Jösse

Jösse was a district of western Värmland, comprising parishes around Arvika and the border with Norway. Its name refers to a rural jurisdiction rather than a single medieval town. Parish communities including Eda, Köla, Gunnarskog and Älgå belonged to this regional landscape, where local affairs were brought before the district court.

The court's archival history records repeated reorganisations of higher judicial administration. In 1680 Jösse belonged to the larger Västersysslet circuit together with several other Värmland districts. In 1779 it was grouped with Grums and Nordmark in a separate circuit. That arrangement ended in 1830, when Jösse was combined with Lower Fryksdal under the Västersysslet name. Through these changes, the district's parishes came under successive arrangements for the administration of justice.