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Contents
| Side | ||
| Preface | 9 | |
| Introduction | 11 | |
| Gjøvik glassworks and the formation of the town, 1800-1860 | 15 | |
| A distinctive industrial community. - No market town - the factory's heyday is over. - The market town question again. - Gjøvik in the 1850s. - The district and communications. - The efforts are crowned with success. | ||
| Municipal and private pioneering work, 1861 | 43 | |
| A hectic January. - Bailiff Sommerfeldt and pharmacist Lund. - Penniless city gets help from the parent municipality. - Regulation and city contracts. - Important issues for the city are resolved. - A modest start for the new town. - Good conditions and faith in the future. | ||
| Young town hit by two crises, 1862-1880 | 63 | |
| Severe economic downturn. - The boom in the 1870s. - A short heyday for Hoffsaga. - Trade out in rough weather. - Industry, Gjøvik's greatest hope. - The municipality's management and economy. - The school system is expanded. - Health care and hygiene. - When the municipality could have become a co-owner of Hunn. - Quiet years for the "engineering system". - The common municipal issues. - Gjøvik Association for Brandy Trade. - Brygga the great traffic center. - The railroad dream - for the first time. - The social and cultural interests awaken. - The Labor Society and Axel Fahlstrøm. - A city with roots in the countryside. - Security guards and crime. - A boom in libel suits. - Everyday life and weekends in the oldest Gjøvik. | ||
| A time of upheaval and struggle, 1880s | 125 | |
| "Left-wing elections for all the people's representatives". - Lively on the press front. - Johan Castberg in the arena. - Fresh weather on the Labor Society. - Some improvement in the municipality's economy. - The school system ahead of its time. - The first modern waterworks. - Care for the sick and elderly. - The municipality's "milk cow". - Church as a gift to Hunn and Gjøvik. - The trade industry on the march. - Industrial travel takes off. - Workers' conditions - increased understanding. - The great adventure of the telephone. - Confinement and bad roads. - Daily life becomes more nuanced. - Ambitions grow. - Several new associations. | ||
| The railroad makes a difference in city life, 1890-1905 | 181 | |
| The Northern Line becomes the Gjøvik Line. - Uncertainty about alternatives. - The location of the station. - Railway inauguration and royal visit with aftermath. - Expansion at American pace. - A disfigured city. - The big land issue. - Living conditions improve. - A new generation with increased faith in the future. - New signals in politics. - Not quiet on the press front. - Better connection to the district. - Doubling of the number of merchants. - Growth in industry and crafts. - The trade union movement has its breakthrough. - MAJOR COMMITMENTS FOR THE MUNICIPALITY: - Electricity supply. Rich times for the school system. Housing construction, streets, water and sewage. The town gets a permanent fire brigade. Separate cemetery for the town. - Women decide the battle of the unions. - Community life flourishes. - 1905 from a local perspective. | ||
| The new working day, 1905-1914 | 259 | |
| Land gains for the business community. - Industry is expanded. - Better conditions for workers. - Expanded municipal operations. - Exhibition space as a gift. - Municipal gymnasium by private subsidy. - Municipal engineering service. - Care for the sick and elderly. - More peaceful politics. - Continued dispute over alcohol. - The Gjøvik - Gudbrandsdalen railway. - New means of communication. - Small advances in housing conditions and hygiene. - The cinematograph - a sensation. - Sigurd Islandsmoen to Gjøvik. - Top-class sport. - Gjøvik as the "city of associations". - So many things happen. - The jubilee year 1914. | ||
| War and crisis policy, 1914-1931 | 309 | |
| THE POLITICAL CONTRADICTIONS SHARPEN: - Division among the workers. From three workers' newspapers to én. Lively in the city council. Contradictions also on May 17. - CITY PATRIOTISM AND SOCIAL AWARENESS: - The nursing home case. The orphanage case. The old people's home case. Free medical care for all. Ludvig Skattum's scholarship. - STRAIN ON THE MUNICIPALITY AND PRIVATE SECTOR: - Strong fluctuations in municipal revenues. The municipality receives a debt settlement. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY IN TIMES OF WORK AND CRISIS: - The bank failures in Gjøvik. Conditions for wage earners. "Brought to its knees by the weight of the parikron -". - A POSITIVE LINE: - From emergency work to helping the business community. Active municipal efforts. City expansion in 1921. Housing construction costly for the municipality. State power to Gjøvik. - Difficult years for the school system. - Drinking water and typhoid epidemic. - The church community again. - Association and referendums. - The town ties the district to itself. - Hopes and disappointments. - Gjøvik becomes the "opera city". - Good and versatile sports. - A varied period of time. | ||
Reconstruction comes to an abrupt end, 1931-1945 | 369 | |
| Wallboard production at Hunton. - "Labor's support fund". - Jubilee fair in 1936. - Easier working conditions for the municipality. - Cooperation with Vardal is expanded. - New residential areas and higher housing standards. - Expansion of the hospital. - Cramped school premises. - Communications and tourism. - A good town for old and young. - Greater peace and quiet. - Cultural life in growth. - Abrupt end to the period of famine. - THE OCCUPATION PERIOD: - April days 1940 in Gjøvik. Difficult adaptation process. Municipal "reorganization". The difficulties increase steadily. The resistance struggle on the civilian front. On the loose. | ||
| Expectations are met, 1945-1960 | 415 | |
| The economic basis. - Urban expansion and municipal boundaries. - Strong progress for housing construction. - Busy years for the engineering department. - Plenty of power for tripled demand. - Expansion in the social sector. - Intensified inter-municipal cooperation. - Cultural center and cultural life. - Hospital with 240 employees. - Healthy development in industry and trade. - Breakthrough for tourism and travel industry. - Communications in development. - Family follows family. | ||
| Addendum | 465 | |
| Civil servants and commissioners, municipal officials. - The law on the market town of Gjøvik. - The city contracts. - Personal register. - Case and place register. - Sources. - Coins, weights and measures. | ||
