Subdivisions of Norway
- Mainland Norway
- 19 counties of Norway (fylker, called amter before 1918)
- 430 municipalities (kommuner)
- historic
- 5 landsdeler (regions)
- landskap (traditional districts, often based on earlier petty kingdoms)
- several overseas units
- Svalbard (part of Troms)
- Jan Mayen (part of Nordland)
- other possessions
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