County of Norway – Wikipedia

Norway is divided into 11 administrative regions, called county ( county In Norwegian), until 1918, they were known as Amter. The counties form the first level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 356 municipalities ( commune ). The insular territories of the Svalbard and Jan Mayen are outside the division into counties and governed directly at national level. The capital Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality.

In 2017, the government decided to abolish some of the counties and unite them with others to form larger them, reducing the number from 19 to 11. This was implemented on January 1, 2020.

Below is a list of Norwegian counties, with their current administrative centers. Note that the counties are administered both by governors appointed by the national government who, to a lesser extent, by their own elected bodies. The numbers of the counties come from the ISO 3166-2 official numbering system: no, originally established to follow the coast from the Swedish border in the south-east on the Russian border in the north-east, but the numbering has changed following the fusion of the counties.

ISO-code	County	Administrative center	More populated settlement	Governor	Area (km 2 )	Population
03	Oslo	Oslo		V.s. Haugland	454.12	673,469
11	Rogaland	Stavanger		Lone Merethe Solheim	9377.10	473,526
15	Møre and Romsdal	Molde	Ålesund	Rigmor broke	14355.62	266,856
18	Nordland	Bodø		Tom Cato Karlsen	38154.62	243,335
30	Ditch	Drammen, Sarpsborg	Fredrikstad	Valgerd Svarstad Haugland	24592.59	1,234,374
34	Inland	Ten		Knut Storberget	52072.44	370,994
38	Vestfold and Telemark	Ski	Sandefjord	Per Arne Olsen	17465.92	415,777
42	Agder	Kristiansand		Stein A. Ytterdahl	16434.12	303,754
forty six	Westland	Bergen		Lars Sponheim	33870.99	631,594
50	Trøndelag (Throatage)	Stone	Trondheim, Stjørdal	Frank Jenssen	42201.59	458,744
54	Troms and Finnmark (Romsa JA Finn Marku) (Tromsa and Finmarkku)	Tromsø		Elisabeth Aspaker	74829.68	243,925

Each county has two main organizations, both with underlying organizations.

1. The Municipality of County ( County council ) there is one Council of County ( County council ), whose members are elected by the inhabitants. The Municipality of County is mainly responsible for some middle schools, of the organization of public transport, regional road planning, culture and other areas.
2. The Governor of County ( The county governor ) is an authority directly controlled by the Norwegian government. Supervises the Municipalities and receives any complaints from people for the actions of the municipalities. It also controls the areas where the government needs local direct decisions outside the municipalities.

County ( counties ) ancient, until the thirteenth century [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

From consolidation as a single kingdom, Norway was divided into a number of geographical regions that had its own legislative assembly or their own “ting”, such as guulating (western Norway) and ammontening (Trøndelag). These regions were in turn divided into counties , like Egdafylke and Hordafylke. In 1914, the historical term ” county will be used again to replace the term ” amt” introduced during the union with Denmark.

County between the X and the thirteenth century [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

County ( folkland ) Dependent Dal Borgarting, Situate Viken, Con SOdes of Sarpsborg: ^[first]

Counties dependent on eydsivaing, located in the Oplando, based in Eidsvoll: ^[first]

Counties dependent on the Gulating, located in the Vestlandet, based in Gulele: ^[2]

Counties dependent on the amateur, located in the Trøndelag, based in Frosta:

Counties not linked to any thing :

Finnmark (including the North of Troms County), the Fær Øer islands, the Orcades, the Shetland, the hebrides, the island of Man, Iceland and Greenland were tax country (“taxed countries”), and did not belong to any county or area.

Syssel [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Since the end of the twelfth century, Norway was divided into several ” Syssel “. The head of the various” Syssel “It was the” sole “, which represented the re locally. The following shows a reconstruction of the different” Sysels “in Norway to about 1300, including the sub- Syssel, where these seem established. ^[3]

Only [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

From 1308, the term only In Norway it indicated an administrative region approximately equivalent to today’s counties. There only It was an important administrative entity during the period of Denmark-Norway after their merger, in the period 1538 ^[4] -1814. At the beginning of the 16th century the political divisions were variable, but constantly included four main “Len” and about 30 minor sub-regions with variable connections to a main “Len”. Until 1660 the main four only They were located in the main fortresses of Bohus, Akershus, Bergenhus and in the fortified city of Trondheim. ^[5]

Only In 1536 [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Only in 1660 [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Since 1660, Norway had 9 main “Len” including 17 “Len” subsidiaries:

Everything is fine only was governed by a ” lenman ” . Only written as county It continues to be used as the administrative equivalent of the county in Sweden still today. ^[6]

Amt [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

With the royal decree of February 19, 1662, each only changed name in amt and the lenmann he became bailiff , from the German “AMT” (office), which reflects the prejudice of the Danish court of that period.

Amt In 1671 [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

After 1671 Norway was divided into four main ones amt O abbey , with nine subordinate “amts”:

Amt in 1730 [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

In 1730 Norway had the following amt :

At that time there were also two counties ( county ), which formed together what is now the county of Vestfold:

• Contea di Laurvigen
• Conea di Jarlsberg

Amt in 1760 [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

In 1760 Norway had the following Statamt It is amt : ^[7]

County (counties), 1919-2019 [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Since 1919 each amt changed name in county (county) and the bailiff changed name in chancellor (Governor of County).

County ( counties), 2020-APP [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

In 2017, the Norwegian government announced the reorganization of the 19 counties to have only 11 counties by 2020. Consequently, several government tasks will be transferred to the new regions ^[9] .

New counties:

• Troms OG Finnmark, from the Union of Counties of Finnmark and Troms in 2020
• Nordland, no change
• Trøndelag, no changes
• Møre og Romsdal, Nessun Cambievamento
• Vestland, Dall’Unione Delle Contee di Hordaland E Sogn og Fjordane Nel 2020
• Rogaland, no change
• Agder, from the Union of Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder counties in 2020
• Vestfold and Telemark, Dall’Unione Delle Contee di Vestfold E Telemark Nel 2020
• Inline, from the union of the counties of Hedmark and Oppland in 2020
• Viken, Dall’Unione Delle Contee Di Akershus, Buskerud E Østfold Nel 2020
• Oslo, no change