Norway Map with Counties
On 1 January 2024 Norway returned to 15 counties (fylker), and this map of Norway follows that version. Between 2018 and 2020 the country merged its 19 counties into 11. It then reversed three of those mergers by splitting Viken, Vestfold og Telemark and Troms og Finnmark into seven separate counties. Oslo, the national capital, is a county and a municipality at the same time. At 454 km² (175 sq mi) it is also the smallest county, while Innlandet covers 52,072 km² (20,105 sq mi), the largest area according to Statistics Norway.
Statistics Norway (SSB) counted 5,594,340 residents nationwide on 1 January 2025. Akershus, which surrounds most of Oslo, had more than 730,000 of them (SSB, 1 January 2025). Finnmark in the far north had about 75,000 (SSB, 1 January 2025). Svalbard and Jan Mayen are outside the county system, so neither appears as a county here. To compare counties with your own figures, enter one value per county in the editor and it builds the color scale and legend.
Interactive Norway Map with Counties
List of Counties (15)
Norway Counties: Key Facts
- Total number of counties: 15 (fylker), in force since 1 January 2024. Neighboring Sweden has 21 counties.
- Most populous county: Akershus, more than 730,000 residents (Statistics Norway, 1 January 2025)
- Least populous county: Finnmark, about 75,000 residents (Statistics Norway, 1 January 2025)
- Largest county by area: Innlandet, 52,072 km² (20,105 sq mi), per Statistics Norway
- Smallest county by area: Oslo, 454 km² (175 sq mi), per Statistics Norway
- National population: 5,594,340 (Statistics Norway, 1 January 2025)
- Major urban centers: Oslo (Oslo county), Bergen (Vestland), Trondheim (Trøndelag), Stavanger (Rogaland), Kristiansand (Agder), Drammen (Buskerud), Fredrikstad (Østfold) and Tromsø (Troms)
- National capital: Oslo, which is its own county and also hosts the county administration of Akershus
- County administrative centers: Oslo (Oslo), Sarpsborg (Østfold), Oslo (Akershus), Drammen (Buskerud), Hamar (Innlandet), Tønsberg (Vestfold), Skien (Telemark), Kristiansand (Agder), Stavanger (Rogaland), Bergen (Vestland), Molde (Møre og Romsdal), Steinkjer (Trøndelag), Bodø (Nordland), Tromsø (Troms) and Vadsø (Finnmark)
- Borders: Sweden along the east, Finland along Troms and Finnmark, and Russia along Finnmark. The coast faces the Skagerrak, the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea.
- Time zone: Central European Time (UTC+1), with Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) from late March to late October
- Historical note: Trøndelag formed on 1 January 2018 and the 2020 reform left 11 counties. On 1 January 2024 Viken became Akershus, Buskerud and Østfold, Vestfold og Telemark became Vestfold and Telemark, and Troms og Finnmark became Troms and Finnmark.
Interesting Facts
- Vardø, in Finnmark, is Norway's easternmost town and lies further east than Istanbul.
- Norway's counties were called amt until 1919, when the name changed to fylke.
- Innlandet contains Galdhøpiggen, Norway's highest mountain at 2,469 meters (8,100 ft), and most of Mjøsa, the country's largest lake.
- Four mergers from the 2018 to 2020 reform are still in place: Innlandet (Hedmark and Oppland), Agder (Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder), Vestland (Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane) and Trøndelag (Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag).
- Finnmark covers about 48,600 km² (18,800 sq mi), more than 100 times the area of Oslo, but Oslo has close to ten times as many residents.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Norway has 15 counties (fylker). This structure took effect on 1 January 2024, and the map on this page shows all 15. The number has changed twice in recent years. Through mergers approved by the Storting in 2016 and 2017, the count fell from 19 to 11 between 2018 and 2020 as neighboring counties merged into larger units such as Viken and Troms og Finnmark. Three of those mergers were reversed on 1 January 2024, bringing the total back to 15. Svalbard and Jan Mayen are Norwegian territory but belong to no county, so neither is drawn as a county on this map.
Innlandet is the largest county in Norway by area, at 52,072 km² (20,105 sq mi) according to Statistics Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 by merging Hedmark and Oppland, and unlike Viken it was not split again in 2024. Innlandet is the one county with no coastline. It borders Sweden to the east and has its administrative center in Hamar. Galdhøpiggen, Norway's highest mountain at 2,469 meters (8,100 ft), lies in Innlandet, and so does most of Mjøsa, the largest lake in the country. Finnmark ranks second at about 48,600 km² (18,800 sq mi), ahead of Trøndelag and Nordland.
Akershus is the most populated county in Norway, with more than 730,000 residents on 1 January 2025 according to Statistics Norway (SSB). Nationwide, SSB counted 5,594,340 people on that date. Akershus borders Oslo on the west, east and south, and most of its residents live in suburban municipalities such as Bærum and Lillestrøm. The county regained its own status on 1 January 2024 after four years as part of Viken. Oslo, the national capital, has just over 720,000 residents (SSB, 1 January 2025). Vestland, home to Bergen, follows with about 650,000 (SSB, 1 January 2025).
Maps of Norway show 11 or 19 counties because they follow older administrative structures. Norway had 19 counties until 2017. Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag merged into Trøndelag on 1 January 2018, and a larger reform on 1 January 2020 left 11 counties. On 1 January 2024 Viken, Vestfold og Telemark and Troms og Finnmark were split, which produced the current 15. A map with Viken on it dates from 2020 to 2023. A map with Hedmark, Oppland, Hordaland or Aust-Agder dates from before 2020. The map on this page shows the 15 counties in force since 2024.
Viken county in Norway existed from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023. It combined the former counties of Akershus, Buskerud and Østfold under one county council, with the goal of creating a stronger regional unit around Oslo. The merger was unpopular in parts of the region, and after the 2021 parliamentary election the new government allowed merged counties to apply for a split. The Storting approved the dissolution in 2022. On 1 January 2024 Viken was replaced by Akershus, Buskerud and Østfold again, with administrative centers in Oslo, Drammen and Sarpsborg.
Svalbard and Jan Mayen are part of Norway but do not belong to any of the 15 Norwegian counties, and this map does not draw them as counties. Svalbard is governed under the Svalbard Treaty, signed in 1920, and is administered by a governor (Sysselmesteren) who reports to the national government. The archipelago covers about 61,000 km² (23,600 sq mi). Jan Mayen, a volcanic island in the Norwegian Sea, has no permanent residents and has been administered by the county governor of Nordland since 1995. Neither territory elects a county council.
Oslo is both a county and a municipality, the only place in Norway where one local government handles both roles. It is also the national capital and the seat of the Storting, the government and the Royal Palace. Oslo covers 454 km² (175 sq mi) according to Statistics Norway, which makes it the smallest of the 15 counties. It had just over 720,000 residents on 1 January 2025 (Statistics Norway). Oslo also hosts the administration of Akershus, which surrounds most of it, even though that office is outside Akershus territory.
You can color the 15 counties yourself in the browser editor on this page, with no account needed. Give each county a color by hand, for example to group the three counties that formed Viken, or enter one value per county, such as population or sales, to get a choropleth with a legend. Pins mark individual places like Bergen, Trondheim or your own offices, and the style settings cover label text, line thickness, typeface and background. Free exports are standard PNG images with a small Ultimaps credit, and Pro adds high-resolution PNG, SVG and PDF.
