Midt-Telemark is a traditional district of

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

situated in

Telemark Telemark () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway. Telemark borders the counties of Vestfold, Buskerud, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder. In 2020, Telemark merged with the county of Vestfold to form the county o ...

county. It is made up of two municipalities:

Midt-Telemark Midt-Telemark is a Districts of Norway, traditional district of Norway situated in Telemark county. It is made up of two municipalities: Midt-Telemark (municipality), Midt-Telemark and Nome, Norway, Nome. The largest population centres in the regio ...

and Nome. The largest population centres in the region are Bø, Ulefoss, Bjervamoen, and Gvarv, of which Bø is the largest with 3,609 inhabitants. The district is located between Øvre Telemark (upper Telemark) and Nedre Telemark (lower Telemark). Historically, the areas of Midt-Telemark included the old parishes of Bø and

Sauherad Sauherad is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It was part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Midt-Telemark. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. ...

. Both parishes became municipalities on 1 January 1838 when the

formannskapsdistrikt () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 Jan ...

law came into effect. Lunde Municipality was split off from Bø in 1867. In 1964, Lunde was merged with the neighboring Holla Municipality to form the new Nome Municipality. Holla was never historically part of Midt-Telemark, instead it was often included in the Grenland district. Leading up to 2020, there were many municipal mergers in Norway, and there was a movement to merge the three municipalities of the Midt-Telemark district. When surveyed whether Bø, Sauherad, and Nome should merge to form one municipality, the percentage who were positive to such a merger were 64% in Sauherad, 59% in Bø, and 48% in Nome. Since a majority of Nome was not in favor, this did not move forward. On 1 January 2020, Bø and Sauherad were merged to form the new

Midt-Telemark Municipality Midt-Telemark is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Midt-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the villag ...

. Since then, the district has included the two municipalities of Midt-Telemark and Nome.

References

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