in modern Norwegian or in Danish and older Norwegian spelling (; ) is a term with several distinct meanings in Nordic history. The Icelandic equivalent was a , Swedish and Finnish .
Fief-holder
The term traditionally referred to a holder of a royal fief in Denmark and Norway. As the fiefs were renamed amt in 1662, the term was replaced with amtmand. In Norway these offices evolved into the modern fylkesmann 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 .Mikael Berglund, Cross-border Enforcement of Claims in the EU: History, Present Time and Future, , 2009, page 101
While the was a fief-holder from the nobility, the was a civil servant who might be ennobled as a reward. +Differences between and Steinar Imsen & Harald Winge (1999). Norsk historisk lexikon. Oslo: Cappelen Akademisk Forlag, p. 21. Office General governing power Yes No Military commander Yes No Tax collector Yes No Fiscal accountability No Yes
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 .Stortingsmelding nr 22(2000-2201) punkt 3; www.regjeringen.no
See also Sheriff
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