Folden_Municipality
Folden
Former municipality in Norway
Folden is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 2,271-square-kilometre (877 sq mi) municipality[2] existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1887. Folden encompassed all of the areas surrounding the Folda fjord and all of the fjord branches that connect to the main fjord. It included all the areas in what is now Sørfold Municipality, plus the Kjerringøy area of Bodø Municipality, and the southeastern part of the Steigen Municipality.[3]