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Southern Norway is the "youngest" of the many old regions within Norway; it was established shortly after the region of Northern Norway. The name Sørlandet was first used by the author Vilhelm Krag. [1] Krag proposed that Sørlandet should have been bigger than it is today, he suggested from Egersund to Grenland. The present day use of ...
South Norway includes sixteen of nineteen counties of Norway.. South Norway (Bokmål: Sør-Norge, Nynorsk: Sør-Noreg, Northern Sami: Lulli-Norga) is the southern and by far most populous half of Norway, consisting of the regions of Western Norway, Eastern Norway, Southern Norway and Trøndelag (Central Norway). [1]
Similarly, Rogaland, or parts of Rogaland, is sometimes grouped with Southern Norway instead of Western Norway. Svalbard is not a county and is not usually considered part of Northern Norway. The governor of Svalbard ( sysselmannen ) reports to the Department of Justice, whereas the county governors ( fylkesmenn ) report to the Department of ...
The Kristiansand region lies along the southern coast of Norway, centered around the city of Kristiansand.The region borders the Lister Region to the west, the region of Setesdal to the northwest (with Evje as the administrative centre), and Østre Agder to the northeast (with Arendal as the administrative centre).
In southern Norway the sequence is known as Sparagmite. The depositional environment changes from fluvial in the parautochthon to deepwater marine in the lowermost allochthon consistent with a paleogeography of an originally westward deepening basin .
Current dependencies of Norway are all in the southern polar region: Peter I Island, in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean, possession since 1929. Bouvet Island, in the sub-Antarctic and South Atlantic Ocean, possession since 1930. Queen Maud Land, in Antarctica, possession since 1939.
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Southern Norway's districts during the Middle Ages Northern Norway's districts during the Middle Ages. A high percentage of Norwegians identify themselves more by the district they live in or come from, than the formal administrative unit(s) whose jurisdiction they fall under [citation needed].