The municipalities in the north are still hesitant to merger – NRK

The Government will present a proposal for a comprehensive reform and mergers of today’s 428 municipalities by 2017.
A White Paper proposing tasks that can be transferred to local authorities was submitted on 20 March 2015. The proposals
involves the largest total allocation of tasks to the municipalities ever.
Municipalities period of up to spring 2016 to make decisions about merging.
Municipalities that will not merge, but the government wants to turn together, wait to be forcibly merged or be required to collaborate with others.
The first mergers can take place on 1 January 2018, while the entire reform will be in place by 1 January 2020.
government offers 100,000 dollars to each municipality information and people hearing before the merger and between 5 and 30 million in support of reform.
Government will continue the current three levels of administration, but also wants more counties will join forces in larger regions. Counties have until 2016 to submit who they would like to team up with. Source: NRK