During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, a major municipal merger took place. A new Steigen Municipality was created by the merging the following areas: all of Steigen Municipality (population: 1,829) all of Leiranger Municipality (population: 1,397) most of Nordfold Municipality except the Mørsvikbotn area (population: 1,212) the small Brennsund area of Kjerringøy Municipality (population: 30) the part of Hamarøy Municipality that was south of the Sagfjorden and between the lake Storvatnet and the Veggfjellan mountain area (population: 77) Prior to the merger, the population of Steigen Municipality was 1,843, and after the merger, the new municipality had 4,545 residents.
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, a major municipal merger took place. A new Steigen Municipality was created by the merging the following areas: all of Steigen Municipality (population: 1,829) all of Leiranger Municipality (population: 1,397) most of Nordfold Municipality except the Mørsvikbotn area (population: 1,212) the small Brennsund area of Kjerringøy Municipality (population: 30) the part of Hamarø.y Municipality that was south of the Sagfjorden and between the lake Storvatnet and the Veggfjellan mountain area (population: 77) Prior to the merger, the population of Steigen Municipality was 1,843, and after the merger, the new municipality had 4,545 residents