Fylke
The Fylke (plural Bokmål fylker , Nynorsk fylke ) is the Norwegian name for the provinces (administrative districts) of Norway . Until 1919 they were called amt following the Danish-Norwegian tradition (plural: amter ). While Fylke denotes the geographical unit, the associated political unit is called Fylkeskommune .
As of January 1, 2020, Norway consists of 11 provinces and 356 municipalities. The Spitzbergen archipelago ( Svalbard ) forms a special territory. The provinces are traditionally grouped into five parts of the country ( landsdeler ), as statistical regional planning units in seven elements of the NUTS 2 level, see NUTS: NO .
Tasks and organization
The most important tasks of a Fylkeskommune include the construction and maintenance of provincial roads ( fylkesveier, fylkesvegar ), planning and financing of local public transport, further training, public health, monument protection, cultural offers, regional development as well as property management and exploitation.
Since 1975 a parliament, the Fylkesting , has been elected in every county council. In Oslo , the local parliament (Bystyre) also takes on the tasks of fylkesting. Fylkesting elections take place every four years and are linked to local elections.
The political organs in the county correspond to those of the municipalities:
Fylke | German | Oslo | German | Commune | German |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fylkesting | “District Day; Provincial Assembly " | Bystyrene | "City Assembly" | Kommunestyre, Bystyre | “Community representation ; Local assembly " |
Fylkesutvalg (Proporz) Fylkesråd (majority principle) |
"District committee, board" "District council" |
- Byråd |
- "City Council" |
Formannskap Byråd or Kommuneråd |
"Main Committee; Municipal Board " " City Council " |
Fylkesordfører | "District Head" | Ordfører | mayor | Ordfører | mayor |
Fylkesmann | "District President; Kgl. District Administrator " | Fylkesmann | s. Left | - | - |
Fylkesrådmann | Head of administration | - | - | Rådmann, Administrasjonssjef | Head of administration |
In some provinces the city council posts (departments) are distributed according to the parliamentary majority principle, in others according to proportional representation .
Provincial taxes have been levied within the legal framework since 1977.
Each district also serves as an administrative district for central government administrative and service tasks. At the head of this administration is the Fylkesmann 'district president' . He is appointed by the Norwegian government. Until 1919 his title was Amtmann (norw.).
Territorial reforms
Fylke Bergen was dissolved in 1972 and merged into Fylke Hordaland .
A further reform of the regional structures has been discussed since 2004 in order to adapt the administrative units to economic requirements and demographic developments. A commission had proposed a division into seven regions, with the Oslo capital region to be expanded. In the north of the country, the provinces of Nordland , Troms and Finnmark were to be merged. In Central Norway , Fylke Trøndelag was rebuilt on January 1st, 2018 from the former Fylke Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag . There was also the view that there should be no middle administrative level between the state and municipalities at all, which would involve a complete dissolution of the provinces.
On June 8, 2017, the Storting decided on the following mergers on January 1, 2020 at the proposal of the government:
- Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane (without Hornindal ) to Fylke Vestland
- Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder to Fylke Agder
- Vestfold (without Svelvik ) and Telemark to Fylke Vestfold og Telemark
- Oppland (without Jevnaker and Lunner ) and Hedmark to the Fylke Innlandet
- Buskerud, Akershus and Østfold as well as Jevnaker, Lunner and Svelvik to Fylke Viken
- Troms and Finnmark and the municipality of Tjeldsund to Fylke Troms og Finnmark
At the same time, the number of municipalities fell from 422 to 356.
Administrative division after the reorganization 2020
Population figures as of February 27, 2020
ISO 3166-2 | Coat of arms and name | Administrative headquarters | Residents | Area (km²) |
Number of municipalities |
Standard language ( Bokmål , Nynorsk , neutral) |
Part of the country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NO-03 | Oslo | Oslo | 693.494 | 454.12 | 1 | neutral | Østlandet |
NO-11 | Rogaland | Stavanger | 479,892 | 9377.10 | 23 | neutral | Vestlandet |
NO-15 | Møre and Romsdal | Molde | 265,238 | 14,355.62 | 26th | Nynorsk | Vestlandet |
NO-18 | North country | Bodø | 241,235 | 38,154.62 | 41 | neutral | North Norge |
NO-30 | Viken | Oslo , Drammen , Sarpsborg | 1,241,165 | 24,592.59 | 51 | Østlandet | |
NO-34 | Domestic | Hamar and Lillehammer | 371.385 | 52,072.44 | 46 | Østlandet | |
NO-38 | Vestfold and Telemark | Skien and Tønsberg | 419.396 | 17,465.92 | 23 | Østlandet | |
NO-42 | Agder | Kristiansand and Arendal | 307.231 | 16,434.12 | 25th | Sørlandet | |
NO-46 | Vestland | Bergen and Leikanger | 636.531 | 33,870.99 | 43 | Nynorsk | Vestlandet |
NO-50 |
Trøndelag ( South Sami : Tröndelage ) |
Steinkjer | 468.702 | 42,201.59 | 38 | neutral | Trøndelag |
NO-54 |
Troms and Finnmark
( Northern Sami : Romsa yes Finnmárku , |
Tromsø and Vadsø | 243.311 | 74,829.68 | 39 | North Norge | |
NO-21 | Svalbard | Longyearbyen | 2,379 (July 1, 2019) |
61,022 |
The italic ISO codes are not yet official and are derived from the municipality numbers used in Norway.
