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Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (Norwegian: singular fylke, plural fylker (Bokmål) / fylke (Nynorsk); until 1918 known as amt, pl. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Politics of Norway takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Constitutional monarchy. The Constitution of Norway was first adopted on May 16, 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll (a small town north of the Childhood and education When Prince Harald was born in Skaugum he was the first heir to the throne of Norway to be born in Norway for several hundred years Family and heritage Haakon's godparents are King Olav V of Norway, Princess Astrid of Norway, Prince Carl Bernadotte, King Carl XVI Gustaf This is a list of viceroys ( visekonge) governors ( rigsstatholder) first ministers ( førstestatsråd) and Prime ministers ( statsminister) of (born 16 March 1959 is the Prime Minister of Norway. He took office in October of 2005 he was previously Prime Minister from 2000 to 2001 This is a list of Norwegian governments with parties and Prime Ministers The Red-Green Coalition is a coalition of Norwegian parties, formed by the Labour, the Socialist Left Party, and the Centre Party. The Storting ( Stortinget, literally "the Great Thing /Assembly" is the Norwegian Parliament, and is located in the capital city This article lists political parties in Norway. Norway has a Multi-party system with numerous parties in which no one party has a big chance of gaining Norway elects its Legislature on a national level The parliament the Storting (or Stortinget by Norwegian grammar has 169 members elected for a four year term Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on September 10 2007, with some areas Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 September 2005. The 2003 county council election was held on Monday September 15, 2003 for all eighteen county councils in Norway ||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions called counties ( fylker, singular fylke) and 430 municipalities ( kommuner, cf The Sami Parliament of Norway ( Sámediggi in Northern Sami, Sämitigge in Inari Sami, Sää´mte´ǧǧ The foreign relations of Norway are based on the country's membership in NATO and within the workings of the United Nations (UN History See also Norwegian EC referendum 1972 and Norwegian EU referendum 1994 In 1963 Norway and the United Information on politics by country is available for every Country, including both De jure and De facto independent Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Examples of administrative divisions English terms In many of the following terms corresponding to British cultural influence areas of relatively low mean population A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Bokmål (lit "book language" or Dano-Norwegian is the most commonly used of the two official Norwegian written Standard languages the other Nynorsk (literally "New Norwegian" is one of the two official Norwegian Standard languages the other being Bokmål. amter / amt). The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 municipalities (kommune, pl. Norway 's elongated shape numerous geographical barriers and distributed population barriers has led to a number of conventions for it subdivisions ||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions called counties ( fylker, singular fylke) and 430 municipalities ( kommuner, cf kommuner / kommunar). The capital Oslo is considered as both a county and a municipality. (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway.

There is some political disagreement on whether counties are a practical, economical or even necessary level of administration. See politics of Norway for more information. Politics of Norway takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Constitutional monarchy.

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List of counties

Below is a list of the Norwegian counties as they have been since 1919, with their current administrative centres. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The county numbers are from the official numbering system ISO 3166-2:NO, which follows the coastline from the Swedish border in the southeast to the Russian border in the northeast. ISO 3166-2NO is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Norway. The number 13 was dropped from the system when the city of Bergen (county no. is the second largest city in Norway. It is located on the south-western coast of Norway in the county of Hordaland in between a group of mountains known as De syv fjell 13) was merged into Hordaland (county no. 12) in 1972. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

  1. Østfold – Sarpsborg
  2. Akershus – Oslo
  3. City and county of Oslo
  4. Hedmark – Hamar
  5. Oppland – Lillehammer
  6. Buskerud – Drammen
  7. Vestfold – Tønsberg
  8. Telemark – Skien
  9. Aust-Agder – Arendal
  10. Vest-Agder – Kristiansand
  11. Rogaland – Stavanger
  12. Hordaland – Bergen
  13. Sogn og Fjordane – Leikanger
  14. Møre og Romsdal – Aalesund
  15. Sør-Trøndelag – Trondheim
  16. Nord-Trøndelag – Steinkjer
  17. Nordland – Bodø
  18. Troms – Tromsø
  19. Finnmark – Vadsø

