# Bud Municipality

Bud is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 33-square-kilometre (13 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Hustadvika Municipality in the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre was the village of Bud. Bud Church was the main church for the municipality.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 32.8-square-kilometre (12.7 sq mi) municipality was the 610th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Bud Municipality was the 515th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,616. The municipality's population density was 49.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (128/sq mi) and its population had increased by 3.3% over the previous 10-year period.

## General information

On 1 January 1838, the prestegjeld (parish) of Bud was established as a municipality (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1878, one area of Bud Municipality (population: 15) was transferred to the neighboring Kvernes Municipality. Then on 1 January 1891, the Bollien farm area (population: 15) was also transferred to Kvernes Municipality. On 1 July 1918, Bud Municipality was divided in two: the eastern part remained as Bud Municipality (population: 1,397) and the western part became the new Hustad Municipality (population: 2,062).
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, there was a merger involving Bud Municipality (population: 1,610) in the west, Hustad Municipality (population: 2,196) in the north, and Fræna Municipality (population: 3,430) in the south, forming a new, larger Fræna Municipality.

### Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old village of Bud (Old Norse: Búðaver) since the first Bud Church was built there. The name comes from the word búð which is an old word for the modern Norwegian word rorbu which means "fishing hut", such as is commonly seen on the shores of fishing villages.

### Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within Bud Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Bud prestegjeld and the Ytre Romsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.
Churches in Bud :
| Parish (sokn) | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
| Bud | Bud Church | Bud | 1717 |

## Geography

The municipality was located on the northwestern part of the Romsdal Peninsula, along the Hustadvika coastline. Hustad Municipality was to the east, Fræna Municipality was to the south, and Nord-Aukra Municipality was to the southwest. The highest point in the municipality was the 160-metre (520 ft) tall hill Gulberget.

## Government

While it existed, Bud Municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Frostating Court of Appeal.

### Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Bud was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.
Bud heradsstyre 1959–1963 :
| Party name (in Nynorsk) | Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives |
| | Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 8 |
| | Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) | 3 |
| | Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) | 5 |
| | Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 1 |
| Total number of members: | Total number of members: | 17 |
Bud heradsstyre 1955–1959 :
| Party name (in Nynorsk) | Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives |
| | Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 8 |
| | Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 9 |
| Total number of members: | Total number of members: | 17 |
Bud heradsstyre 1951–1955 :
| Party name (in Nynorsk) | Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives |
| | Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 16 |
| Total number of members: | Total number of members: | 16 |
Bud heradsstyre 1947–1951 :
| Party name (in Nynorsk) | Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives |
| | Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 16 |
| Total number of members: | Total number of members: | 16 |
Bud heradsstyre 1945–1947 :
| Party name (in Nynorsk) | Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives |
| | Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 6 |
| | Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) | 10 |
| Total number of members: | Total number of members: | 16 |
Bud heradsstyre 1937–1941* :
| Party name (in Nynorsk) | Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives |
| | Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 6 |
| | List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidarar, fiskarar, småbrukarar liste) | 10 |
| Total number of members: | Total number of members: | 16 |
| Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945. |||

### Mayors

The mayor (Nynorsk: ordførar) of Bud was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:
* 1911–1913: Peder Bjørn Kristvik (V)
* 1938–1941: Marius Robinson
* 1945–1945: Marius Robinson