Land, Norway

Land is a traditional district in Innlandet (formerly Oppland), Norway consisting of the municipalities Nordre Land and Søndre Land. 
In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, Land was a petty kingdom. Land is centered on the northern part of Randsfjorden. The parish of Land was a formannskapsdistrikt from 1837, and split into Nordre and Søndre Land in 1847. By the time of partition Land had a population of 9,199.