Legislation Concerning the Norwegian Commons

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Type:	Conference Paper
Author:	Rygg, Ola; Sevatdal, Hans
Conference:	Reinventing the Commons, the Fifth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property
Location:	Bodoe, Norway
Conf. Date:	May 24-28, 1995
Date:	1995
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/5592
Sector:	General & Multiple Resources
Region:	Europe
Subject(s):	common pool resources legislation indigenous institutions IASC
Abstract:	"Norwegian commons comprise forests and mountain areas, and are, at present, of two types: 1) State commons owned by the State, in the sense that the State has the title to the land, while most of the resources are owned and used by the local community. 2) Parish communes are owned by a group of local farms, while the local community has the same rights as in State commons. Up till now the legislation, which derive from medieval times, have been fragmented and dominated by traditional rather than statuary law. In 1992 this legislation were codified. The nature and peculiarities of ownership, rights to use and the institutions for management, are discussed in this paper."

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