Union of Norwegian Cities
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The Union of Norwegian Cities was an employers' organisation in Norway
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It was founded in 1903. Hans Thomas Knudtzon has been credited with taking the initiative. Its headquarters were in the street Arbiens gate, later in the building Kommunenes Hus in Haakon VIIs gate. It was a member body of the International Union of Local Authorities.
In 1972 it was merged with the Norwegian Association of Rural Municipalities (Norges Herredsforbund, founded in 1923) to form the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities
. The two entities were also merged between 1942 and 1945, during the German occupation 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...
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It was founded in 1903. Hans Thomas Knudtzon has been credited with taking the initiative. Its headquarters were in the street Arbiens gate, later in the building Kommunenes Hus in Haakon VIIs gate. It was a member body of the International Union of Local Authorities.
In 1972 it was merged with the Norwegian Association of Rural Municipalities (Norges Herredsforbund, founded in 1923) to form the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities
Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities
The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities is an employers' organisation in Norway.It was founded in 1972 as a merger between the Union of Norwegian Cities and the Norwegian Association of Rural Municipalities...
. The two entities were also merged between 1942 and 1945, during the German occupation of Norway.