Valberg is a former municipality on the island of Vestvågøya in Nordland County, Norway. It consisted of the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Vestvågøy. The main church for the municipality was Valberg Church.HistoryThe municipality of Valdberg was created by an acrimonious split from the municipality of Borge in 1927. The new municipality initially had 625 residents. On 1 January 1963, Valberg was merged with Borge, Buksnes, and Hol to create the new municipality of Vestvågøy. Before the merger, Valberg had a population of 662.NameThe municipality was named after the old Valberg farm, since Valberg Church was built there. The farm was named after a nearby mountain. The first element is valr which means "falcon" and the last element is berg which means "mountain".
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