Høland
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Høland was created in 1837 as a formannskapsdistriktFormannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...
, a Norwegian local self-government district. The district Setskog
Setskog
Setskog is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It bordered Østfold county to the south, Hedmark county to the north and Sweden to the east.It was created by a split from Høland municipality on 1 January 1905...
was separated from Høland to form a separate municipality January 1, 1905. The split left Høland with 4,928 inhabitants. Høland municipality existed until 1 July 1924, when it was split to form the two new municipalities of Nordre Høland
Nordre Høland
Nordre Høland is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway.It was created when Høland municipality was split in two on 1 July 1924. At that time Nordre Høland had a population of 3.188....
and Søndre Høland
Søndre Høland
Søndre Høland is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway.It was created when Høland municipality was split in two on 1 July 1924. At that time Søndre Høland had a population of 2.106....
. Before the partition Høland had a population of 5,294. On 1 January 1966, Nordre Høland and Søndre Høland, were merged with Setskog
Setskog
Setskog is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It bordered Østfold county to the south, Hedmark county to the north and Sweden to the east.It was created by a split from Høland municipality on 1 January 1905...
and Aurskog
Aurskog
Aurskog is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre was Aursmoen.Aurskog was the location of the Battle of Toverud. The parish of Urskog was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . On 1 July 1919 the district of Blaker was separated to form a municipality...
to form the new municipality of Aurskog-Høland
Aurskog-Høland
Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjørkelangen.- Name :...
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