List of municipalities of Norway

Municipalities in Norway are the basic unit of local government.

[1] Law enforcement and church services are provided at a national level in Norway.

Municipalities are undergoing continuous change by dividing, consolidating, and adjusting boundaries.

The national policy is that municipalities should only merge voluntarily, and studies are underway to identify potential gains.

[3] Historically, the word herred (Bokmål) or herad (Nynorsk) was used in Norway as the name for municipalities.

[4] Norway also has some municipalities that are bilingual or trilingual due to the presence of many native Sami people living there.

[7] Lule Sámi likewise has two words for municipalities: suohkan and giellda.