Bru, Sogn og Fjordane
Bru is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1923 until 1964 and it included several islands including Svanøya, Askrova, and Stavøya as well as parts of the mainland including the Solheimsdalen valley, east of the village of Norddalsfjord. It is now part of the present-day Kinn Municipality which is in Vestland county in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center of Bru was the village of Stavang. Name. The name of the municipality (and parish) comes from the old name for the island "Brulandet" (now  called Svanøya), where the first church was located. The church site was moved off the island to the mainland village of Stavang in 1872. The Old Norse name for the church was "Brúa", which is identical with the word for "bridge". History. The parish of "Bru" was established as a municipality on 1 January 1923 when the large municipality of Kinn was divided into three: Kinn (population: 2,508) in the west, Bru (population: 1,560) in the centre, and Eikefjord (population: 929) in the east. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the  Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Bru municipality ceased to exist and its lands were divided. Government. Municipal council. The municipal council of Bru was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows: