The Union of Norwegian Cities ( no, Norges Byforbund) was an

employers' organisation An employers' organization or employers' association is a collective organization of manufacturers, retailers, or other employers of wage labor. Employers' organizations seek to coordinate the behavior of their member companies in matters of mutua ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. It was founded in 1903.

Hans Thomas Knudtzon Hans Thomas Knudtzon (18 December 1857 – 21 August 1921) was a Norwegian lawyer and civil servant. He served as the County Governor of Aust-Agder county from 1917 until his death in 1921. He graduated with a degree in law in 1880. From 1881, ...

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 United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) is an umbrella international organisation for cities, local and regional governments, and municipal associations throughout the world that is concerned with representing and defending the interests of l ...

. In 1972 it was merged with the

Norwegian Association of Rural Municipalities Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

(''Norges Herredsforbund'', founded in 1923) to form the

Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities ( no, KS) is an employers' organisation in Norway. It was founded in 1972 as a merger between the Union of Norwegian Cities (''Norges Byforbund'', founded in 1903) and the Norwegian Ass ...

. The two entities were also merged between 1942 and 1945, during the

German occupation of Norway The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...

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Organizations disestablished in 1972 Organizations established in 1903 Employers' organisations in Norway Organisations based in Oslo {{Norway-org-stub