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Oslo, the capital of Norway and among the fastest growing cities in Europe Bergen, the capital of Vestland county Stavanger, the oil capital and capital of Rogaland county Trondheim, the largest city in Trøndelag county Kristiansand, the biggest city and capital of Agder county Fredrikstad, the biggest city in Østfold county and one of the 20 ...
Customs in Norway has a long history. Already during Harald Fairhair's reign (c. 865-933), [6] customs were collected in the cities on behalf of the king on all imported and exported goods. [7] Collection of customs continued through the middle ages, but there were still no designated customs officers. [6]
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The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of 385,207 square kilometres (148,729 sq mi). [13] The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea.
Municipalities in Norway are the basic unit of local government. Norway is divided into 15 administrative regions, called counties. These counties are subdivided into 357 municipalities (as of 2024). The capital city Oslo is both a county and a municipality. Map of municipalities (2020)
The location of Norway An enlargeable map of the Kingdom of Norway An enlargeable map of continental Norway. The following outline provides an overview of, and topical guide to, the Kingdom of Norway. Norway is a sovereign constitutional monarchy, located principally in the western part of Scandinavia in Northern Europe. [1]
Map of Norway. This is a list of places in Norway having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages ...
Norway is divided into 15 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, Nynorsk: singular and plural fylke; until 1918 known as singular and plural- amt), and 431 municipalities (kommuner - Nynorsk: kommunar). There is also a list of municipalities by county. There is a separate category for Cities and towns in Norway