Editing Sauda

{{short description|Municipality in Rogaland, Norway}}
{{about|the municipality in Norway||}}
{{Infobox kommune
|name                   = Sauda
|native_name            = 
|native_name_lang       = 
|other_name             = 
|former_name            = Saude herred
|former_name1           = Søvde herred
|image_skyline          = Sauda byen.png
|image_caption          = View of the town of Sauda at night
|idnumber               = 1135
|county                 = Rogaland
|capital                = [[Sauda (town)|Sauda]]
|district               = Ryfylke
|established            = 1842
|preceded               = [[Suldal Municipality]]
|demonym                = Saudabu
|language               = Nynorsk
|coatofarms             = Sauda komm.svg
|webpage                = www.sauda.kommune.no
|mayor                  = Håvard Handeland
|mayor_party            = [[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]
|mayor_as_of            = 2023
|area_rank              = 197
|area_total_km2         = 546.55
|area_land_km2          = 507.50
|area_water_km2         = 39.05
|area_water_percent     = 7.1
|population_as_of       = 2023
|population_rank        = 190
|population_total       = 4543
|population_density_km2 = 9
|population_increase    = -4.3
|coordinates            = {{coord|59|41|15|N|06|26|14|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
|utm_zone = 32V |utm_northing = 6619403 |utm_easting = 0355740 |geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Sauda''' ''({{Audio|Sauda.ogg|listen}})'' is a [[municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Rogaland]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]]. The [[administrative centre]] of the municipality is the city of [[Sauda (town)|Sauda]], where most of the population lives. Other villages in the municipality include [[Saudasjøen]] and [[Amdal]]. Despite being in the northern part of the [[traditional districts of Norway|region]] of [[Ryfylke]], Sauda participates in the [[Haugaland]]et Council and is under the jurisdiction of the [[Haugaland og Sunnhordland District Court]].<ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Sauda |url=https://snl.no/Sauda |access-date=2015-05-10 |language=no}}</ref>

The {{convert|547|km2|adj=on}} municipality is the 197th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sauda is the 190th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,543. The municipality's [[population density]] is {{convert|9|PD/km2}} and its population has decreased by 4.3% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |title=Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913/ |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="ssb area">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |title=09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/09280/ |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

The city of Sauda is the fifth largest city in Rogaland county with 4,254 inhabitants (2016), and the city center is home to [[Northern Europe|Northern Europe's]] largest smelting plant, [[Eramet|Eramet Norway AS]]. The municipality is situated in the mountain valleys surrounding the [[Saudafjorden]].

==General information==
[[File:Seaport.png|left|thumb|Part of the inner seaport in the town of Sauda]]
[[File:Saudafjorden.png|thumb|left|View of the narrow Sauda fjord]]
The municipality of Sauda was established in 1842 when it was separated from the large municipality of [[Suldal]]. Initially, Sauda had a population of 1,584. The municipal boundaries have never changed.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}</ref> The municipality declared the urban area of [[Sauda (town)|Sauda]] as a [[List of towns and cities in Norway|city]] in 1999.<ref name="snl1">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Sauda - tettstedet |url=https://snl.no/Sauda%2Ftettstedet |access-date=2015-05-11 |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Saudasjøen|Sauda]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Sauðar}}) since the first [[Sauda Church]] was built there. The farm is now part of the village of [[Saudasjøen]]. The name seems to come from the word {{wikt-lang|non|sauðr}} which means "[[sheep]]", however, the same word is also the singular past indicative of the verb {{wikt-lang|non|sjóða}} which means "to seethe" or "to boil", possibly referring to a [[spring (hydrosphere)|spring]] of water.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4pBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Stavanger amt |date=1915 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=10 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=354 and 356 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Søvde'' or ''Saude''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Sauda''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=1057–1065}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 14 May 1976. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], three [[Pale (heraldry)|pallets]] [[dancetty]] [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått en vertical sølv trillingstreng med bredtannet snitt}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a set of three, vertical, jagged lines. The charge has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The jagged lines symbolically represent a [[river]] as a means for [[hydroelectricity]] (they can also be seen as "electrical sparks"). Historically, power was generated by [[watermill]]s, providing a possibility for the development of an [[Industrial sector|industry]] in the village. Presently, the power is used for melting metal [[ore]] in [[smelting|smelters]] in the municipality. The arms were designed by Johan Matland. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Sauda |access-date=2023-07-03 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sauda, Rogaland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-11-35.html |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1976-05-14 |title=Forskrift om herredsvåpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1976-05-14-6 |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Sauda. It is part of the [[Ryfylke prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Stavanger]].

