Oppland

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Oppland Script error: No such module "IPA". is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration was located in the town of Lillehammer.

Merger

On 1 January 2020, the neighboring counties of Oppland and Hedmark were merged to form the new Innlandet county. Both Oppland and Hedmark were the only landlocked counties of Norway, and the new Innlandet county is the only landlocked county in Norway. The two counties had historically been one county that was divided in 1781. Historically, the region was commonly known as "Opplandene". In 1781, the government split the area into two: Hedemarkens amt and Kristians amt (later renamed Hedmark and Oppland). In 2017, the government approved the merger of the two counties. There were several names debated, but the government settled on Innlandet.^[1]^[2]

Geography

Oppland county extended from the lakes Mjøsa and Randsfjorden to the mountains Dovrefjell, Jotunheimen, and Rondane. Gråhøe is a mountain on the border between Sel Municipality and Dovre Municipality in Oppland.^[3]^[4]

The county was conventionally divided into traditional districts. These are the Gudbrandsdalen, Valdres, Toten, Hadeland and Land. Oppland included the towns Lillehammer, Gjøvik, Otta, and Fagernes, and Norway's two highest mountains (Glittertind and Galdhøpiggen) and the Valdres and Gudbrandsdalen valleys being popular attractions. The Gudbrandsdalen valley surrounds the river Gudbrandsdalslågen, and includes the area extending from Jotunheimen down to Bagn at Begna River. It is a well known place for skiing and winter sports. The main population centres in this area were Beitostølen and Fagernes. Eight of the ten highest mountains in Norway are located in the western part of Oppland.

Etymology

In Norse times the inner parts of Norway were called 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 were separated and given the name Oplandenes Amt. This was divided in 1781 into Christians Amt (named after the king Christian VII) and 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.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted in 1989, and it showed two Pulsatilla vernalis.

Municipalities

Location of Oppland Municipalities Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Oppland County (Christians Amt)^[5] had a total of 26 municipalities:

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd gen.) in Oppland by country of origin in 2017^[6]
Nationality	Population (2017)
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland	2,421
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania	1,606
File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia	1,209
File:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea	1,164
File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria	817
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	743
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq	714
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	698
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	660
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia-Herzegovina	624
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand	574
File:Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan	560
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	495
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	495
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	466
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	376
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam	365
File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo	330