Midt-Telemark is a traditional district

Districts of Norway

The country Norway is historically divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties and municipalities. The districts are defined by geographical features, often valleys, mountain ranges, fjords,...

 of Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 situated in the middle of Telemark

Telemark

is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...

 county.

It comprises three municipalities: Bø

Bø, Telemark

Bø is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Midt-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bø i Telemark. The municipality of Bø was established on 1 January 1838...

, Sauherad

Sauherad

Sauherad is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Midt-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Akkerhaugen...

 and Nome

Nome, Norway

Nome is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Midt-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ulefoss....

. The largest population centres in the region are Bø

Bø, Telemark

Bø is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Midt-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bø i Telemark. The municipality of Bø was established on 1 January 1838...

, Ulefoss

Ulefoss

Ulefoss is the administrative centre of Nome municipality, Norway. Its population is 2,699.-References:...

, Bjervamoen

Bjervamoen

Bjervamoen is part of Lunde in Nome municipality, Norway. It is located west of the municipality centre Ulefoss, and was itself the centre in the former municipality Lunde. Its population is 1,422 ....

 and Gvarv

Gvarv

Gvarv is a village in Sauherad, Telemark, Norway.Gvarv is famous for its apples, sweet cherries and sour cherries ....

, of which Ulefoss is the largest with 2,696 inhabitants.

Bø and Sauherad municipalities were created in 1837 when the formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...

 laws came into effect. Lunde

Lunde, Telemark

Lunde is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The municipality centre was Bjervamoen.It was created by a split from Bø on 1 January 1867. At that time Lunde had a population of 2,257....

 municipality was split from Bø in 1867, but merged with Holla

Holla, Telemark

Holla was a parish district and former municipality now located in municipality of Nome the in Telemark county, Norway.-History:Holla is situated in the traditional region of Midt-Telemark. Holla parish included the churches at Holla and Helgen both in Telemark county. The parish of Holden was...

in 1964 to form Nome municipality. When asked whether Bø, Sauherad and Nome should merge to form one municipality comprising all of Midt-Telemark, the percentage who were positive to such a merger were 64 % in Sauherad , 59 % in Bø and 48 % in Nome.