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 adm ...

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• Counties of Norway - List of counties

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Vestfold is a county in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsberg. Vestfold is located west of the Oslo Fjord, as the name indicates. It includes many smaller, but well-known towns in Norway, such as Larvik, Sandefjord, Tønsberg and Horten. The river Numedalslågen runs through the district. Many islands are located at the coast. Vestfold is known for shipping and sailing. Formerly a headquarters for whaling fleets, the coastal towns of Vestfold now engage in fishing and shipbuilding. Some lumbering is carried on in the interior. The district als ...

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• Vestfold - History
• Vestfold - Municipalities

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Troms has a very rugged and indented coastline facing the Norwegian Sea. However, the large and mountaineous islands along the coast provides an excellent sheltered waterway on the inside. Starting in the south, the largest islands are: northeastern part of Hinnøya (the southern part is in Nordland), Grytøy, Senja, Kvaløya, Ringvassøya, Reinøy, Vannøy and Arnøy. There are several large fjords that stretches quite far inland. Starting in the south, the largest fjords are Vågsfjorden, Malangen, Balsfjorden, Ullsfjorden, Lyngen (the municipality has it's name from the fjord) and Kvænangen (fjord). The largest lake is Alteva ...

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Troms, Troms - Geography, Troms - Economy, Troms - History, Troms - Municipalities

Read more here: » Troms: Encyclopedia II - Troms - Geography

The county is conventionally divided into traditional districts. These are Orkdalen, Gauldalen and the Fosen peninsula. ...

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Sør-Trøndelag, Sør-Trøndelag - Districts, Sør-Trøndelag - Municipalities

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The family of Harald Fairhair, who is said to be the first king of the whole Norway, was from this area. At that time Vestfold, including Lier and Eiker, was a petty kingdom. Kings of Vestfold include: Erik Agnarsson Halfdan Hvitbeinn (part of Vestfold) Eystein Halfdansson Halfdan the Mild Gudrød the Hunter Halfdan the Black, together with his brother, Olaf Gudrødsson Ragnvald the Mountain-High Harald Fairhair Bjørn Farmann Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, brother of Bjørn Harald ...

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Vestfold, Vestfold - History, Vestfold - Municipalities

Read more here: » Vestfold: Encyclopedia II - Vestfold - History

In the late Iron Age, Oppland was a petty kingdom. Some kings of Oppland: Eystein, father of Åsa who married Halfdan Hvitbeinn (see Ynglinga Saga, paragraph 49) Halfdan "the Aged" Sveidasson (c. 750) Ivar Halfdansson (c. 770) Eystein "Glumra (the Noisy)" Ivarsson, son-in-law of Ragnvald the Mountain-High and father of Ragnvald Eysteinsson (788) ...

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Oppland, Oppland - Districts, Oppland - History, Oppland - Municipalities

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The family of Harald Fairhair, who is said to be the first king of the whole Norway, was from this area. At that time Vestfold, including Lier and Eiker, was a petty kingdom. Erik Agnarsson Halfdan Hvitbeinn (part of Vestfold) Eystein Halfdansson Halfdan the Mild Gudrød the Hunter Halfdan the Black, together with his brother, Olaf Gudrødsson Ragnvald the Mountain-High Harald Fairhair Bjørn Farmann Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, brother of Bjørn Harald ...

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Vestfold, Vestfold - History, Vestfold - Municipalities

Read more here: » Vestfold: Encyclopedia II - Vestfold - History

The county is conventionally divided into traditional districts. From south to north, these are Stjørdalen, Innherad and Namdalen. ...

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Nord-Trøndelag, Nord-Trøndelag - Districts, Nord-Trøndelag - Municipalities

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In the Viking Age, the area was part of Vingulmark, which in turn was part of Viken and included Båhuslen. It and was partly under Swedish rule until the time of Harald Fairhair. Later, when Norway was under Danish rule, the Danish king divided the area into many baronies, and the name Smålenene came into use. This is reflected to this day, in that contrary to many other traditional districts of Norway, Østfold is culturally not a unity, but instead a mosaic of areas ...

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Østfold, Østfold - History, Østfold - Municipalities

Read more here: » Østfold: Encyclopedia II - Østfold - History

The county is mainly mountainous; but with some surprisingly lush valleys, however much of the interior supports livestock raising as only means of agriculture. Along the coast and on the islands, fishing is dominant. The city of Tromsø, in the north central part, is the county seat and an Arctic seaport, and seat of the world's northernmost university. Harstad is the regional centre for the southern part of the county. The Norwegian armed forces is a vital employer in Troms, having the seat of the 6th army division as well as several air force bases, helicopter wings ...

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Troms, Troms - Geography, Troms - Economy, Troms - History, Troms - Municipalities

Read more here: » Troms: Encyclopedia II - Troms - Economy

There were settlements along the coast of more southern areas of North Norway in the bronze age, possibly reaching as far north as southern part of Troms (Harstad-area), although there are very little evidens of bronze actually being used; this northern area might have gone straight from stoneage to iron age wrt use of tools. There are substantially more archeological evidens of a norse iron-based culture in the late roman age (200 - 400 AD), reaching as far north as Karlsøy (near todays Tromsø [1]), but not further northeast. The N ...

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Troms, Troms - Geography, Troms - Economy, Troms - History, Troms - Municipalities

Read more here: » Troms: Encyclopedia II - Troms - History