History

Fylke

From the consolidation to a single kingdom, Norway was divided into a number of geographic regions that had its own legislative assembly or Thing, such as Gulating (Western Norway) and Frostating (Trøndelag). is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden ( Västra Götaland County and Värmland) while is a city and municipality in the county of Østfold Norway. The city was founded as Borg by the famous Viking King Olav Haraldsson (Saint Olav in is a county in Norway, bordering Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo and Østfold. (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. is a town and municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway. Hamar was separated from Vang as a city and municipality of its own in is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo Lillehammer is a town and municipality in the county of Oppland, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and There is also a town called Drammen in Wisconsin, named after the Norwegian city in 1877 is a county in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsberg. is a town and municipality in the county of Vestfold, Norway The town of Tønsberg was established as a municipality 1 January 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt) is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. is a city and municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway and administrative centre of Telemark County is a county (fylke in Norway, bordering Telemark, Rogaland and Vest-Agder. is a town and municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. (West Agder is a county in Norway, bordering Rogaland to the west and Aust-Agder to the east (formerly "Christianssand" is a city and municipality, and the capital of the county of Vest-Agder, Norway and of the geographical is a county in Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland. is the second largest city in Norway. It is located on the south-western coast of Norway in the county of Hordaland in between a group of mountains known as De syv fjell is a county (fylke in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. is a city and municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. is a county in the area Trøndelag in Norway, bordering Nord-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Oppland and Hedmark. (Trondhjem is a city and municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. is a county in the central Norwegian region called Trøndelag. Steinkjer is a town and a municipality in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. is a county in Norway, bordering Troms in the north Nord-Trøndelag in the south Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east Västerbottens Bodø is a city and municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway or Romsa ( Sami language) is a county in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest ( Romsa in Northern Sami, Tromssa in Kven and Finnish) is a city and municipality in the county of Troms, or Finnmárku ( Sami language) is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. ( Čáhcesuolu in Northern Sami, Vesisaari in Finnish) is a city and municipality in the county of Finnmark, Norway. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional See also Medieval Scandinavian laws A thing or ting ( Old Norse, Old English and Icelandic: þing; other modern Gulating is both the name of one of the first Norwegian legislative assemblies or Thing and one of the present day Law courts of western Norway Western Norway ( Norwegian: Vestlandet) is the region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway. When Norway was united as a kingdom ( 900 - 1030 AD the existing Lagtings were constituted as superior regional assemblies Frostating Trøndelag is the name of a geographical region in the central part of Norway, consisting of the two counties Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag. The second-order subdivision of these regions was into fylker, such as Egdafylke and Hordafylke. Agder is a historical district of Norway in the southernmost region of Norway, corresponding to the two counties ( fylker) Vest-Agder is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland. In 1914, the historical term fylke was brought into use again to replace the term amt introduced during the union with Denmark. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Kalmar Union ( Danish, Norwegian and Swedish: Kalmarunionen) is a historiographical term meaning a series of Personal Denmark–Norway ( Danish: Danmark-Norge Norwegian: Danmark-Norge or Danmark-Noreg is the historiographical name for a former political entity union Current day counties (fylker) often, but not necessarily correspond, to the historical areas.

Syssel

Len

Formerly the term len (plural len) in Norway signified an administrative region roughly equivalent to today's counties. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional The historic len was an important administrative entity during the period of Dano-Norwegian unification after their amalgamation as one state, which lasted for the period 1536[1]–1814. Denmark–Norway ( Danish: Danmark-Norge Norwegian: Danmark-Norge or Danmark-Noreg is the historiographical name for a former political entity union A political union is a type of state which is composed of or created out of smaller States Unlike a Personal union, the individual states share a common government Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

At the beginning of the 1500s the political divisions were variable, but consistently included four main len and approximately 30 smaller sub-regions with varying connections to a main len. Up to 1660 the four principle len were headquartered at the major fortresses Bohus Fortress, Akershus Fortress, Bergenhus Fortress and the fortified city of Trondheim[2]. Bohus Fortress (also Baahus or Båhus, originally Bagahus) lies along the old Norwegian - Swedish border in Kungälv Akershus Fortress or Akershus Castle ( Akershus Festning, Akershus slott) is the old Castle built to protect Oslo, the capital Bergenhus fortress (Bergenhus festning is a fortress located in Bergen Norway. (Trondhjem is a city and municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. The sub-regions corresponded to the church districts for the Lutheran church in Norway. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther

