Bruvik (municipality)
Bruvik is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1870 until its dissolution in 1964. At the time of its dissolution, the municipality covered on both sides of the Veafjorden, the innermost part of the Sørfjorden, including the southeastern part of the island of Osterøy. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Bruvik where Bruvik Church is located. History. The parish of Haus was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1870, the northeastern district of Haus (population: 2,062) was separated from  Haus to form the new municipality of Bruvik. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Bruvik was dissolved and its lands were split up as follows: Municipal council. The municipal council of Bruvik was made up of 37 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows: Coat of arms. The coat of arms was granted on 14 December 1960. The blue and white arms show a chevron symbol above a cogwheel  which symbolizes industry. In 1964 when Bruvik municipality was dissolved, the new municipality of Vaksdal (which included the majority of the old Bruvik municipality) chose to continue using the old arms of Bruvik. Vaksdal used the arms until 1990 when new arms were adopted.