Hordaland was a county in Norway,bordering Sogn og Fjordane,Buskerud,Telemark,and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county,after Akershus and Oslo,by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipality,which is located in Bergen. Before 1972,the city of Bergen was its own separate county,apart from Hordaland. On 1 January 2020,the county was merged with neighbouring Sogn og Fjordane county,to form the new Vestland county.
Kvam is a municipality in Vestland county,Norway. The municipality is located along the Hardangerfjorden in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Norheimsund. Other larger settlements in the municipality include Øystese,Bru,Ålvik,Tørvikbygd,Omastranda,and Mundheim. Historically,the municipality was named Vikør.
Fjell is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county,Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Midhordland. The municipality consisted of several islands west of the city of Bergen,the major ones being Litlesotra,the northern part of Store Sotra,Bildøy,Bjorøy,Misje,and Turøy. The administrative centre of Fjell is the village of Straume. Some of the villages in Fjell included Ågotnes,Fjell,Foldnes,Knappskog,Knarrevik,Kolltveit,Landro,and Sekkingstad. On 1 January 2020,the municipality became part of Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county.
Laila Dåvøy is a Norwegian nurse and politician for the Christian Democratic Party. She is a former member of the Norwegian parliament and a former Minister and leader of the Norwegian Nurses' Union.
Anne-Grete Hjelle Strøm-Erichsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She served as minister of defence from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2012 to 2013. She also served as minister of health and care services from 2009 to 2012. In local politics,she served as the mayor of Bergen from 1999 to 2000 and its first chief commissioner from 2000 to 2003.
Ingvald Johan Ulveseth was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Per Rune Henriksen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Svein Alsaker is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament from 1985 until 1993. He was also a County Governor for both Finnmark and Hordaland counties.
Harald Hove was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party.
Henrik Johan Lisæth is a Norwegian businessperson and politician from the Conservative Party.
Lubna Boby Jaffery is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She has served as minister of culture and equality since 2023 and a deputy member of parliament for Hordaland since 2009. She previously served as Bergen city commissioner for labour,social affairs,and housing from 2019 to 2021.
Kari Sørheim is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Laila Marie Reiertsen,née Bjørkhaug is a Norwegian politician from Hordaland,residing in Os representing the Progress Party.
The Western Norway region of Norway showed the highest population growth rate in Norway in 2010,at 1.44%. The fertility rate in this region is higher than in other parts of Norway. The population as of 1 January 2010 was 1,263,464,with 37.7% of the population living in Hordaland,33.8% in Rogaland,19.8% in Møre og Romsdal,and 8.4% in Sogn og Fjordane. 60% of the population is under 40 years old,and 30% is under 20 years old. Many of the historical immigrants in Western Norway came from countries like Scotland,England,Netherlands,Germany,Denmark and Sweden. Western Norway is the part of Norway which has the largest immigration from the western world.
Tove Linnea Brandvik is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Republic of Gulating is an artistic project with serious political aims. On 4 June 2005 Western Norway was declared an independent state,"Republikken Gulating". This took place during a regional festival,"Kystfestivalen 61°Nord" in Gulen,north of the regional capital Bergen. The instigator behind the project,Øyvind Heitmann,was declared «pride minister»by Magnor Midtun,local historian,acting as president of the region in a Viking play,Hakonarspelet. The project wants to increase the independence of the region through political and cultural influence.
Geir Magnus Nyborg was a Norwegian media scholar and theologian.
Ragnhild Stolt-Nielsen is a Norwegian politician,political scientist,and academic administrator of the Conservative Party. She served as Bergen's Chief Commissioner from 2013 to 2014 when she lost her nomination for the 2015 local elections to Martin Smith-Sivertsen.
Marit Wikholm,née Vevatne was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Trude Drevland is a Norwegian nurse and politician from the Conservative Party. She was the mayor of Bergen Municipality between 2011 and 2015 and deputy mayor from 2007 to 2011.
