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[[File:Norwegian police rank 008.jpg|thumb|upright|A lensmann's distinctions.]] |
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'''Lensmann''' (lit. ''fief man''; [[Norse language|Old Norwegian]]: ''lénsmaðr'') is in [[Norway]] a leader of a police district known as ''lensmannsdistrikt''.<ref>[http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/jd/dok/regpubl/stmeld/20002001/Stmeld-nr-22-2000-2001-/3.html?id=431893 Stortingsmelding nr 22 (2000-2201) punkt 3]</ref> |
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The modern lensmann office descends directly from the medieval and post-medieval ''bondelensmann'' (English: ''farmer lensmann''). The farmer lensmann was originally appointed among farmers by the [[sysselmann]]. In post-medieval times a typical candidate to the lensmann office was a so-called ''good farmer'', being of a wealthy family and/or enjoying respect or holding a leading position in the local society, and he was also elected by other good farmers in their function as [[Court of appeal (Norway)#History|lagrette]] (English: ''lay judge''). When the office of [[Vogt|fogd]] was introduced the farmer lensmanns in each ''fogderi'' were placed under him. In 1660 there were between 300 and 350 lensmanns in Norway. |
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Eventually it came to mean something close to a [[sheriff]] |
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| ⚫ | The word must not be confused with a ''lensherre'' (English: ''fief lord'') or the noble title of [[lendmann]]. In medieval and early modern times this was a person who received a [[len]] ([[fief]]) from a feudal lord, a [[sysselmann]] or the King.<ref>Mikael Berglund, [http://books.google.ie/books?id=-s6Zh8qzPxEC Cross-border Enforcement of Claims in the EU: History, Present Time and Future], ISBN 9041128611, 2009, page 101</ref> |
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== See also == |
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* [[Sheriff]] |
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Lensmann (lit. fief man; Old Norwegian: lénsmaðr) is in Norway a leader of a police district known as lensmannsdistrikt.[1]
The modern lensmann office descends directly from the medieval and post-medieval bondelensmann (English: farmer lensmann). The farmer lensmann was originally appointed among farmers by the sysselmann. In post-medieval times a typical candidate to the lensmann office was a so-called good farmer, being of a wealthy family and/or enjoying respect or holding a leading position in the local society, and he was also elected by other good farmers in their function as lagrette (English: lay judge). When the office of fogd was introduced the farmer lensmanns in each fogderi were placed under him. In 1660 there were between 300 and 350 lensmanns in Norway.
The word must not be confused with a lensherre (English: fief lord) or the noble title of lendmann. In medieval and early modern times this was a person who received a len (fief) from a feudal lord, a sysselmann or the King.[2]
