Classification of county
County is a regional administrative unit both for national and county activity and an important unit in the publication of statistics.
County 2026
- Valid from
- 1.1.2026
- Valid to
- 1.1.2027
Oslo introduced parallel names. The county authority/municipality is called Osloven tjïelte in Southern Sámi, Oslo suohkan in Lule Sámi, and Oslo suohkan or Oslo gielda in Northern Sámi. An adjustment of the municipal boundary towards 3118 Indre Østfold entails the transfer of land areas between three municipalities and five basic statistical units. These adjustments result in corresponding changes to the county boundaries between Østfold and Akershus. Geodata is available here: https://kartkatalog.geonorge.no/metadata/administrative-enheter-fylker/6093c8a8-fa80-11e6-bc64-92361f002671
Region 2002 - County 1972
- ID
- 9
- Owner section
- 320 - Division for population statistic
- Responsible
- Moe, Dana
Codes
The correspondence links 7 codes from “Region 2002” to 19 codes from “County 1972”.
| Region 2002 | County 1972 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oslo and Akershus | 02 | Akershus |
| 03 | Oslo | ||
| 2 | Hedmark and Oppland | 04 | Hedmark |
| 05 | Oppland | ||
| 3 | South Eastern Norway | 01 | Østfold |
| 06 | Buskerud | ||
| 07 | Vestfold | ||
| 08 | Telemark | ||
| 4 | Agder and Rogaland | 09 | Aust-Agder |
| 10 | Vest-Agder | ||
| 11 | Rogaland | ||
| 5 | Western Norway | 12 | Hordaland |
| 14 | Sogn og Fjordane | ||
| 15 | Møre og Romsdal | ||
| 6 | Trøndelag | 16 | Sør-Trøndelag |
| 17 | Nord-Trøndelag | ||
| 7 | Northern Norway | 18 | Nordland |
| 19 | Troms - Romsa | ||
| 20 | Finnmark - Finnmárku | ||