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Country
  
Norway

County
  
Nordland

Municipality ID
  
NO-1860

Region
  
Northern Norway

District
  
Lofoten

Adm. Center
  
Gravdal

Buksnes

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Buksnes is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Vestvågøy. It originally comprised the western part of the island of Vestvågøya. The main church for the municipality was Buksnes Church in the village of Gravdal.

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History

The municipality of Buksnes was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 July 1919, Buksnes' southern district (population: 2,272) was separated from it to create the new municipality of Hol. The split left Buksnes with 3,188 inhabitants. On 1 January 1963, Buksnes was merged together with the neighboring municipalities of Borge, Hol, and Valberg to create the new municipality of Vestvågøy. Prior to the merger, Buksnes had a population of 4,416.

Notable residents

  • Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe (1802-1887), Lutheran clergymen who was the vicar in Buksnes
  • Arnold Carl Johansen (1898–1957), Member of the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland
  • Gerhard Schøning (1722-1780), Historian
  • Harald Sverdrup (1923–1992), Poet and children's writer

    • References

    Buksnes Wikipedia
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