Folden

Folden herred
Former Municipality
Folden herred Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 67°37′26″N 15°16′45″E / 67.62389°N 15.27917°E / 67.62389; 15.27917Coordinates: 67°37′26″N 15°16′45″E / 67.62389°N 15.27917°E / 67.62389; 15.27917
Country	Norway
Region	Northern Norway
County	Nordland
District	Salten
Municipality ID	NO-1845
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Split into	Nordfold-Kjerringøy and Sørfold in 1887

Folden is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Folden encompassed all of the present-day municipality of Sørfold, the Kjerringøy area of Bodø, and the southeastern part of the municipality of Steigen.

The municipality of Folden was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The municipality existed until 1 January 1887, when it was divided into two new municipalities: Nordfold-Kjerringøy and Sørfold. Before the partition, Folden had a population of 3,293.

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