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Sauda'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Sauda||[[Sauda Church]]||[[Sauda (town)|Sauda]]||1866
|-
|[[Saudasjøen Chapel]]||[[Saudasjøen]]||1973
|}

==History==
[[File:Sauda-Åbøbyen.png|left|thumb|The Workers township, Åbøbyen 2005.]]
[[File:Sauda1917.png|left|thumb|Before The Workers township was built, Åbøbyen 1917.]]
Archaeological excavation in [[Saudasjøen]] shows that people have been living in Sauda since the latest [[Last Glacial Period|Ice Age]]. In 1349, the Plague/[[Black Death]] wiped out about two-thirds of the population in Sauda, causing a decline in both population and economy. Despite this, the population was increasing during the [[medieval]] period, and a new type of industry started to grow. Along the fjord, the power from several waterfalls was used to build and run sawmills, and large-scale lumber production was started. People from all over the world, especially from the [[Netherlands]], started to trade with the people of Sauda. This resulted in major ship traffic, giving impetus to further development of the villages and farms in Sauda.

By the end of the 19th century, a new type of adventure would change the lives of the inhabitants forever. The mining industry started in the mountains of [[Hellandsbygd]], making Sauda a small industrial area and trading center for the surrounding region. In 1910, the American company [[Electric Furnace Company]] (EFP) began the construction of [[Europe]]'s largest smelting plant in Sauda. This could only be done because of the large number of waterfalls and rivers that made it possible to build [[power plant]]s situated a short distance from the smelter, which uses large amounts of electricity.

Sauda's time as a farming village was now over, and the people of today still live on the foundation of the new city that emerged. By the end of [[World War II]], the [[Germans]] had finished building a large [[Aluminum]] Melting Plant in Saudasjøen, but the production was moved to [[Årdal]] in 1946. The remaining buildings were demolished by the municipality in the 1950s, leaving the industrial area in Saudasjøen empty for decades. In the 1980s, a glass production factory was established together with a couple of mechanic production factories. The population of Sauda reached its peak in the mid-1960s, approximately 6,700 inhabitants. In 1998, the urban area of Sauda was declared to be a city (mostly a symbolic name, with no new municipal authority).

==Geography==
Sauda is located in the valleys and mountains surrounding the [[Saudafjorden]]. Outside of the main valley, most of the municipality is very mountainous terrain, with mountains like [[Skaulen]] ({{convert|1560|m|disp=or}}) and [[Kyrkjenuten]] ({{convert|1620|m|disp=or}}). The city of Sauda is located about two hours by boat from the city of [[Stavanger]], about four hours by car from the city of [[Bergen]], and about six hours by car from the national capital, [[Oslo]]. The mountains surrounding the village of [[Saudasjøen]] contain one of the biggest ski resorts on the west coast of Norway. The city of Sauda is located on flat land, a delta created by the rivers that empty into the fjord just outside the town centre.