Administrative division before 2020
Below is a list of the Norwegian provinces including the Spitzbergen archipelago (Svalbard) with population figures as of February 27, 2020. The number 13 denotes the province of Bergen, geographically identical to the city of Bergen . This province was dissolved in 1972 and Bergen was added to the Fylke Hordaland .
ISO 3166-2 | Fylke | main place | Residents (January 1, 2019) |
Area (km²) |
Number of municipalities |
Part of the country | from 2020 part of |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NO-01 | Østfold | Sarpsborg | 297,520 | 4,182 | 18th | Østlandet | Viken |
NO-02 | Akershus | Oslo | 624.055 | 4,918 | 22nd | Østlandet | Viken |
NO-03 | Oslo | Oslo | 681.071 | 454 | 1 | Østlandet | unchanged |
NO-04 | Hedmark | Hamar | 197,406 | 27,398 | 22nd | Østlandet | Domestic |
NO-05 | Oppland | Lillehammer | 189,545 | 25,190 | 26th | Østlandet | Domestic |
NO-06 | Buskerud | Drammen | 283.148 | 14,911 | 21st | Østlandet | Viken |
NO-07 | Vestfold | Tonsberg | 251.078 | 2.224 | 14th | Østlandet | Vestfold and Telemark |
NO-08 | Telemark | Skien | 173.318 | 15,299 | 18th | Østlandet | Vestfold and Telemark |
NO-09 | Aust-Agder | Arendal | 117,655 | 9,158 | 15th | Sørlandet | Agder |
NO-10 | Vest-Agder | Kristiansand | 187,589 | 7,276 | 15th | Sørlandet | Agder |
NO-11 | Rogaland | Stavanger | 475,654 | 9,376 | 26th | Vestlandet | unchanged |
NO-12 | Hordaland | Mountains | 524,495 | 15,440 | 33 | Vestlandet | Vestland |
NO-14 | Sogn and Fjordane | Hermansverk | 109,774 | 18,623 | 26th | Vestlandet | Vestland |
NO-15 | Møre and Romsdal | Molde | 266,544 | 14,468 | 35 | Vestlandet | unchanged |
NO-18 | North country | Bodø | 242.126 | 38,460 | 44 | North Norge | unchanged |
NO-19 | Troms | Tromso | 167.202 | 25,869 | 24 | North Norge | Troms and Finnmark |
NO-20 | Finnmark | Vadsø | 75,865 | 48,616 | 19th | North Norge | Troms and Finnmark |
NO-50 | Trøndelag | Steinkjer | 464.060 | 44,373 | 48 | Trøndelag | unchanged |
NO-21 | Svalbard | Longyearbyen | 2,637 | 61,022 |
On January 1, 2018, Fylke Trøndelag (No. 50) was re-established through the merger of the former Fylken Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag.
ISO 3166-2 | Fylke | main place | Residents ( June 30, 2017) |
Area (km²) |
Number of municipalities |
Part of the country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NO-16 | Sør-Trøndelag | Trondheim | 318.359 | 18,856 | 25th | Trøndelag |
NO-17 | North Trøndelag | Steinkjer | 137,556 | 22,415 | 23 | Trøndelag |
Fylkesnummer
Each area has a so-called area number, which is mainly used for statistical purposes. This two-digit number also makes up the first two digits of the municipality number . The numbers were introduced for the census in 1946, and there were also Fylkes letters, which were used, among other things, for license plates. In addition to the actual Fylkern, Jan Mayen (22) and Svalbard (21) also have Fylkes numbers.
Fylketing elections
The last voting elections took place on September 9, 2019.
Political party | be right | % | +/- | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor Party (Ap) | 604.885 | 24.4 | −9.5 | |||
Conservatives (H) | 509.004 | 20.3 | −3.1 | |||
Center Party (Sp) | 363.295 | 14.5 | +6.5 | |||
Progressive Party (FrP) | 215,442 | 8.6 | −1.7 | |||
Environment party The Greens (MDG) | 189,423 | 7.6 | +2.5 | |||
Socialist Left Party (SV) | 151.233 | 6.0 | +2.0 | |||
Christian People's Party (KrF) | 101,663 | 4.1 | −1.5 | |||
Red (R) | 96,892 | 3.9 | +1.7 | |||
Liberals (V) | 87,793 | 3.5 | −1.5 | |||
Others | 182,368 | 7.3 | +4.8 | |||
total | 2,540,093 | 100.0 | ||||
voter turnout | 60.5 | |||||
Swell: |
- See also: Fylkestingswahlen
Web links
- Fylke in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
- Fylker i Norge in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Ole T. Berg, Tore Hansen: fylkeskommune . In: Store norske leksikon . March 20, 2019 ( snl.no [accessed October 3, 2019]).
- ↑ Only with collegial constitution. If the municipality is organized according to the parliamentary majority principle, the administration rests with the city council.
- ↑ Nye fylker. regjeringen.no, December 19, 2019, accessed January 5, 2020 (Norwegian).
- ^ Area statistics for Norge. December 20, 2019, accessed on January 2, 2020 (Bokmål in Norwegian).
- ↑ Målvedtak i kommunar and fylkeskommunar. Lovdata , accessed January 5, 2020 (Norwegian).
- ^ Resident Svalbard , Statistisk Sentralbyrå, accessed on January 27, 2020
- ↑ Kartverket: Fylkes- og kommuneoversikt , accessed on January 25, 2020
- ↑ Svalbard residents as of January 1, 2013 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, accessed on July 15, 2013
- ↑ Erik Bolstad: fylkesnummer . In: Store norske leksikon . January 13, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed January 28, 2020]).
- ↑ valgresultat.no