Pano pali mazina gha matawuni gha ku Norway. Lizgu la ChiNorway ilo likung'anamura msumba ni by. Kale, misumba yikamanyikwanga kuti kjøpstad (msika) panji ladested (malo gha ku nyanja). Mu 1857 ŵakalekeska wanangwa wa malonda ku misumba, ndipo mu 1952 ŵakalekerathu kuŵika ŵanthu mu vigaŵa ivi.[1]
Kwambira pa Janyuwale 1, 1965, ŵakawoneseskanga kuti tawuni yiliyose yili na malo ghake. Mu Norway, ŵanthu ŵakasankhanga matawuni kuŵa bykommune panji herredskommune. Dango la Boma la mu 1992 likamazga upusikizgi uwu. Ŵakamanyikwanga na mazina gha vigaŵa vya msumba, panji kuti manambara ghanayi ghakuyana na ISO 3166-2:NO. Mu matawuni ghanyake, nambala ya tawuni yikaŵanga zero.[1]
Pakati pa 1960 na 1965, maboma ghanandi gha ku Norway ghakakolerana. Mwachiyelezgero, apo tawuni ya Brevik yikasazgikana na tawuni ya Porsgrunn na tawuni ya Eidanger, tawuni yiphya iyi yikachemekanga Porsgrunn ndipo yikaŵa na nambara yake. Ntheura, Brevik wakawonekaso nga ni tawuni yayi. Pa nkhani yinyake, apo tawuni ya Hønefoss yikasazgikana na mizi ya Hole, Norderhov, Tyristrand na Ådal kuti yipange tawuni yiphya ya Ringerike, tawuni ya Ringerike yikalutilira kuŵa na nambara yakale ya tawuni ya Hønefoss. Ndimo vikaŵira na Egersund na Florø.
Pambere chaka cha 1996 chindafike, boma likapelekanga mazaza gha msumba uwu ku Unduna wa Vyaru na wa Vyaru. Sono fundo iyi yikweruzgika na boma ndipo boma likuzomerezga. Kwambira mu 1997, msumba ukwenera kuŵa na ŵanthu 5,000 kuti uŵe msumba. Mu 1999, boma la Bardu likaphalira msumba wa Setermoen kuti uŵe msumba, kweni likakana chifukwa chakuti ŵanthu ŵakukwana yayi. Malo ghanyake agho ghakukhala ŵanthu ŵacoko comene ni Honningsvåg, ku Nordkapp, uko kuli ŵanthu ŵacoko comene kuluska 5,000, kweni malo agha ghakaŵa kuti ghamanyikwa na boma pambere dango ili lindambe kugwira nchito mu 1997.[2]
Chifukwa cha malango ghaphya agha, msumba wa Norway ukakura comene kwambira mu 1996. Mazuŵa ghano, malo ghanyake ghachoko waka ghakuchemeka Brekstad, agho ghali na ŵanthu 1,828 na Kolvereid, awo ŵali na ŵanthu 1,448. Pakati pa misumba iyo yikaŵa na malo agha pambere chaka cha 1996 chindafike, tawuni ya Tvedestrand ndiyo njicoko comene. Pa nkhani yinyake, malango gha mu 1996 ghakazomerezga kuti malo ghanyake agho ghakataya malo gha msumba mu m'ma 1960 ghaweleremo.
Msumba wa Oslo, uwo ukazengeka mu 1000, ndiwo ni msumba ukuru chomene wa Norway.