Nordland is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region,bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north,Trøndelag in the south,Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east,Västerbotten County to the southeast,and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is in the town of Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995. In the southern part of the county is Vega,listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
Bodø is a municipality in Nordland county,Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Bodø. Some of the notable villages in Bodøinclude Misvær,Skjerstad,Saltstraumen,Løding,Løpsmarka,Kjerringøy,Sørvær,and Fenes.
Hamarøy is a municipality in Nordland county,Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oppeid. Other villages include Drag,Innhavet,Karlsøy,Korsnes,Presteid,Skutvika,Tømmerneset,Tranøy,and Ulvsvåg.
Ballangen is a former municipality in Nordland county,Norway. The municipality existed from 1925 until its dissolution in 2020. The 932-square-kilometre (360 sq mi) municipality was part of the traditional district of Ofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Ballangen. Other villages in the municipality included Bjørkåsen,Kjeldebotn,Kobbvika,and Skarstad.
Norway is divided into 11 administrative regions,called counties which until 1918 were known as amter. The counties form the first-level administrative divisions of Norway and are further subdivided into 356 municipalities. The island territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen are outside the county division and ruled directly at the national level. The capital Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality.
Kolbjørn Sigurd Werner Varmann was a Norwegian priest and politician for the Labour Party. He is known as Minister of Transport and Communications from 1955 to 1960,and also as County Governor of Finnmark.
Petter Carl Reinsnes was a Norwegian politician,mayor of the Sortland municipality,county mayor of Nordland,and a member of the Storting.
Norway is commonly divided into five major geographical regions (landsdeler). These regions are purely geographical,and have no administrative purpose. However,in 2017 the government decided to abolish the current counties of Norway (fylker) and to replace them with fewer,larger administrative regions (regioner). The first of these new areas came into existence on 1 January 2018,when Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag merged to form Trøndelag.
Norway's elongated shape,its numerous internal geographical barriers,and the often widely dispersed and separated settlements are all factors that have strongly influenced the structure of the country's administrative subdivisions. This structure has varied over time and is subject to continuous review. In 2017 the government decided to abolish some of the counties and to merge them with other counties to form larger ones,reducing the number of counties from 19 to 11,which was implemented on 1 January 2020.
Oddbjørn Karmhus Nordset is a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Centre Party.
Else-May Norderhus is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. She was elected to the Storting from Møre og Romsdal county in 2009. She was deputy representative 2005–2009. In 2009,she was Møre og Romsdal Labour Party's 1st candidate to the Storting,and was elected as a representative. She was re-elected in 2013 and 2017.
Idrettsklubben Grand Bodø is a Norwegian association football club from Bodø,Nordland. It was founded on 12 April 1917.
Pål Alexander Kirkevold is a Norwegian professional footballer. He has gained one cap for the Norway national team.
Erlend Dahl Reitan is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Rosenborg.
Karl Hess Larsen was a Norwegian lawyer and politician. He served as the County Governor of Nordland county from 1940 until 1951,although he was deposed by the Nasjonal Samling government from 1941 to 1945 during the German occupation of Norway. After the war,he was reinstated as governor. In 1951,he was appointed to be the County Governor of Østfold county,a position he held until his death in 1966.
