Editing Oppland (section)

==Etymology==
In [[Norsemen|Norse]] times the inner parts of Norway were called ''[[Uplands, Norway|Upplǫnd]]'' which means 'the upper countries'. The first element is ''upp'' which means 'upper'. The last element is ''lǫnd'' which is the plural form of 'land'.

In 1757, the inner parts of the great [[Akershus]] [[amt (subnational entity)|amt]] were separated and given the name ''Oplandenes Amt''. This was divided in 1781 into ''Christians Amt'' (named after the king [[Christian VII]]) and ''[[Hedmark|Hedemarkens Amt]]''. The name/form was changed to ''Kristians Amt'' in 1877 after an official spelling reform that changed '''ch''' to '''k''' (see also [[Kristiania]], [[Kristiansand]] and [[Kristiansund]]). In 1919, the name ''Kristians Amt'' was changed (back) to ''Opland [[fylke]]'', and the spelling ''Oppland'' was approved in 1950.