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    Finnmark (Norwegian: [ˈfɪ̀nːmɑrk] ; Northern Sami: Finnmárku [ˈfinːmaːrku]; Kven: Finmarkku; Finnish: Finnmark; Russian: Финнмарк) is a county in the northern...
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    Counties of Norway (redirect from Fylke)
    15 administrative regions, called counties (singular Norwegian: fylke, plural Bokmål: fylker; Nynorsk: fylke from Old Norse: fylki from the word "folk", Northern...
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    the new Tromsø amt. In 1919, the names were again changed to Finnmark fylke and Troms fylke. Per Fugelli has said that World War II resulted in many persons...
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  • to form the new Tromsø amt. In 1919, the name was again changed to Finnmark fylke. In 2002, the Sami language name, Finnmárku, was added as a co-official...
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  • Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. (2004). "Directory of Cities and Towns in Finnmark Fylke, Norway". Global Gazetteer Version 2.1. Archived from the original on...
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    Oppland (redirect from Oppland fylke)
    Kristiansund). In 1919, the name Kristians Amt was changed (back) to Opland fylke, and the spelling Oppland was approved in 1950. The coat of arms was granted...
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    Troms (redirect from Troms fylke)
    January 2020 it was merged with the neighboring Finnmark county to create the new Troms og Finnmark county. This merger was reversed by the government...
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    Later, on 1 January 1919, Nordre Bergenhus amt was renamed Sogn og Fjordane fylke during a period of time when many location names in Norway were changed...
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    Buskerud (redirect from Buskerud fylke)
    to Buskerud amt in 1760. The name Buskeruds amt was changed to Buskerud fylke in 1919. The municipality of Skoger was transferred from Vestfold to Buskerud...
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    Akershus (redirect from Akershus fylke)
    disestablished in 1919, and the subcounty continued as Akershus county (fylke). During its history Akershus (sub) county ceded territory to Oslo several...
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    Hedmark (redirect from Hedmark fylke)
    element is mǫrk 'woodland, borderland, march'. (See also Telemark and Finnmark.) The coat of arms is from modern times (1987). It shows three barkespader...
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    Hordaland (redirect from Hordaland fylke)
    located in the northern part. Søndre Bergenhus amt was renamed Hordaland fylke in 1919. The city of Bergen was classified as a city-county (byamt) from...
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    Østfold (redirect from Østfold fylke)
    related to Østfold. Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Østfold. Østfold fylke website (in Norwegian and English) Archived 2017-08-03 at the Wayback Machine...
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    Aust-Agder (redirect from Aust-Agder Fylke)
    Aust-Agder (Norwegian: [ˈæ̂ʉstˌɑɡdər] , English: "East Agder") was a county (fylke) in Norway until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form...
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    Vestfold (redirect from Vestfold fylke)
    example, Kautokeino municipality in Finnmark County is over four times larger than Vestfold County. The county of Finnmark is 22 times larger than Vestfold...
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  • Kvalfjorden (category Fjords of Finnmark)
    strongest gust reaching 26.9 m/s on November 11. "Kvalfjord, Hammerfest, Finnmark Fylke, Norway". mindat.org. Retrieved 2023-05-18. "What Is the Gulf Stream...
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    Telemark (redirect from Telemark fylke)
    Sten; Nilsen, Jan Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir (2020-01-29), "Telemark – tidligere fylke", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål), retrieved 2020-06-04 Hans...
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    forskning på og forvaltning av skjelettmateriale fra samiske graver (PDF) Finnmark fylke, Kautokeino, Karasjok i Kistrand, Klokkerbok nr. 1 (1821-1829), Fødte...
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    Norwegian). Retrieved 26 October 2009. Aune 1995, p. 137 "Jordbruksareal, etter fylke og bruken av arealet" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. Retrieved 22 December...
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    (20,121 sq mi), making it the largest county in Norway after Troms og Finnmark was split up in 2024. The region was known as Opplandene or Opplanda since...
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    Hasvik (category Municipalities of Finnmark)
    Norwegian). 9 December 1940. p. 1. Retrieved 5 April 2024. "12 ordførere i Finnmark fylke oppnevnt av departementet". Finnmarken (in Norwegian). 22 January 1941...
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    1919, the county was called "Romsdalens amt", and from 1919 to 1935 "Møre fylke". For hundreds of years (1660-1919), the region was called Romsdalen amt...
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    Trøndelag (redirect from Trøndelag fylke)
    det for et samlet Trøndelag". NRK (in Norwegian). "Trøndelag fylke: English". Trøndelag fylke. Retrieved 2018-01-01. "Fakta om Trøndelag". www.trondelagfylke...
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    Viken (county) (redirect from Viken (fylke))
    Viken County Viken fylke Former County Coat of arms Viken within Norway Viken County Show map of Viken (county) Viken County Show map of Norway Coordinates:...
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  • in the county. In 1919, the name of the county was changed to Nordland fylke. From 1844 until 1918, the county was subordinate to the Diocesan Governor...
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  • names became Troms fylke (Norwegian) or Romssa fylka (Northern Sami). From 1 January 2019 the county governor offices of Troms and Finnmark were merged in...
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    Karelia in Russia in the south, Lapland Region in Finland in the west, Finnmark County in Norway in the northwest, and is bounded by the Barents Sea in...
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    Nordland (redirect from Nordland fylke)
    Nordland County is identical to the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. A county (fylke) is the chief local administrative area in Norway. The whole country is...
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    and runs north along the coast and terminates just east of Kirkenes in Finnmark. European route E39 connects Sør-Trøndelag to Møre og Romsdal. There are...
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    Rogaland (redirect from Rogaland fylke)
    dating back to 350–500 AD. The Viking Farm is a museum at Karmøy. A county (fylke) is the chief local administrative area in Norway. The whole country is...
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