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in modern Norwegian or in Danish and older Norwegian spelling (; ) is a term with several distinct meanings in
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Nordic
Nordic most commonly refers to:
* Nordic countries, the northern European countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, and their North Atlantic territories
* Scandinavia, a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern ...
history. The Icelandic equivalent was a .
Fief-holder
The term traditionally referred to a holder of a royalfief
A fief (; ) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form of feudal alle ...
in Denmark and Norway. As the fiefs were renamed ''amt
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...
'' in 1662, the term was replaced with ''amtmand
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The ''Amtmann'' or ''Ammann'' (in Switzerland) was an official in German-speaking countries of Europe and in some of the Nordic countries from the time of the Middle Ages whose office was akin to that of a bailiff. He was the most sen ...
''. In Norway these offices evolved into the modern ''fylkesmann
The county governor (; , in English) is a Norwegian government agency that represents the central government administration in all counties of Norway. Responsible for a number of supervision and management duties, the governor is the represe ...
'' office. Modern Norwegian historians often use the term (English: 'fief lord') instead of , although from the legal point of view, the king was the fief lord, and the title used by contemporaries was , not .
While the was a fief-holder from the nobility
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. T ...
, the was a civil servant
The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil service personnel hired rather than elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. A civil service offic ...
who might be ennobled
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. Th ...
as a reward.
Modern police officer
The title is also used in an entirely different meaning in modern Norway, denoting the leader of a rural police district known as a .2000-2201) punkt 3; www.regjeringen.no {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426215444/http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/jd/dok/regpubl/stmeld/20002001/Stmeld-nr-22-2000-2001-/3.html?id=431893 , date=2014-04-26
See also
*Sheriff
A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous, although independently developed, office in Iceland, the , which is common ...
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