The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Bøstad where Borge Church is located.

[8][9] The prestegjeld of Borge was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law).

In 1927, the southern district of Borge (population: 625) acrimoniously split off to form the new Valberg Municipality.

At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Borge prestegjeld and the Lofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.

The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.