==Climate==
Sauda has something in between a [[humid continental climate]] (Dfb) and a temperate [[oceanic climate]] (Cfb). The wettest part of the year is late autumn and winter and the driest is spring and early summer, which demonstrates an oceanic precipitation pattern. December precipitation is almost three times larger than in May. Situated at the innermost part of the long and narrow fjord of Sauda, the oceanic influences are less than in Stavanger, but still enough to moderate winters. Atlantic lows coming from the west goes up against the mountains surrounding Sauda and the result is a large amount of precipitation. The weather station in Sauda has been operating since March 1928. The all-time high temperature {{convert|34.6|°C}} was recorded July 2019, and the record low {{convert|-17.2|°C}} was set in January 2010 (extremes available back to 2003).The average date for the first overnight freeze (below {{convert|0|°C}}) in autumn is October 15 (1981-2010 average).<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2013 |title=Første frostnatt |url=https://www.yr.no/artikkel/forste-frostnatt-1.11261900}}</ref> 
{{Weather box 
|metric first= yes
|single line = yes
|location = Sauda 1991-2020 (5 m, extremes 2003-2024)
|Jan record high C = 10.4 | Jan record low C = -17.2
|Feb record high C = 11.4 | Feb record low C = -14.4
|Mar record high C = 17.1 | Mar record low C = -14.3
|Apr record high C = 20.9 | Apr record low C = -6.4
|May record high C = 31.3 | May record low C = -0.9
|Jun record high C = 30.9 | Jun record low C = 1.9
|Jul record high C = 34.6 | Jul record low C = 5.5
|Aug record high C = 31.6 | Aug record low C = 5.4
|Sep record high C = 30.5 | Sep record low C = 0.9
|Oct record high C = 22.9 | Oct record low C = -5.3
|Nov record high C = 17.4 | Nov record low C = -10.7
|Dec record high C = 13.8 | Dec record low C = -15.7
|Jan high C = 2.7
|Feb high C = 3.1
|Mar high C = 6
|Apr high C = 11
|May high C = 15.5
|Jun high C = 18.6
|Jul high C = 20.4
|Aug high C = 19.8
|Sep high C = 16
|Oct high C = 10.6
|Nov high C = 6.1
|Dec high C = 3.3
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
|Jan mean C=-0.2
|Feb mean C=-0.2
|Mar mean C=2.3
|Apr mean C=6.3
|May mean C=10.3
|Jun mean C=13.5
|Jul mean C=15.6
|Aug mean C=15.1
|Sep mean C=12
|Oct mean C=7.2
|Nov mean C=3.2
|Dec mean C=0.4
|year mean C=
|Jan low C = -2.4
|Feb low C = -2.7
|Mar low C = -0.7
|Apr low C = 2.6
|May low C = 6
|Jun low C = 9.6
|Jul low C = 12.1
|Aug low C = 11.8
|Sep low C = 9
|Oct low C = 4.7
|Nov low C = 1
|Dec low C = -1.8
<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
|precipitation colour=green <!-- Enter "green" for green precipitation colours, remove this line for blue colouring. -->
|Jan precipitation mm=283.7
|Feb precipitation mm=222.3
|Mar precipitation mm=189.5
|Apr precipitation mm=120
|May precipitation mm=104.3
|Jun precipitation mm=106.5
|Jul precipitation mm=117.3
|Aug precipitation mm=173.8
|Sep precipitation mm=218.9
|Oct precipitation mm=264.7
|Nov precipitation mm=269.9
|Dec precipitation mm=300.3
|year precipitation mm=
|unit precipitation days = 1.0&nbsp;mm
|Jan precipitation days= 19
|Feb precipitation days= 17
|Mar precipitation days= 17
|Apr precipitation days= 14
|May precipitation days= 13
|Jun precipitation days= 13
|Jul precipitation days= 15
|Aug precipitation days= 16
|Sep precipitation days= 16
|Oct precipitation days= 17
|Nov precipitation days= 19
|Dec precipitation days= 20
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|source 1= eklima/met.no<ref>{{Cite web |title=eklima portal (means, precipitation, record low & high) |url=http://sharki.oslo.dnmi.no/portal/page?_pageid=73,39035,73_39080&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL}}</ref>
|source 2= NOAA - WMO averages 91-2020 Norway <ref>{{Cite web |title=NOAA WMO normals Norway 1991-2020 |url=https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Norway/CSV/?C=D;O=A}}</ref>
}}

==Government==
Sauda Municipality is responsible for [[primary education]] (through 10th grade), outpatient [[Health care|health services]], [[old age|senior citizen]] services, [[welfare spending|welfare]] and other [[Social work|social services]], [[zoning]], [[economic development]], and municipal [[road]]s and utilities. The municipality is governed by a [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] of [[Direct election|directly elected]] representatives. The [[mayor]] is [[Indirect election|indirectly elected]] by a vote of the municipal council.<ref name="ks">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=kommunestyre |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/kommunestyre |date=2022-09-20 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Tore |language=Norwegian |editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene |accessdate=2022-10-14}}</ref> The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the [[Haugaland og Sunnhordland District Court]] and the [[Gulating Court of Appeal]].

