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    was located in the northern part. Søndre Bergenhus amt was renamed Hordaland fylke in 1919. The city of Bergen was classified as a city-county (byamt)...
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    Nordre Bergenhus amt was renamed Sogn og Fjordane fylke and Søndre Bergenhus amt was renamed Hordaland fylke during a period of time when many location names...
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    Counties of Norway (redirect from Fylke)
    15 administrative regions, called counties (singular Norwegian: fylke, plural Bokmål: fylker; Nynorsk: fylke from Old Norse: fylki from the word "folk", Northern...
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    announced the merger of this county as well as Hordaland into a new county called Vestland. A county (fylke) is the chief local administrative area in Norway...
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    Bergen (redirect from Bergen, Hordaland)
    municipality absorbed four surrounding municipalities and became a part of Hordaland county. The city is an international centre for aquaculture, shipping...
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    Buskerud (redirect from Buskerud fylke)
    to Buskerud amt in 1760. The name Buskeruds amt was changed to Buskerud fylke in 1919. The municipality of Skoger was transferred from Vestfold to Buskerud...
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    Oppland (redirect from Oppland fylke)
    Kristiansund). In 1919, the name Kristians Amt was changed (back) to Opland fylke, and the spelling Oppland was approved in 1950. The coat of arms was granted...
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  • Fjordane Fylke, Norway". Global Gazetteer Version 2.1. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. 2004. Retrieved 29 May 2006. "Directory of Cities and Towns in Hordaland Fylke...
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    January 1919 until 1 January 2019, the title was Fylkesmann i Hordaland fylke. Hordaland county has had the following governors: Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Norwegian...
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  • norske leksikon. "Møkster" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2014-12-18. "Kirker i Hordaland Fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2014-12-18. v t e...
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