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Sogn og Fjordane

former county of Norway (1919–2019)
AdministrativeArea county_of_norway Q50626
Sogn og Fjordane
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Summary

Sogn og Fjordane is a county of Norway[1]. It draws 508 Wikipedia views per month (county of norway category, ranking #16 of 25).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Norway[3]
  • Country: Norway[4]
  • Head of government: Jenny Følling[5]
  • Instance of: former county of Norway[6]
  • Capital: Hermansverk[7]
  • Shares border with: Hordaland[8], Buskerud[9], Oppland[10], Møre og Romsdal[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Askvoll Municipality[12], Aurland Municipality[13], Balestrand Municipality[14], Bremanger Municipality[15], Eid[16], Fjaler Municipality[17], Flora Municipality[18], Førde[19], Gaular Municipality[20], Gloppen Municipality[21], Gulen Municipality[22], Hornindal[23], Hyllestad Municipality[24], Høyanger Municipality[25]
  • Flag: flag of Sogn og Fjordane[26]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Sogn og Fjordane[27]
  • Part of: Western Norway[28]
  • Commons category: Sogn og Fjordane[29]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[30]
  • Inception: 1919[31]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: December 31, 2019[32]
  • Official website: https://www.sfj.no/[33]
  • IPA transcription: ˈsɔŋn ɔ ˈfjuːɾɑnə[34]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sogn og Fjordane[35]
  • Commons gallery: Sogn og Fjordane[36]
  • Population: 109,530[37], 109,774[38]
  • Office held by head of government: county mayor of Sogn og Fjordane[39]
  • Replaced by: Vestland[40]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Sogn og Fjordane[41]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Sogn og Fjordane[42]
  • Demonym: fjogning[43]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Sogn og Fjordane[44]

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Physical Characteristics

Areas include 18622.44214806053 km²[45], 27110.19033746139 km²[46], and 8487.748189400858 km²[47].

Why It Matters

Sogn og Fjordane has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Related Entities

Norway

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . sfj.no. sfj.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . ssb.no. Retrieved . ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . ssb.no. Retrieved . ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . sprakradet.no. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 61.333333333333, 'lon': 5.8333333333333}
    Local thumb → —
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Askvoll Municipality, Aurland Municipality, Balestrand Municipality +23
    Part of → Western Norway
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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