Editing Sogn og Fjordane (section)

==History==
{{Historical populations
|footnote = '''''Source''': [[Statistics Norway]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/folkendrhist_en/tables/tab/14.html|title=Population statistics. Population changes in municipalities. 1951-2011|publisher=Statistics Norway|access-date=2010-05-26}}</ref><ref>[http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selecttable/hovedtabellHjem.asp&KortnavnWeb=folkfram Projected population – Statistics Norway] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120526193657/http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selecttable/hovedtabellHjem.asp&KortnavnWeb=folkfram |date=2012-05-26 }}</ref>
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|1951|97714
|1961|99957 
|1971|100933 
|1981|105924
|1991|106614 
|2001|107590 
|2011|107742
}}
The county consisted of the two historic counties: ''Firdafylke'' (now the Fjordane region; Nordfjord-Sunnfjord) and ''Sygnafylke'' (now the [[Sogn]] region).  These both were formed in the [[Middle Ages]] under the [[Gulating]] government. They were merged with ''Hordafylke'' (now [[Hordaland]]) and ''Sunnmørafylke'' (now [[Sunnmøre]]) to form the ''[[Bergenhus len]]'' in the late Middle Ages. The Bergenhus len was one of four ''len'' in Norway.  It was administered from the [[Bergenhus Fortress]] in the city of [[Bergen]].<ref name=no>[[:no:Sogn og Fjordane]]</ref>

On 19 February 1662, a royal decree changed the name to ''Bergenhus amt''.  The [[Sunnmøre]] region was moved to [[Møre og Romsdal|Romsdalen amt]] in 1689.  Later, in 1763, the ''amt'' was divided in half creating: ''Nordre Bergenhus'' and ''Søndre Bergenhus'' (Northern and Southern Bergenhus).  Later, on 1 January 1919, ''Nordre Bergenhus amt'' was renamed ''Sogn og Fjordane fylke'' during a period of time when many location names in Norway were changed.<ref name=em>{{cite web|url=http://www.sf-f.kommune.no/sff/emigration3.nsf/enduser?readform|title=Sogn og Fjordane|first=Oddvar|last=Natvik|date=29 August 2005|access-date=23 August 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724180634/http://www.sf-f.kommune.no/sff/emigration3.nsf/enduser?readform|archive-date=24 July 2011}}</ref>  In 2017, the Norwegian government announced the merger of this county as well as [[Hordaland]] into a new county called [[Vestland]].<ref>moderniseringsdepartementet, Kommunal- og (7 July 2017). "Regionreform" . Regjeringen.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018</ref>