Søgne and Songdalen will – as far as news understands – get their referendums on divorce. In 2020, Kristiansand, Søgne and Songdalen were merged into one large municipality. The opposition has been particularly strong in Søgne. Promised possible secession Søgne was cited as an example when Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (Sp) in the last party leader debate before the Storting election 2021 promised that forcibly merged municipalities could secede as soon as Sp came to power. But the Labor Party did not want to go that far, and thus it was not the SP position that won out in the new government platform. Should the merger be reversed, there would have to be a majority for this in the city council. Many in Søgne were disappointed. Stopped in 2021 On 1 December 2021, the city council in Kristiansand decided to stop the process of dissolving Søgne and Songdalen from the merged Kristiansand municipality. The decision was made by 39 to 32 votes. Labor Party mayor Jan Oddvar Skisland was then pleased that they had made up their minds. He admitted that it had been a difficult case. GOT A PHONE: Mayor of Kristiansand Jan Oddvar Skisland (Labor Party) has been critical of reversing the merger. New Kristiansand became a large municipality with 110,000 inhabitants. Photo: Svein Sundsdal / news Aksjonsgruppa, which had long worked for the secession of Søgne, was determined to continue fighting, and in the new year they went from door to door to collect signatures.
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Now there will be a referendum in Søgne – news Sørlandet – Local news, TV and radio
