Editing Oppland (section)

==Merger==
On 1 January 2020, the neighboring counties of Oppland and [[Hedmark]] were merged to form the new [[Innlandet]] county. Both Oppland and Hedmark were the only landlocked counties of [[Norway]], and the new Innlandet county is the only landlocked county in Norway. The two counties had historically been one county that was divided in 1781. Historically, the region was commonly known as "[[Opplandene]]". In 1781, the government split the area into two: [[Hedmark|Hedemarkens amt]] and Kristians amt (later renamed [[Hedmark]] and Oppland). In 2017, the government approved the merger of the two counties. There were several names debated, but the government settled on ''[[Innlandet]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/zoEB1/dette-er-norges-nye-regioner|author1=Magnus Newth|author2=Ingvill Dybfest Dahl|title=Dette er Norges nye regioner|trans-title=These are Norway's new regions|work=[[Verdens Gang]]|language=no|date=21 February 2017|access-date=9 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/ho/hedmark-og-oppland-blir-ett-fylke-1.13383439|title=Hedmark og Oppland blir ett fylke|trans-title=Hedmark and Oppland become one county|publisher=[[NRK]]|language=no|date=21 February 2017|access-date=9 May 2018}}</ref>