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search  Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local
self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January
1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill
approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King
Carl Johan on 14 January 1837.[1] The formannskaps law, which
fulfilled an express requirement of the Constitution of Norway,
required that every parish (Norwegian: prestegjeld) form a
formannsskapsdistrikt (municipality) on 1 January 1838. In this
way, the parishes of the state Church of Norway became worldly,
administrative districts as well. (Although some parishes were
divided into two or three municipalities.) In total, there were
396 formannsskapsdistrikts created under this law. There were
different types of formannskapsdistrikts that were created also:
Number of Type of district 25 City/town 3 City/town with a
surrounding rural district 12 Lading places (ladested) 1 Rural
district consisting of