Fjelberg

Fjelberg is a village and former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.

The parish of "Fjældberg" was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 2,986. Already in 1855 the municipality Eid was incorporated into Fjelberg, increasing its population to 4,794. In 1865 the parish Vikebygd, with 1,062 inhabitants, was merged with a part of Finnås municipality to create the new municipality Sveen. In 1898 a part of Stord with 117 inhabitants was moved to Fjelberg. On 1 July 1916 Ølen was split from Fjelberg to constitute a municipality of its own, leaving Fjelberg with 1,926 inhabitants.

On 1 January 1965 Fjelberg was incorporated into Kvinnherad. Prior to the merger Fjelberg had a population of 2,308.

References

*cite paper | author=Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway | title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen | date=1999 | url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdfl no icon
*cite web |url=http://www.rhd.uit.no/dok/nos12.html |title=Hjemmehørende folkemengde Hordaland 1801-1960 |accessdate= |author=Registreringssentral for historiske data |authorlink= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=University of Tromsø |language= no icon