 In Norway and Sweden the mayoral title "borgermester/borgmästare" has now been abolished.Norway abolished it in 1937 as a title of the non-political top manager of (city) municipalities and replaced it with the title "rådmann" ("alderman" or "magistrate"), which is still in use when referring to the top managers of the municipalities of Norway.The top "elected" official of the municipalities of Norway, on the other hand, has the title "ordfører", which actually means "word-bearer", i.e.