Norway Administrative Divisions / Norge

Overview

Item	Details
County	12
Municipality	354
Coordinates	✅ Included (all levels)
Formats	JSON, NDJSON, CSV
License	CC-BY-4.0
Last Updated	2026-09-08
Website	openadmindata.org/no
API	openadmindata.org/api/no
Flag	PNG · CDN · CSS · Collections
National Anthem	🎵 Listen & Download Norway National Anthem MP3
Statistics	GDP · Population — via NationData.org

Browse by County

#	County	Municipalitys	Link
1	Svalbard	0	Browse
2	Rogaland	23	Browse
3	Oslo	1	Browse
4	Møre og Romsdal (More og Romsdal)	25	Browse
5	Nordland	41	Browse
6	Trøndelag (Trondelag)	38	Browse
7	Troms og Finnmark	39	Browse
8	Vestland	43	Browse
9	Innlandet	46	Browse
10	Agder	25	Browse
11	Vestfold og Telemark	23	Browse
12	Viken	50	Browse

Data Files

File	Format	Description
all-county.json	JSON	All 12 county records
all-municipality.json	JSON	All 354 municipality records
all-flat.json	JSON	Levels 1-1 flat array
all-flat.ndjson	NDJSON	Streaming format
all-flat.csv	CSV	Spreadsheet format
hierarchy.json	JSON	Nested tree
schema.json	JSON Schema	Data schema

Quick Start

Python

import json

with open("data/all-county.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    data = json.load(f)

for r in data:
    print(f"{r['name']['local']} ({r['name']['en']}) — {r['children_count']['municipality']} municipalitys")

JavaScript

import { readFileSync } from "fs";

const data = JSON.parse(readFileSync("data/all-county.json", "utf-8"));
console.log(`Total: ${data.length} countys`);

Schema

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier
level	integer	1=county, 2=municipality
level_name	object	Level label (local + English)
name.local	string	Name in local script
name.en	string	English name
name.slug	string	URL-safe slug
parent	object/null	Parent division reference
ancestors	array	Full ancestor chain
children_count	object	Count of children per level
zip_codes	array	Postal codes (where available)
geo.lat	string	Latitude (WGS84)
geo.lon	string	Longitude (WGS84)

Full schema: data/schema.json

Hierarchy Browse

divisions/{county-slug}/

Municipalitys are listed inline in each county's README.

AI Integration

• llms.txt — Quick reference for AI agents
• llms-full.txt — Summary with per-county links
• Per-county data — Full data by county

Citation

Norway Administrative Divisions Dataset (CC-BY-4.0)
URL: https://github.com/open-admin-data/norway-administrative-divisions

See CITATION.cff for machine-readable citation.

License

• Data: CC-BY-4.0

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