Jordinndelingene i Finnmark: var de Norges eldste offentlige utskiftinger?

Abstract

Den har vært antatt at det i Finnmark i eldre tid ikke eksisterte jordfellesskap eller teigblanding, da all jord tilhørte staten eller Kongen. Dermed var det heller ikke behov for utskiftning. Finnmark ble eksempelvis utelatt da Utskiftningsvæsenet ble opprettet i Norge i 1859, samtidig som historien forteller at den første utskiftningsformannen ble tilsatt i Finnmark i 1938. Det finnes imidlertid en annen historie. Den forteller at det eksisterte jordfellesskap og ugreie jordforhold på 1700-tallet, og at de første utskiftingene utført av en kongelig beskikket landmåler i Finnmark, fant sted i 1776.

It has been assumed that in Finnmark in earlier times there was no land community or complex property conditions, as all the land belonged to the state or the King. Thus, there was no need for land consolidation or severance. The county of Finnmark, for example, was left out when the Land Consolidation Service was established in Norway in 1859, while the history tells that the first Land Consolidation officer for Finnmark was appointed in 1938. However, there is another story. It tells that there was a land community and difficult property conditions in the 18th century and that the first land severance carried out by a royally appointed surveyor took place in Finnmark in 1776.