | just south of Søvik |
| Brattvåg | Brattvåg kyrkje | 1977 | Brattvåg Brattvåg Brattvåg is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the Norwegian mainland, along the west side of the Samfjorden. It is northwest of Vatne/Eidsvik... |
| Hildre kyrkje | 1905 | Hildrestranda |
Geography
The municipality of Haram includes many islands including BjørnøyaBjørnøya, Haram
Bjørnøya is a populated island in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is connected to the Norwegian mainland through a man-made causeway. The nearest larger village on the mainland is Søvik. To the east of the Bjørnøya lies the island of Terøya. The two islands are...
, Fjørtofta
Fjørtofta
Fjørtofta is an island in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the municipality of Haram, between the islands of Flemsøya , Harøya , and Midøya and Dryna ....
, Haramsøya
Haramsøya
Haramsøya is an island in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located between the islands of Lepsøya and Flemsøya, just northwest of the mainland of Haram. The village of Austnes is located on the southeast part of the island...
, Løvsøya, Skuløya, and Terøya
Terøya, Haram
Terøya is a little island in the municipality Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The population of Terøya is concentrated on the southern and eastern parts of the island. Terøya is connected to Søvik on the mainland by a causeway on the east side. The island of Bjørnøya lies to the west...
. The islands of Bjørnøya and Terøya are connected to the mainland via causeway
Causeway
In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway elevated, usually across a broad body of water or wetland.- Etymology :When first used, the word appeared in a form such as “causey way” making clear its derivation from the earlier form “causey”. This word seems to have come from the same source by...
s. The islands of Haramsøya and Skuløya are connected together with the Ullasund Bridge
Ullasund Bridge
Ullasund Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Ullasundet between the islands of Haramsøya and Flemsøya in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The original bridge was opened in 1969...
. The rest of the islands have ferry
Ferry
A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...
connections to the mainland. The Haramsfjorden, Vatnefjorden, and Romsdalsfjord
Romsdalsfjord
Romsdalsfjord is the ninth longest fjord in Norway. It is long and located in the Romsdal district of Møre og Romsdal county. It flows through the municipalities of Midsund, Haram, Vestnes, Molde, Nesset, and Rauma...
en all flow through the municipality.
External links
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics NorwayStatistics NorwayStatistics Norway is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every year on its web site. All releases are published both in Norwegian and English...