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27-426: The parish of Glemminge was established as a municipality 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt ). A part of Glemmen with 2,013 inhabitants was moved to Fredrikstad 1 January 1867. The island of Kråkerøy was separated from Glemmen to form a municipality of its own 1 January 1908. The split left Glemmen with 10,430 inhabitants. The rest of Glemmen was merged with the city of Fredrikstad January 1, 1964. Prior to

54-431: A formannsskapsdistrikt (municipality) on 1 January 1838. In this way, the parishes of the state Church of Norway became worldly, administrative districts as well. (Although some parishes were divided into two or three municipalities.) In total, 396 formannsskapsdistrikts were created under this law, and different types of formannskapsdistrikts were created, also: The introduction of self government in rural districts

81-416: A lading place or a market town prior to export. This incentive ensured that local trading went through local merchants, a technique which was so effective in limiting smuggling that customs revenues increased from less than 30% of the total tax revenues in 1600 to more than 50% of the total taxes by 1700. During the last half of the 20th century, the distinction between the different types of municipalities

108-513: A main len . Up to 1660 the four principal len were headquartered at the major fortresses Bohus Fortress , Akershus Fortress , Bergenhus Fortress and the fortified city of Trondheim . The sub-regions corresponded to the church districts for the Lutheran church in Norway. These four principal len were in the 1530s divided into approximately 30 smaller regions. From that point forward through

135-601: Is administered by the Governor of Svalbard , and Jan Mayen is administered by the County Governor of Nordland (but not part of Nordland). Every county has two main organisations, both with underlying organisations. From the consolidation to a single kingdom, Norway was divided into a number of geographic regions that each had its own legislative assembly or Thing , such as Gulating ( Western Norway ) and Frostating ( Trøndelag ). The second-order subdivision of these regions

162-517: Is now Vestfold county: In 1760 Norway had the following stiftamt and amt : From 1919 each amt was renamed a fylke (plural fylke(r) ) (county) and the amtmann was now titled fylkesmann (county governor). The county numbers are from the official numbering system ISO 3166-2:NO , which originally was set up to follow the coastline from the Swedish border in the southeast to the Russian border in

189-520: Is probably the old name of a brook, the last element is the plural form of heimr 'home, homestead, farm'. The name of the (supposed) brook is derived from the verb glymja 'rumble, make noise'. 59°13′N 10°57′E  /  59.217°N 10.950°E  / 59.217; 10.950 This Østfold location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Formannskapsdistrikt Formannskapsdistrikt ( Urban East Norwegian: [ˈfɔ̂rmɑnskɑːpsdɪˌstrɪkt] )

216-530: Is similar to the same root as "folk". It is similar in the minority languages in Norway: Northern Sami : fylka , Southern Sami : fylhke , Lule Sami : fylkka , Kven : fylkki . Prior to 1918, the counties were known as amt (singular) or amter (plural). Below is a list of the Norwegian counties, with their current administrative centres. The counties are administered both by appointees of

243-526: Is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837. The formannskaps law, which fulfilled an express requirement of the Constitution of Norway , required that every parish ( Norwegian : prestegjeld ) form

270-881: The Eidsivating , located in Oplandene with the seat at Eidsvoll : Counties under the Gulating , located in Vestlandet with the seat at Gulen : Counties under the Frostating , located in Trøndelag with the seat at Frosta : Counties not attached to a thing : Finnmark (including northern Troms ), the Faroe Islands , the Orkney Islands , Shetland (the Shetland Islands ),

297-578: The Hebrides , the Isle of Man , Iceland and Greenland were Norwegian skattland ("taxed countries"), and did not belong to any known counties or assembly areas. From the end of the 12th century, Norway was divided into several syssel . The head of the syssel was the syslemann , who represented the king locally. The following shows a reconstruction of the different syssel in Norway c. 1300, including sub- syssel where these seem established. From 1308,

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324-481: The beginning of the 17th century the number of subsidiary len was reduced, while the composition of the principal len became more stable. From 1660 Norway had nine principal len comprising 17 subsidiary len : Len written as län continues to be used as the administrative equivalent of county in Sweden to this day. Each len was governed by a lenman . With the royal decree of 19 February 1662, each len

351-485: The counties and to merge them with other counties to form larger ones, reducing the number of counties from 19 to 11, which was implemented on 1 January 2020. This sparked popular opposition, with some calling for the reform to be reversed. The Storting voted to partly undo the reform on 14 June 2022, with Norway to have 15 counties from 1 January 2024. Three of the newly merged counties, namely Vestfold og Telemark , Viken and Troms og Finnmark , were dissolved and

