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[[File:Fylkesinndeling2024 original.webp|thumb|upright=0.9|A municipal and regional reform: "From 14 June 2022, the Storting decided the following division of counties."]]
Norway, a [[unitary state]], is divided into fifteen first-level administrative [[county|counties]] (''fylke'').<ref>{{cite web | title=Fylkesinndelingen fra 2024 | publisher=regjeringen.no | date=5 July 2022 | url=https://www.regjeringen.no/no/tema/kommuner-og-regioner/kommunestruktur/fylkesinndelingen-fra-2024/id2922222/ | language=nb | access-date=11 January 2024 | archive-date=17 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317094243/https://www.regjeringen.no/no/tema/kommuner-og-regioner/kommunestruktur/fylkesinndelingen-fra-2024/id2922222/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The counties are administered through directly elected county assemblies who elect the County Governor. Additionally, the [[Norwegian Royal Family|King]] and government are represented in every county by a [[County governor (Norway)|fylkesmann]], who effectively acts as a Governor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.norway.org/aboutnorway/society/political/local/ |title=Local Government |publisher=Norway.org |date=10 June 2009 |access-date=27 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611231520/http://www.norway.org/aboutnorway/society/political/local/ |archive-date=11 June 2010}}</ref> The counties are then sub-divided into 357 second-level municipalities (
There are 108 settlements that have [[List of towns and cities in Norway|town/city]] status in Norway (the Norwegian word {{lang|no|by}} is used to represent these places and that word can be translated as either town or city in English). Cities/towns in Norway were historically designated by the King and used to have special rules and priveledges under the law. This was changed in the late 20th century, so now towns/cities have no special rights and a municipality can designate an urban settlement as a city/town. Towns and cities in Norway do not have to be large. Some cities have millions of residents such as [[Oslo]], while others are much smaller such as [[Honningsvåg]] with about 2,200 residents. Usually, there is only one town within a municipality, but there are some municipalities that have more than one town within it (such as [[Larvik Municipality]] which has the [[Larvik (town)|town of Larvik]] and the town of [[Stavern]].<ref name="byer-norge">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Byer i Norge |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/byer_i_Norge |date=2024-04-08 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=no |accessdate=2024-07-01}}</ref>
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After Norway's union with Denmark was dissolved in 1814, Oslo became the capital. The architect [[Christian Heinrich Grosch|Christian H. Grosch]] designed the earliest parts of the [[University of Oslo]], the [[Oslo Stock Exchange]], and many other buildings and churches constructed in that early national period.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the city of [[Ålesund (town)|Ålesund]] was rebuilt in the [[Art Nouveau]] style, influenced by styles of France. The 1930s, when functionalism dominated, became a strong period for Norwegian architecture. It is only since the late 20th century that Norwegian architects have achieved international renown. One of the most striking modern buildings in Norway is the [[Sámi Parliament of Norway|Sámi Parliament]] in [[Karasjok (village)|Kárášjohka]], designed by [[Stein Halvorson]] and [[Christian Sundby]]. Its debating chamber, in timber, is an abstract version of a ''[[Lavvu|lavvo]],'' the traditional tent used by the nomadic [[Sámi people]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leslieburgher.co.uk/portfolio/Other/norway.htm |title=Norwegian Architecture |author=Burgher, Leslie |publisher=Leslie Burgher website |access-date=30 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012161831/http://www.leslieburgher.co.uk/portfolio/Other/norway.htm |archive-date=12 October 2010 }}</ref>
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