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Administrative divisions

Main articles: Administrative divisions of Norway, Counties of Norway, Municipalities of Norway, List of towns and cities in Norway, and Dependencies of Norway

Norway, a unitary state, is divided into nineteen first-level administrative counties (fylker). The counties are administrated through directly elected county assemblies who elect the County Governor. Additionally, the King and government are represented in every county by a fylkesmann, who effectively acts as a Governor. As such, the Government is directly represented at a local level through the County Governors’ offices. The counties are then sub-divided into 430 second-level municipalities (kommuner), which in turn are administrated by directly elected municipal council, headed by a mayor and a small executive cabinet. The capital of Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality. Norway also has two integral overseas territories, Jan Mayen and Svalbard. There are three Antarctic and Subantarctic dependencies: Bouvet Island, Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land.

In addition, there are 96 settlements with city status in Norway. In most cases, the city borders are coterminous with the borders of their respective municipalities. Often, Norwegian city municipalities include large non-built up areas; for example, Oslo municipality contains large forests, located north and southeast of the city, and over half of Bergen municipality consists of mountainous areas. The counties of Norway are:

	Administrative centre	Most populous municipality
Østfold	Sarpsborg	Fredrikstad	I	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX
Akershus	Oslo	Bærum	II
Oslo	City of Oslo	Oslo	III
Hedmark	Hamar	Ringsaker	IV
Oppland	Lillehammer	Gjøvik	V
Buskerud	Drammen	Drammen	VI
Vestfold	Tønsberg	Sandefjord	VII
Telemark	Skien	Skien	VIII
Aust-Agder	Arendal	Arendal	IX
Vest-Agder	Kristiansand	Kristiansand	X
Rogaland	Stavanger	Stavanger	XI
Hordaland	Bergen	Bergen	XII
Sogn og Fjordane	Leikanger	Førde	XIII
Møre og Romsdal	Molde	Ålesund	XIV
Sør-Trøndelag	Trondheim	Trondheim	XV
Nord-Trøndelag	Steinkjer	Stjørdal	XVI
Nordland	Bodø	Bodø	XVII
Troms	Tromsø	Tromsø	XVIII
Finnmark	Vadsø	Alta	XIX