Magnus Lagabøtes bylov

Oslo, Trondheim and Tønsberg received their own versions of the City Law about the same time, with the exact year when they were adopted unknown.

Audun Hugleiksson was instrumental in the design of the law.

The State and City Laws were undoubtedly better known and more widespread than all other secular works in Norway in the late Middle Ages.

Today, the Byloven survives in twenty-five manuscripts, mostly as a complementary addition to the State Law.

[1] The council was led by a taxpayer, later called byfogd ('city bailiff').