Classification of Family counselling regions

The regions of Bufetat provide child and family protection services on behalf of the state. The responsibility is regulated by "Lov om familievernkontorer"; https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/1997-06-19-62 For practical purposes Bufetat is divided into five underlying regional organisations (Region East, Region South, Region West, Region Central Norway and Region North) with an overall executive body, called the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir).

Family counselling regions 2020

Until the regional structural reform in 2020, each region consisted of mutually exclusive counties. After the regional reform in 2020, Viken county is divided between Region South and Region East.