Local government reform in Norway

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As local reform in Norway is known as decided in a law of June 2017 reorganization of Norwegian municipalities that the government Solberg was performed. It ran parallel to the regional reform and was completed on January 1, 2020. Since then Norway has been divided into 356 municipalities.

history

In December 2014, a selection of experts recommended reducing the number of municipalities by setting a minimum number of inhabitants for the municipalities. The experts suggested using a number between 15,000 and 20,000 residents.

The main supporters of the reform were the right-of-center parties, the Høyre Party and the Fremskrittspartiet (FrP). As a justification for the necessity of the reform, the government stated that each municipality should have sufficient financial and human resources to meet the demands placed on it. The Social Democratic Workers' Party (Ap) is committed to not bringing communities together against their will. From the start, the biggest opponent of the reform was the Senterpartiet (Sp), which was strongly represented, especially in rural areas .

In spring 2017, the Solberg government published its legislative proposal for the new division of municipalities. This planned to reduce the number of municipalities from 426 to 358. 32 of the municipalities that, according to this proposal, should be transferred to new municipalities, were against this merger. The Norwegian Parliament Storting voted in June 2017 for this reform.

The local elections in September 2019 were held taking the new borders into account. The reform was completed on January 1, 2020. In many municipalities, streets had to be renamed, otherwise there would have been duplicate addresses.

Amalgamations

A total of 119 municipalities were merged into 47 new ones.

new commune old communes province Date of the
merger
annotation
Sandefjord Sandefjord , Andebu , Stokke Vestfold January 1, 2017
Indre Fosen Rissa , Leksvik Trøndelag 1st January 2018
Larvik Larvik , Lardal Vestfold 1st January 2018
Holmestrand Hof , Holmestrand Vestfold 1st January 2018
Færder Tjøme , Nøtterøy Vestfold 1st January 2018
Moss Moss , Rygge Viken January 1, 2020
Indre Østfold Askim , Eidsberg , Hobøl , Spydeberg , Trøgstad Viken January 1, 2020 not voluntarily
Aurskog-Høland Aurskog-Høland , Rømskog Viken January 1, 2020
Nordre Follo Oppegård , ski Viken January 1, 2020
Lillestrøm Skedsmo , Fet , Sørum Viken January 1, 2020 not voluntarily
Asker Asker , Hurum , Røyken Viken January 1, 2020
Drammen Drammen , Nedre Eiker , Svelvik Viken January 1, 2020
Holmestrand Holmestrand , sands Vestfold and Telemark January 1, 2020
Tonsberg Re , Tønsberg Vestfold and Telemark January 1, 2020
Midt Telemark , Sauherad Vestfold and Telemark January 1, 2020
Lyngdal Audnedal , Lyngdal Agder January 1, 2020
Kristiansand Kristiansand , Songdalen , Søgne Agder January 1, 2020 not voluntarily
Lindesnes Lindesnes , Mandal , Marnardal Agder January 1, 2020 not voluntarily
Stavanger Finnøy , Rennesøy , Stavanger Rogaland January 1, 2020
Sandnes Forsand , Sandnes Rogaland January 1, 2020
Øygarden Fjell , Sund , Øygarden Vestland January 1, 2020
Alver Radøy , Lindås , Meland Vestland January 1, 2020
Bjørnafjorden Fusa , Os Vestland January 1, 2020
Ullensvang Jondal , Odda , Ullensvang Vestland January 1, 2020
Voss Granvin , Voss Vestland January 1, 2020
Sunnfjord Førde , Naustdal , Gaular , Jølster Vestland January 1, 2020
chin Flora , Vågsøy (without the village of Bryggja ) Vestland January 1, 2020
City Eid , Selje , Bryggja ( Vågsøy Municipality ) Vestland January 1, 2020
Sogndal Balestrand , Leikanger , Sogndal Vestland January 1, 2020 not voluntarily
Volda Hornindal , Volda Møre and Romsdal January 1, 2020
Ålesund Ålesund , Haram , Sandøy , Skodje , Ørskog Møre and Romsdal January 1, 2020 not voluntarily
Fjord Norddal , Stordal Møre and Romsdal January 1, 2020
Hustadvika Eide , Fræna Møre and Romsdal January 1, 2020
Molde Midsund , Molde , Nesset Møre and Romsdal January 1, 2020
home Hemne , Halsa , Snillfjord Møre og Romsdal , Trøndelag January 1, 2020
Hitra Hitra , Snillfjord (partially) Trøndelag January 1, 2020
Orkland Orkdal , Agdenes , Snillfjord (partially), Meldal Trøndelag January 1, 2020
Trondheim Klæbu , Trondheim Trøndelag January 1, 2020
Ørland Bjugn , Ørland Trøndelag January 1, 2020 not voluntarily
Åfjord Roan , Åfjord Trøndelag January 1, 2020
Steinkjer Steinkjer , Verran Trøndelag January 1, 2020
Namsos Namdalseid , Namsos , Fosnes Trøndelag January 1, 2020
Nærøysund Vikna , Nærøy Trøndelag January 1, 2020 not voluntarily
Narvik Narvik , Ballangen , Tysfjord (partially) North country January 1, 2020 Breaking up Tysfjord is not voluntary
Hamarøy Hamarøy , Tysfjord (partially) North country January 1, 2020 Breaking up Tysfjord is not voluntary
Tjeldsund Skånland , Tjeldsund Nordland , Troms and Finnmark January 1, 2020
Senja Berg , Lenvik , Torsken , Tranøy Troms and Finnmark January 1, 2020 not voluntarily
Hammerfest Hammerfest , Kvalsund Troms and Finnmark January 1, 2020

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Kommunal-og moderniseringsdepartementet: Kommunalereform. December 18, 2019, accessed January 27, 2020 (Norwegian).
  2. NRK: Kommune- og region reform. December 27, 2013, accessed on January 27, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  3. a b Hans Cosson-Eide: Svært jevnt om kommunessamelåing. June 8, 2017, accessed January 27, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  4. Anders Mjaaland: Flere hundre gatenavn må endres. January 4, 2019, accessed on January 27, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  5. Kommunal-og moderniseringsdepartementet: Kommunalereform. December 18, 2019, accessed January 27, 2020 (Norwegian).
  6. Vedtak om grensejustering mellom kommunane Vågsøy og Eid / Selje, Sogn og Fjordane - Lovdata. Retrieved March 30, 2020 .