Valberg is a former municipality now located in Vestvågøy

Vestvågøy

Vestvågøy is an island and a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Lofoten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Leknes....

 municipality in Nordland

Nordland

is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...

 County, Norway.

It was created by an acrimonious split from Borge

Borge, Nordland

Borge is a parish and former municipality in Vestvågøy municipality, Nordland county, Norway.-History:Borge parish was created as Borge formannskapsdistrikt in 1837. In 1927 the district of Valdberg with 625 of inhabitants was separated from Borge to create a municipality of its own. The split...

 in 1927. On 1 January 1963 Valberg was merged with Borge

Borge, Nordland

Borge is a parish and former municipality in Vestvågøy municipality, Nordland county, Norway.-History:Borge parish was created as Borge formannskapsdistrikt in 1837. In 1927 the district of Valdberg with 625 of inhabitants was separated from Borge to create a municipality of its own. The split...

, Buksnes

Buksnes

Buksnes is a populated area in Vestvågøy municipality, Nordland county, Norway.-History:Buksnes was created as Buksnes formannskapsdistrikt in 1837. On July 1, 1919 the district of Hol with 2,272 inhabitants was separated from Buksnes to create a municipality of its own. The split left Buksnes...

 and Hol

Hol, Nordland

Hol is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway.It was created by a split from Buksnes on July 1, 1919. At that time Hol had a population of 2 272....

 to create the new municipality Vestvågøy

Vestvågøy

Vestvågøy is an island and a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Lofoten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Leknes....

. Before the merger Valberg had a population of 662.

The name

The municipality (originally the parish of Valberg) was named after the old Valberg farm (Norse Valberg or Valaberg), since the first church was built there. The first element is valr m 'falcon

Falcon

A falcon is any species of raptor in the genus Falco. The genus contains 37 species, widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, and North America....

', the last element is berg n 'mountain'.