Borgund is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
Borgund originally encompassed the large area north of the Storfjorden and south of the Grytafjorden, from the mainland areas of today's Skodje Municipality in the east to the islands of today's Giske Municipality and the ocean in the west.
On 1 January 1965, the northern part of Borgund Municipality (including the Gamlem, Søvik, and Grytastranda areas on the mainland and the islands of Bjørnøya, Terøya and many small islands around them) with 1,191 inhabitants, was administratively transferred into the neighboring Haram Municipality to the north.
[4] As part of the Schei Committee's report, it was recommended to merge Ålesund and Borgund.
The municipal council of Borgund opposed its own incorporation into Ålesund as worked out by the Schei Committee.
[7] The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Borgund was made up of 41 representatives that were elected to four year terms.
The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows: The mayors of Borgund:[15]