Counties Of Norway
Norway is divided into 19 (20 with Svalbard) administrative regions, called counties (singular Norwegian: fylke, plural Norwegian: fylker (Bokmål) / fylke (Nynorsk); until 1918 known as amt, pl. amter / amt). The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 430 municipalities (kommune, pl. kommuner / kommunar). The capital Oslo is considered as both a county and a municipality.
There is some political disagreement on whether counties are a practical, economical or even necessary level of administration. See politics of Norway for more information.
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