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Counties of Norway

Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (Norwegian: singular fylke, plural fylker (Bokmål) / fylke (Nynorsk); until 1918 known as amt, pl. amter / amt), and 431 municipalities (kommune, pl. kommuner / kommunar). The capital Oslo is considered as both a county and a municipality.

There is some political disagreement on whether counties are a practical or indeed necessary level of administration. See politics of Norway for more information.

Counties of Norway - List of counties

Below is an alphabetical list of the Norwegian counties with their administrative centres. The county numbers shown in the map belong to the official numbering system ISO 3166-2:NO, which starts from the south east, goes via the inland and the coast, and ends to the north. The number 13 was omitted from the system when Bergen (county no. 13) was merged into Hordaland (county no. 12) in 1972.

• Akershus – Oslo
• Aust-Agder – Arendal
• Buskerud – Drammen
• Finnmark – Vadsø
• Hedmark – Hamar
• Hordaland – Bergen
• Møre og Romsdal – Molde
• Nordland – Bodø
• Nord-Trøndelag – Steinkjer
• Oppland – Lillehammer
• Oslo – Oslo
• Østfold – Sarpsborg
• Rogaland – Stavanger
• Sogn og Fjordane – Leikanger
• Sør-Trøndelag – Trondheim
• Telemark – Skien
• Troms – Tromsø
• Vest-Agder – Kristiansand
• Vestfold – Tønsberg

See also

• Ranked list of Norwegian counties
• Municipalities of Norway
• Regions of Norway
• Landscapes of Norway
• Metropolitan regions of Norway

Categories: Lists of subnational entities | Counties of Norway | Counties

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