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1 Administrative divisions 1 January 20131
  Municipalities, total Ecclesiastical divisions3
  Parishes Deaneries Dioceses
Total  428   1 263    104 11
             
Østfold 18   58   5 Borg
Akershus 22   75   7 Borg/Oslo4
Oslo 1   57   5 Oslo
Hedmark 22   79   5 Hamar
Oppland 26   87   5 Hamar
Buskerud 21   63   6 Tunsberg
Vestfold 14   50   4 Tunsberg
Telemark 18   57   4 Agder og Telemark
Aust-Agder 15   33   4 Agder og Telemark
Vest-Agder 15   43   23 Agder og Telemark
Rogaland 26   92   9 Stavanger
Hordaland 33    108   8 Bjørgvin
Sogn og Fjordane 26   76   3 Bjørgvin
Møre og Romsdal 36   97   7 Møre
Sør-Trøndelag 25   77   27 Nidaros
Nord-Trøndelag 23   58   25 Nidaros
Nordland 44   87   8 Sør-Hålogaland
Troms Romsa 24   1945   5 Nord-Hålogaland
Finnmark Finnmárku 19   23   4 Nord-Hålogaland
  Police districts Rural police districts and local police stations and enforcement units Judicial divisions
  Conciliation board districts Primary court districts Appelate court subdistricts Appelate court districts
Total 27  367  400 65 15 6
             
Østfold 1 19 11 5 1 Borgarting
Akershus 53 21 22 4 131 Borgar-/Eidsivating15
Oslo 1 186 1 1 131 Borgarting
Hedmark 1 20 20 4 141 Eidsivating
Oppland 2 22 22 4 . Eidsivating
Buskerud 62 20 19 175 1 Borgarting
Vestfold 1 14 14 4 1 Agder
Telemark 1 17 19 3 1 Agder
Aust-Agder 71 13 15 1 131 Agder
Vest-Agder 7- 16 9 122 13. Agder
Rogaland 82 24 26 174 1 Gulating
Hordaland 91 16 32 174 141 Gulating
Sogn og Fjordane 101 24 26 2 . Gulating
Møre og Romsdal 2 27 31 4 1 Frostating
Sør-Trøndelag 1 22 24 2 141 Frostating
Nord-Trøndelag 161 19 22 2 . Frostating
Nordland 113 33 44 127 1 Hålogaland
Troms Romsa 1 17 24 3 1 Hålogaland
Finnmark Finnmárku 2 17 19 4 1 Hålogaland
1  County distribution of divisions according to location of administrative centres.
2  The deaneries Otredal, Fosen and Stjørdal comprise parishes in Aust-Agder, Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag counties, respectively.
3  Clerical district has been omitted as ecclesiastical division.
4  Asker and Bærum municipalities are part of Oslo diocese, whereas the rest of Akershus is part of Borg diocese.
5  Follo police district also includes municipalities in Østfold.
6  The police districts Nordre Buskerud and Søndre Buskerud also includes parts of Oppland and Vestfold, respectively.
7  Agder police district also includes the county of Vest-Agder.
8  Haugaland og Sunnhordland police district also includes municipalities in Hordaland.
9  Hordaland police district also includes municipalities in Sogn og Fjordane.
10  Sogn og Fjordane police district also includes a municipality in Møre og Romsdal.
11  Midtre Hålogaland police district also includes municipalities in Troms.
12  The primary court districts Kristiansand and Ofoten also includes parts of Aust-Agder and Troms counties, respectively.
13  The appelate court subdistricts Oslo and Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder also includes parts of Akershus and Vest-Agder counties, respectively.
14  The appelate court subdistricts Hedmark and Oppland, Trondheim and Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane also include the counties Oppland, Nord-Trøndelag and Sogn og Fjordane, respectively.
15  Romerike appelate court subdistrict is a part of Eidsivating appelate court district, whereas the rest of Akershus is part of Borgarting.
16  Nord-Trøndelag police district also includes municipalities in Sør-Trøndelag and Nordland.
17  The primary court districts Drammen, Dalane and Sunnhordland also includes parts of Vestfold, Vest-Agder and Rogaland counties, respectively.
18  The enforcement unit in Oslo does not belong to the police district of Oslo, but is organised directly under The National Police Directorate.
19  Svalbard is counted among the parishes in Troms.
Source: Church Council, The National Police Directorate and Ministry of Justice.
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