Editing Hordaland (section)

== International relations ==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Norway}}

=== Twin towns – Sister cities ===
Hordaland county is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref name=no />
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Lower Normandy]], [[France]]
* {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Kaunas]], [[Lithuania]]
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]]<ref name="Cardiff twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?id=2940&d1=0 |title=Home page of Cardiff Council – Cardiff's twin cities |publisher=Cardiff Council |date=15 June 2010 |access-date=10 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609144903/http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?id=2940&d1=0 |archive-date=9 June 2011 }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Orkney Islands]], [[Northern Isles]], [[Scotland]]

=== Christmas Tree ===
Since 1949 Hordaland has given a Christmas tree to the Scottish Capital city of [[Edinburgh]] this is to remember the help given to [[Norwegians]] during [[World War II]] by [[Scottish people|Scots]] however since 2008 the tree has been sourced in [[Scotland]] but has remained a gift from the people of Hordaland.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-03|title=Edinburgh celebrates links with Norway|url=https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/news/edinburgh-celebrates-links-with-norway/|access-date=2021-09-19|website=Scottish Field|language=en-GB}}</ref>