Frostating
Sign in to savethumb|right| Tinghaugen at Frosta right|thumb|Frostatinget bautasten at Tinghaugen thumb|Inscription: (with law shall our land be built, and not desolated by lawlessness) Frostating () was one of the four ancient popular assemblies or things () of medieval Norway. Historically, it was the site of court and assembly for Trøndelag, Nordmøre, and Hålogaland. The assembly had its seat at Tinghaugen in what is now Frosta Municipality. It functioned as a judicial and legislative body, resolving disputes and establishing laws.
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- Tinghaugen
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- Frostating seal
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thumb|right| Tinghaugen at Frosta right|thumb|Frostatinget bautasten at Tinghaugen thumb|Inscription: (with law shall our land be built, and not desolated by lawlessness) Frostating () was one of the four ancient popular assemblies or things () of medieval Norway. Historically, it was the site of court and assembly for Trøndelag, Nordmøre, and Hålogaland. The assembly had its seat at Tinghaugen in what is now Frosta Municipality. It functioned as a judicial and legislative body, resolving disputes and establishing laws.
Frostating and Norway's three other ancient regional assemblies, the Borgarting, Eidsivating, and Gulating, were joined into a single jurisdiction during the late 13th century, when King Magnus the Lawmender had the existing body of law put into writing.
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