Lensmann (authority)
Lensmann was the name in Norway for a subordinate official in rural areas. Its main task was to collect public taxes. The word component "Len" comes from Lén = acceptance of public charges within a Lens = Syssel , ie a district. The office has been known since the 13th century.
Since there was the appearance of the lens men in the population many complaints, was determined in 1280 that only two men in each Lens Fylke were allowed to operate. However, this provision has apparently not prevailed. In 1293 it was then decided that Lensmen should only be noble farmers from a good family.
After the union with Denmark in the late Middle Ages, the office was upgraded. He became an administrative officer in the Bailiwick. He was then also called "Bauern-Lensmann" to avoid confusion with the owner of a fief. He got into an intermediate position as an official of the bailiff on the one hand and confidante of the farmers on the other. As the administrative districts became smaller, the country received many Lensmen. The Lensman did not have a fixed salary. His income consisted of a share of the collected fines and of the confiscated property.
With the introduction of the authority in 1662, the lensman was employed by the bailiff and received a small salary. The office became a central position in peasant society. Five Lensmen sat in the Reich Assembly of Eidsvoll. When discussing the law on municipal administration of 1837, it was demanded that the Lensmen should be appointed by the elected municipal council. This did not prevail because of the resistance of the civil servants, but in the Lensmann Act of 1884 it was determined that the bailiff retained the right of employment, but had to choose one from the proposals of the municipal administration.
In the 20th century, the Lensman was mainly a police officer and foreclosure officer.
With the police reform of 1994, the Lensman was integrated into the police district by subordinate to the police director. Today there is no longer any difference between police officers and lensmen.
literature
- Odd Sættem: lensmann. - publicly tjenestemann . In: Store norske leksikon ; Retrieved January 4, 2010.
- K. Østberg: lensmann . In: Christian Blangstrup (Ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 15 : Kvadratrod – Ludmila . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1923, p. 661 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stortingsmelding nr 22 (2000-2201) point 3
- ^ Mikael Berglund: Cross-border Enforcement of Claims in the EU: History, Present Time and Future . ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 2009, ISBN 90-411-2861-1 , p. 101
- ↑ regjeringen.no
