Regions in Norway

This is a list of population regions in Norway. There is often a reference to these regions in the different record sources and people sometimes will give the region as their birthplace. Many have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties and municipalities. The districts are defined by geographical features, often valleys, mountain ranges, fjords, plains, or coastlines, or combinations of the above. Many such regions were petty kingdoms up to the early Viking age.

This list regions should not be confused with the five geographical regions Norway is divided into.

Geographical Regions
Nord-Norge/Nord-Noreg (Northern Norway) Midt-Norge/Midt-Noreg (Trøndelag)
 * Finnmark
 * Nordland
 * Troms
 * Nord-Trøndelag
 * Sør-Trøndelag

Vestlandet (Western Norway) Sørlandet or Agder (Southern Norway)
 * Møre og Romsdal
 * Sogn og Fjordane
 * Hordaland
 * Rogaland
 * Vest-Agder
 * Aust-Agder

Østlandet/Austlandet (Eastern Norway)
 * Telemark
 * Buskerud
 * Hedmark
 * Oppland
 * Akershus
 * Oslo
 * Vestfold
 * Østfold

Population Regions
A more complete list can be found at Wikipedia.no: Distrikter i Norge.