The list of Norwegian landscapes includes geographical landscapes of Norway that have their origins in history and only partially coincide with today's administrative structures such as municipalities and counties . These landscapes are summarized due to their geographical features such as valleys, rivers, mountain ranges, fjords, etc.
Many of these regions were small kingdoms in the Viking Age . They were later led by feudal men of the king until the bailiff system was introduced in Danish times.
In Danish times, Norway was divided into offices, which in turn were divided into bailiwicks ( fogdari ). A territorial reform, which was regulated by law ( formannsskapslovene ) in 1837, the administrative importance was abolished, with the reform of 1919, in which the offices were renamed in Fylke and often changed their names, the bailiwicks were completely abolished.
In recent times, the topicality of the landscapes has been renewed through intercommunal cooperation. The Norwegian State Statistical Authority ( Statistisk sentralbyrå ) also uses districts as a basis for its division into economic regions, although these do not exactly match the bailiwicks from before 1919.
The old landscapes thus continue to form natural geographical, administrative and economic units and also often have a special character, their own dialect and a special identity that connects them in the consciousness of the population.
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