were merged to form a new Fron Municipality (with similar borders to the old Fron Municipality that existed from 1838 to 1851 minus the Sjoa area which was then part of Sel Municipality).

The 1966 merger was not well-liked among the residents of the new municipality. On 1 January 1977, the merger was reversed. Nord-Fron Municipality (population: 6,131) and Sør-Fron Municipality (population: 3,509) were recreated using their old borders from