Len in 1536

These four principal len were in the 1530s divided into approximately 30 smaller regions. is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish situated on the west coast of the country is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish situated on the west coast of the country "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Treaty of Roskilde was signed on February 26, 1658 in the Danish city of Roskilde. Bergenhus len was a Norwegian administrative division The "len" was administered from Bergenhus Fortress in Bergen. North Norway ( Norwegian: Nord-Norge ( Bokmål) or Nord-Noreg ( Nynorsk) is the geographical region of northern From that point forward through the beginning of the 1600s the number of subsidiary len was reduced, while the composition of the principle len became more stable. [3]

Len in 1660

From 1660 Norway had nine principle len comprising 17 subsidiary len:

Len written as län continues to be used as the administrative equivalent of county in Sweden to this day. Bergenhus len was a Norwegian administrative division The "len" was administered from Bergenhus Fortress in Bergen. Each len was governed by a lenman. [4]

Amt

With the royal decree of February 19, 1662, each len was designated an amt (plural amt) and the lenmann was titled amtmann, from German Amt (office), reflecting the bias of the Danish court of that period. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum [5]

Amt in 1671

After 1671 Norway was divided into four principle amt or stiftsamt and there were nine subordinate amt:

Amt in 1730

From 1730 Norway had the following amt:

At this time there were also two counties controlled by counts, together forming what is now Vestfold county:

Fylke

A geopolitical map of Norway, exhibiting its 19 first-order subnational divisions (fylker or "counties") with Svalbard and Jan Mayen
A geopolitical map of Norway, exhibiting its 19 first-order subnational divisions (fylker or "counties") with Svalbard and Jan Mayen

From 1919 each amt was renamed a fylke (plural fylker) (county) and the amtmann was now titled fylkesmann (county governor). (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. (formerly "Christianssand" is a city and municipality, and the capital of the county of Vest-Agder, Norway and of the geographical Bergenhus len was a Norwegian administrative division The "len" was administered from Bergenhus Fortress in Bergen. is the second largest city in Norway. It is located on the south-western coast of Norway in the county of Hordaland in between a group of mountains known as De syv fjell (Trondhjem is a city and municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. Year 1730 ( MDCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a or Finnmárku ( Sami language) is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. or Romsa ( Sami language) is a county in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest is a county in Norway, bordering Troms in the north Nord-Trøndelag in the south Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east Västerbottens is a county in the central Norwegian region called Trøndelag. is a county in the area Trøndelag in Norway, bordering Nord-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Oppland and Hedmark. is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. is a county (fylke in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. is a county (fylke in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland. is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland. is a county in Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. (West Agder is a county in Norway, bordering Rogaland to the west and Aust-Agder to the east is a county (fylke in Norway, bordering Telemark, Rogaland and Vest-Agder. is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. is a county in Norway, bordering Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo and Østfold. is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden ( Västra Götaland County and Värmland) while A count is a Nobleman in European countries The word count comes from French comte, itself from Latin is a county in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsberg. Larvik is a town and municipality in the county of Vestfold, Norway. Examples of administrative divisions English terms In many of the following terms corresponding to British cultural influence areas of relatively low mean population Svalbard is an Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean north of mainland Europe, about midway between Norway and the North Pole. Jan Mayen Island is a 55 km (34 miles long (southwest-northeast and 373 km² (144  mi²) in area Arctic Volcanic island in the

References & notes

  1. ^ Christian III, king of Denmark-Norway, carried out the Protestant Reformation in Norway in 1536. Christian III ( August 12, 1503 &ndash January 1, 1559) king of Denmark and Norway, was the son of Frederick The Protestant Reformation was a reform movement in Europe that began in 1517 though its roots lie further back in time
  2. ^ Kavli, Guthorm (1987). Norges festninger. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 82-00-18430-7.  
  3. ^ Len on Norwegian Wiki site
  4. ^ Jesperson, Leon (Ed. ) (2000). A Revolution from Above? The Power State of 16th and 17th Century Scandinavia. Odense University Press. ISBN 87-7838-407-9.  
  5. ^ Amt at Norwegian Wiki site

See also

External links

Population figures from 2007. By population By area By density See also List ||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions called counties ( fylker, singular fylke) and 430 municipalities ( kommuner, cf Norway is divided into five major regions ( landsdeler) which consist of counties as follows Northern Norway Norway is divided into a number of traditional Districts Many districts have deep historical roots and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties There are 16 statistical Metropolitan areas (" Byregioner " City Regions in Norway. The countries and autonomous islands in the Nordic region have some similarly named Subnational entities although their translations into English may differ The following are lists of county governors of the various counties of Norway The Norwegian counties are under the administration of governors appointed by the Norwegian king
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