<page_title> List of towns and cities in Norway </page_title> <section_title> City status since after 1996 </section_title> <table> <cell> Sortland <col_header> City </col_header> </cell> <cell> Sortland <col_header> Municipality </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1997 <col_header> Town status </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 1997, the municipality of Sortland decided to declare "town status" for the Sortland.