===Municipal council===
The [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] ({{lang|no|Kommunestyre}}) of Sauda is made up of 19 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political [[Political party|party]].
{{div col}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|start                     = 2023
|end                       = 2027
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Rogaland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/rogaland/sauda#seats |access-date=2024-01-27 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = 
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Høyre                     = 5
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Rødt                      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 5
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|start                     = 2019
|end                       = 2023
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2019 – Rogaland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/rogaland/sauda#seats |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 11
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|start                     = 2015
|end                       = 2019
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg">{{Cite web |title=Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/04813/ |publisher=Statistics Norway |language=no}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 9
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|start                     = 2011
|end                       = 2015
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2011 – Rogaland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2011/ko/rogaland/sauda#seats |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 1
|Høyre                     = 4
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|start                     = 2007
|end                       = 2011
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 10
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Venstre                   = 1
|Høyre                     = 3
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|start                     = 2003
|end                       = 2007
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|start                     = 1999
|end                       = 2003
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 27
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 11
|Høyre                     = 5
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 4
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|start                     = 1995
|end                       = 1999
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1996 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1995 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c342.pdf |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 27
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 5
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|start                     = 1991
|end                       = 1995
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1993 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1991 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c057.pdf |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 27
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 11
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 5
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 4
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|start                     = 1987
|end                       = 1991
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1988 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1987 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b765.pdf |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 27
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 12
|Høyre                     = 4
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 3
|Venstre                   = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|start                     = 1983
|end                       = 1987
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1984 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1983 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b450.pdf |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 27
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 15
|Høyre                     = 5
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|start                     = 1979
|end                       = 1983
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1979 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1979 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b093.pdf |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 27
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 12
|DLF                       = 1
|Høyre                     = 6
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 4
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|start                     = 1975
|end                       = 1979
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1977 |title=Kommunevalgene 1975 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a769.pdf |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 27
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 12
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 4
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|DLF/H/V                   = 7
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|start                     = 1971
|end                       = 1975
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1973 |title=Kommunevalgene 1972 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a457.pdf |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 27
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 12
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 4
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|Venstre                   = 4
|otherparty                = Socialist common list
|otherparty_no             = Venstresosialistiske felleslister
|otherparty_number         = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|start                     = 1967
|end                       = 1971
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1967 |title=Kommunevalgene 1967 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a214.pdf |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo |volume=I}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 27
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 12
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 4
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|Sosialistisk_Folkeparti   = 2
|Venstre                   = 4
|Local_Lists               = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|start                     = 1963
|end                       = 1967
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1964 |title=Kommunevalgene 1963 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_138.pdf |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 27
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 12
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 4
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|Sosialistisk_Folkeparti   = 1
|Venstre                   = 6
|Local_Lists               = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1959
|end                       = 1963
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1960 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_022.pdf |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 27
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 12
|Høyre                     = 1
|NKP                       = 1
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 1
|Venstre                   = 7
|Local_Lists               = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1955
|end                       = 1959
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1957 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_252.pdf |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 27
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 12
|NKP                       = 2
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Venstre                   = 6
|Local_Lists               = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1951
|end                       = 1955
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1952 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_120.pdf |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 20
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 8
|NKP                       = 2
|Høyre                     = 1
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Venstre                   = 4
|Local_Lists               = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1947
|end                       = 1951
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1948 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_165.pdf |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 20
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 7
|NKP                       = 3
|Høyre                     = 1
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Venstre                   = 3
|Local_Lists               = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1945
|end                       = 1947
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1947 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_133.pdf |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 20
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 8
|NKP                       = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 6
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sauda
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1937
|end                       = 1941* 
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1938 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_133.pdf |access-date=2020-06-30 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 20
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 8
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|Local_Lists               = 3
|}}
{{div col end}}

===Mayors===
The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayors]] ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Sauda (incomplete list):
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*1968-1977: [[Hans Frette]] ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*1999-2005: [[Torfinn Opheim]] ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*2005-2011: Laura Seltveit ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*2011-2015: Frode Sulen ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*2015-2023: Asbjørn Birkeland ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
*2023-present: Håvard Handeland ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-13 |title=19-åring blir ordfører i Sauda – tidenes yngste i Norge |url=https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/19-aring-blir-ordforer-i-sauda-_-tidenes-yngste-i-norge-1.16555305 |access-date=2024-01-27 |work=[[NRK]] |language=no}}</ref>
{{div col end}}

==Economy==
The main activity is industry, with large companies represented like [[Eramet]], [[Saint-Gobain]], [[Statkraft]], [[Sauda Building Center]], [[Statnett]], [[Elkem]], and [[Effektivt Renhold]]

==Tourism==
[[file:Inustriarbeidarmuseet_2004_004_034.JPG|thumb|right|160px|Industrial museum, Sauda, in winter.]]

