Talk:Counties of Norway
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[edit] Project?
Is there any interest to start up a project, in order to provide a template, for the Norwegian counties? There are projects already for Sweden and Finland which could be used as a basis for this: Wikipedia:WikiProject Swedish counties and Wikipedia:WikiProject Finnish provinces. -- Mic 07:30 May 3, 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Category
There is also a category Category:Counties of Norway that really serves little purpose alone. The articles should really be merged. -- 10:54, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Counties or provinces?
Wouldn't it really be better to refer to the Norwegian fylker as provinces? County is a very specific term, connected to the British Isles and the US, and it might be confusing for readers who are not native speakers of English.
- No. County is a very accurate term. -- Egil 18:15, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] The number 13 in the list of counties
In the official Norwegian numbering of counties, the number 13 is not included. The numbering goes from 01 Østfold via 12 Hordaland and 14 Sogn og Fjordane to 20 Finnmark. The number 13 was previously used for Bergen, which is no longer a county but a municipality within Hordaland. See no:Norges fylker. Would it be useful to modify the numbering in the present article? --Eddi (Talk) 19:40, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
- Sure, following the offical numbering is a very good idea. See also ISO 3166-2:NO. -- Egil 20:26, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
