fogde
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thumb|Kristoffer Nielsen Tønder (1587–1656), bailiff of Austråt, Norway, in 1621. A fogd (, or ''''; ; ; ) is a historical Scandinavian administrative function, and official title. They were bailiffs in charge of the administration and collection of taxes on behalf of the government, either in rural bailiwicks or in towns.
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- The bailiff in popular memory: "{{Lang|no|Futen}}, the devil"
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thumb|Kristoffer Nielsen Tønder (1587–1656), bailiff of Austråt, Norway, in 1621. A fogd (, or '; ; ; ) is a historical Scandinavian administrative function, and official title. They were bailiffs in charge of the administration and collection of taxes on behalf of the government, either in rural bailiwicks or in towns.
== Etymology and history == The word came to Norwegian via Danish . The early Swedish term was . These terms, and their continental relatives such as German and Dutch ultimately all derive from the term advocatus, or advocate. Within the medieval Holy Roman Empire, such advocates or Vogts were not legal representatives (as in modern English), but instead executed the functions of higher powers, such as lords and abbeys, in their name. The Latin term literally means "called upon".