Sør-Gudbrandsdal District Court ( no, Sør-Gudbrandsdal tingrett) was a district court in

Innlandet Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The ...

county,

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. The court was based in

Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ...

. The court existed from 1731 until 2021. It served the municipalities of

Gausdal Gausdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Segalstad bru. Other villages in Gausdal include Follebu, Forse ...

Øyer Øyer is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tingberg. The two largest villages in the municipality are Granrudmoe ...

Ringebu is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vålebru (the village is also known as ''Ringebu''). The municipality i ...

and

Sør-Fron Sør-Fron is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hundorp. Other villages in the municipality include Gålå, Harpe ...

. Cases from this court could be appealed to

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. The court was a

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. Its judicial duties were mainly to settle criminal cases and to resolve civil litigation as well as

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. The administration and registration tasks of the court included death registration, issuing certain certificates, performing duties of a notary public, and officiating civil wedding ceremonies. Cases from this court were heard by a combination of professional judges and

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History

The Sør-Gudbrandsdal district court was established in 1731 when the Gudbrandsdal District Court was divided into Sør-Gudbrandsdal District Court and Nord-Gudbrandsdal District Court. This court originally included

, and

Sollia Sollia is a village in Stor-Elvdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located just up the hill from the Setninga river, about northwest of the town of Koppang and about north of the village of Ringebu. Sollia Church is lo ...

. In 1734, the court's jurisdictional area was enlarged when Fron was transferred from Nord-Gudbrandsdal District Court to this court. In 1841, a new Mellom-Gudbrandsdal District Court was established which served Nord-Fron, Sør-Fron, Ringebu, Sollia, and Øyer. This new court meant that Sør-Gudbrandsdal District Court would only include Lillehammer and Gausdal. In 1909, the Mellom-Gudbrandsdal District Court was abolished and Sør-Fron, Ringebu and Øyer returned to Sør-Gudbrandsdal District Court (the Nord-Fron joined Nord-Gudbrandsdal District Court. From 1966-1977, Nord-Fron was part this court, but in 1977 it moved back to Nord-Gudbrandsdal. On 26 April 2021, this court was merged with the Nord-Gudbrandsdal District Court, Gjøvik District Court, and Valdres District Court to create the new

Vestre Innlandet District Court Vestre Innlandet District Court ( no, Vestre Innlandet tingrett) is a district court (Norway), district court located in Innlandet county, Norway. This court is based at four different courthouses which are located in Gjøvik (town), Gjøvik, Fag ...

References

Defunct district courts of Norway Organisations based in Lillehammer 1731 establishments in Norway 2021 disestablishments in Norway {{Norway-gov-stub