378-463: The first-level administrative divisions of Norway . The counties are further subdivided into 357  municipalities ( Norwegian : kommune ). The island territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen are outside the county divisions and they are ruled directly from the national level. The capital city of Oslo is both a county and a municipality. In 2017, the Solberg government decided to abolish some of

405-419: The land registration law superseded the formannsskapsdistrikt by introduction of a new designation, the municipality ( Norwegian : herred ). Two forms of municipality were created: "rural municipality" and "city" (or " market town "). Each district was to elect a body of selectmen of no less than 12 and no more than 48 members. This body selected a quarter of their members as a committee, which together with

432-419: The local magistrate, established taxes to be levied and improvements to be performed in the district. The local chairman also represented the municipality at the county level. Almost one century later in 1936, a local self-government district law was enacted which created 682 rural municipalities ( landkommuner ) and 65 city municipalities ( bykommuner ) in Norway. Among the city municipalities, 43 had

459-425: The merger Glemmen had a population of 16,520. The name Glemmen has given name to two churches. Glemmen Old Church ( Gamle Glemmen Kirke ) is a Romanesque church built of rubble in the 12th century and is probably the city's oldest building. The font, made of soapstone from Aremark , dates from about 1225. The altarpiece is from 1708 and the pulpit from 1731. Glemmen New Church ( Glemmen nye kirke ). The church

486-428: The national government and by their own elected bodies. The county numbers are from the official numbering system ISO 3166-2:NO , which originally was set up to follow the coastline from the Swedish border in the southeast to the Russian border in the northeast, but with the numbering has changed with county mergers. The island territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen lie outside of the county system of Norway. Svalbard

513-400: The northeast, but the numbering has changed with county mergers. The number 13, 16 and 17 were dropped, and the number 50 was added to account for changes over the years. The lack of a county number 13 is due to the city of Bergen no longer being its own county, and is unrelated to fear of the number 13 . In 2018, Sør-Trøndelag was merged with Nord-Trøndelag into

540-492: The old counties existing before the reform re-established with a few minor changes as some municipalities merged across former county borders and some switched counties during the 2020 local government reform ( Kommunereformen i Norge  [ no ] ). The counties in Norway are called fylke (singular) and fylker (plural). This name comes from the Old Norse word fylki which means "district" or "county", but it

567-523: The status of market town ( kjøpstad ) and 22 were recognized harbors for export/import ( ladested ). Norway included a subordinate category to the market town, the "small seaport" ( lossested or ladested ), which was a port or harbor with a monopoly to import and export goods and materials in both the port and for a surrounding outlying district. Typically, these were locations for exporting timber and importing grain and goods. Local farm goods and timber sales were all required to pass through merchants at either

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594-547: The term len (plural len ) in Norway signified an administrative region roughly equivalent to today's counties. 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 –1814. At the beginning of the 16th century the political divisions were variable, but consistently included four main len and approximately 30 smaller sub-regions with varying connections to

621-440: Was a major political change. The Norwegian farm culture ( bondekultur ) that emerged came to serve as a symbol of nationalistic resistance to the forced union with Sweden . The legislation of 1837 gave both the towns and the rural areas the same institutions: a minor change for the town, but a major advance for the rural communities. The significance of this legislation is hailed by a nationalistic historian, Ernst Sars : In 1853,

648-406: Was built of brick and dates from 1853. In 1888, it was extended and made into a cruciform church. Glemmen is also the site of Glemmen senior high school ( Glemmen Videregående Skole ). Until 1918 the name was written Glemminge . The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old farm Glemmen ( Norse Glymheimar ), since the first church was built on its ground. The first element

675-575: Was decreased, and in 1992, legislation eliminated all distinctions. Now, all municipalities ( Norwegian : kommuner ) are simply municipalities. This is a list of the districts that were initially created on 1 January 1838. The original spellings have been used (many spellings have changed since that time. For a present list of current municipalities, see the List of municipalities of Norway . Counties of Norway There are 15 counties in Norway . The 15 counties are administrative regions that are

702-495: 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. After 1671 Norway was divided into four principal amt or stiftsamt and there were nine subordinate amt : From 1730 Norway had the following amt : At this time there were also two counties ( Norwegian : grevskap ) controlled by actual counts , together forming what

729-551: Was into fylker , such as Egdafylke and Hordafylke . In 1914, the historical term fylke was brought into use again to replace the term amt introduced during the union with Denmark . Current day counties (fylker) often, but not necessarily, correspond to the historical areas. Counties ( folkland ) under the Borgarting , located in Viken with the seat at Sarpsborg : Counties (first three fylke , last two bilandskap ) under

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