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Nordland

Nordland fylke
County
Berge Sieben Schwestern Norwegen.jpg
Coat of arms of Nordland fylke
Coat of arms
Nordland within Norway
Nordland within Norway
Country Norway
County Nordland
Region Nord-Norge
County ID NO-18
Administrative centre Bodø
Government
 • Governor Tomas Norvoll
  (2013–present)
 • County mayor Sonja Alice Steen
  AP
  (2011–present)
Area
 • Total 38,456 km2 (14,848 sq mi)
 • Land 36,074 km2 (13,928 sq mi)
Area rank #2 in Norway, 11.86% of Norway's land area
Population (2016.01.01)
 • Total 241 906
 • Rank 9 (5.18% of country)
 • Density 7/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) -1.6 %
Demonym(s) Nordlending
Time zone CET (UTC+01)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02)
Official language form Neutral
Income (per capita) 128,600 NOK
GDP (per capita) 202,039 NOK (2001)
GDP national rank 9 (3.15% of country)
Website www.nfk.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Nordland (Norwegian pronunciation: [²nuːrlɑn]  (listen); Northern Sami: Nordlándda) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is in Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995.

In the southern part is Vega, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. The history of Nordland is a tale about the gifts from the sea: One of the most productive seas in the world providing food all year since ancient times, the same sea creates a climate more moderate than any other place in the arctic; even the bedrock itself enriched by sea living organisms millions of years ago in the geological past.

The county is divided into traditional districts. These are Helgeland in the south (south of the Arctic Circle), Salten in the centre, and Ofoten in the northeast. In the northwest lie the archipelagoes of Lofoten and Vesterålen.


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