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A geopolitical map of Norway, exhibiting its 19 first-order subnational divisions (fylker or "counties") with Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Each of the country's regions is uniquely coloured. Norway is commonly divided into five major geographical regions (landsdeler). These regions are purely geographical and cultural, and have no administrative ...
Regions in Norway before 2019. Municipal independence was established in 1838. The introduction of self-government in rural districts was a major political change. The Norwegian farm culture (bondekultur) that emerged came to serve as a symbol of national resistance to the forced union with Sweden. The legislation of 1837 gave both the towns ...
The capital city of Oslo is both a county and a municipality. In 2017, the Solberg government decided to abolish some of the counties and to merge them with other counties to form larger ones, reducing the number of counties from 19 to 11, which was implemented on 1 January 2020. [ 1 ]
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Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Norway proper 15 counties (Norwegian: fylker) [5]
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 ...
Districts of Norway in 1950 – From the documentation project at the University of Oslo; Regionalization and devolution: Proposed new regions of Norway (powerpoint slide show) Map showing regions of Medieval Norway
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)