===Attractions===
* [[Rondahaugen]] – with views over the city and out towards [[Stavanger]]
* [[Sauda Church]], [[Solbrekk Chapel]], [[Hellandsbygd Chapel]], and [[Saudasjøen Chapel]] – local churches
* [[Allmannajuvet]] – old mines with guided tour
* [[Sauda Smelteverk]] –  melting plant that is still active, guided tour after appointment
* [[Nordag]] – former aluminium melting plant in [[Saudasjøen]]
* Old Graveyard in [[Saudasjøen]] – containing tombs of Russian POWs who died when building the [[Nordag]] aluminium melting plant during [[World War II]]
* Tveittunet in Saudasjøen – old refurbished estate in [[Saudasjøen]]
[[File:Svandalsfossen_-_panoramio.jpg|160px|thumb|Svandalsfossen waterfall, Sauda]]
* Jonegarden på Hustveit  –  old refurbished farm and a lumber mill
* [[Løyning]] – old farm about 10 kilometers away from Sauda
* Risvoldtunet – food service, conference center, guided tour on a mini power plant
* [[Åbøbyen]] – best conserved North-American styled village area in Norway
* Honganvikfossen – a waterfall
* Svandalsfossen – a waterfall
* Jetegrytene in Åbødalen – rivers and waterfalls
* Sauda museum – collection in downtown Sauda featuring local heritage
* Industriarbeidermuseet – museum about the life of local workmen (1920s to 1950s)
* Fagerheimsaminga – exhibition of carved wooden figures in Saudahallen
* City walk – arrangement in summer time with a guided tour through the city of Sauda
* City center – during winter, heated streets are free of snow

==Notable people==
[[File:Bjørn Eidsvåg (174341).jpg|140px|thumb|Bjørn Eidsvåg, 2016]]
* [[Jakob Aano]] (1920–2016), a politician who was a member of the [[Parliament of Norway]]
* [[Paul Engstad]] (1926–2012), a politician, journalist, and author
* [[Hans Frette]] (1927–1989), a politician, local mayor, and member of the [[Parliament of Norway]]
* Dr. [[Arne Fjørtoft]] (born 1937), a Norwegian politician, journalist, and author
* [[Odd Bondevik]] (1941–2014), the Bishop of the [[Diocese of Møre]] in the [[Church of Norway]]
* [[Kjartan Fløgstad]] (born 1944), an author who was associated with [[magic realism]] in Norway
* [[Svein Mathisen]] (1952–2011), a footballer with 329 club appearances and 25 for [[Norway national football team|Norway]]
* [[Bjørn Eidsvåg]] (born 1954), a singer, songwriter, and ordained Lutheran minister
* [[Torfinn Opheim]] (born 1961), a former mayor and member of the [[Parliament of Norway]]
* [[:no:Hildeborg Juvet Hugdal|Hildeborg Juvet Hugdal, (Norwegian Wiki)]] (born 1983), a powerlifter known as the ''World's Strongest Woman''

==Twin towns — sister cities==
Sauda has [[Twin towns and sister cities|sister city]] agreements with the following places:
*{{flagicon|NCA}} [[San Juan del Sur]], [[Nicaragua]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite book |last=Obrestad |first=Tor |title=Sauda! Streik! |year=1972 |publisher=Gyldendal |isbn=8205053510 |author-link=Tor Obrestad}}
* {{Cite book |last=Fløgstad |first=Kjartan |title=Arbeidets lys: tungindustrien i Sauda gjennom 75 år |year=1990 |publisher=Norske samlaget |isbn=8252135978 |author-link=Kjartan Fløgstad}}
* {{Cite book |last=Berntsen |first=Harald |title=100 år med Folkets Hus |year=1987 |publisher=Folkets Hus Landsforbund |isbn=8210030426 |author-link=Harald Berntsen}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Sauda}}
{{wiktionary|Sauda}}
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Rogaland}}
*[http://ssb.no/kommunefakta/sauda Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]] {{in lang|no}}

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