Editing County (section)

===Norway===
{{Main|Counties of Norway}}

Norway has been divided into 11 [[counties of Norway|counties]] ({{langx|nb|fylker}}, {{langx|nn|fylke}}; singular: {{lang|no|fylke}}) since 2020; they previously numbered 19 following a local government reform in 1972. Until that year [[Bergen]] was a separate county, but today it is a [[municipality]] within the county of [[Vestland]]. All counties form administrative entities called county municipalities ({{lang|nb|fylkeskommuner}} or {{lang|nn|fylkeskommunar}}; singular: {{lang|no|fylkeskommune}}), further subdivided into [[list of municipalities of Norway|municipalities]] ({{lang|nb|kommuner}} or {{lang|nn|kommunar}}; singular: {{lang|no|kommune}}). One county, [[Oslo]], is not divided into municipalities, rather it is equivalent to the municipality of Oslo.

Each county has its own [[county council (Norway)|county council]] ({{lang|no|fylkesting}}) whose representatives are elected every four years together with representatives to the [[municipal council (Norway)|municipal councils]]. The counties handle matters such as high schools and local roads, and until 1 January 2002 hospitals as well. This last responsibility was transferred to the state-run [[regional health authority (Norway)|health authorities]] and [[health trust]]s, and there is a debate on the future of the county municipality as an administrative entity. Some people, and parties, such as the [[Conservative Party (Norway)|Conservative]] and [[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress Party]], call for the abolition of the county municipalities once and for all, while others, including the [[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour Party]], merely want to merge some of them into larger regions.