ISO 3166-2:NO
ISO 3166-2:NO is the entry for Norway in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for Norway, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for the following subdivisions:
- 18 counties
- 2 arctic regions (i.e., Svalbard and Jan Mayen, territories in the Arctic region separated from metropolitan Norway)
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is NO, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Norway. The second part is two digits:
- 01–12, 14–15, 18–20, 50: counties
- 21–22: arctic regions
The digits are the official number of the county used in Norway, which is assigned following the coastline from the Swedish border in the southeast to the Russian border in the northeast (13 was used by Bergen, which was merged into Hordaland in 1972; 16 & 17 merged in 2018 and became Trøndelag which was eventually numbered 50).
Collectively Svalbard and Jan Mayen is also assigned its own set of country codes in ISO 3166-1, with alpha-2 code SJ.
Current codes
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
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Current codes
| Code | Subdivision name (nb, nn) | Subdivision category |
|---|---|---|
| NO-02 | Akershus | county |
| NO-09 | Aust-Agder | county |
| NO-06 | Buskerud | county |
| NO-20 | Finnmark / Finnmárku (se) | county |
| NO-04 | Hedmark | county |
| NO-12 | Hordaland | county |
| NO-15 | Møre og Romsdal | county |
| NO-18 | Nordland | county |
| NO-05 | Oppland | county |
| NO-03 | Oslo | county |
| NO-11 | Rogaland | county |
| NO-14 | Sogn og Fjordane | county |
| NO-08 | Telemark | county |
| NO-19 | Troms / Romsa (se) | county |
| NO-50 | Trøndelag | county |
| NO-10 | Vest-Agder | county |
| NO-07 | Vestfold | county |
| NO-01 | Østfold | county |
| NO-22 | Jan Mayen | arctic region |
| NO-21 | Svalbard | arctic region |
Codes effectively used as of 2020 but not yet published in ISO 3166-2
Note that the county structure in Norway changed on 1 January 2020, which will mean the following changes:[1]
| Code | Subdivision name (nb, nn) | Subdivision category |
|---|---|---|
| NO-42 | Agder | county |
| NO-34 | Innlandet | county |
| NO-15 | Møre og Romsdal | county |
| NO-18 | Nordland | county |
| NO-03 | Oslo | county |
| NO-11 | Rogaland | county |
| NO-54 | Troms og Finnmark / Romsa ja Finnmárku (se) | county |
| NO-50 | Trøndelag | county |
| NO-38 | Vestfold og Telemark | county |
| NO-46 | Vestland | county |
| NO-30 | Viken | county |
| NO-22 | Jan Mayen | arctic region |
| NO-21 | Svalbard | arctic region |
Changes
The following changes to the entry have been announced by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.
| Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter | Code/Subdivision change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newsletter II-3 | 2011-12-13 (corrected 2011-12-15) |
Alphabetical re-ordering. | |
| Online Browsing Platform (OBP) |
2018-11-26 | Deletion of counties NO-16 and NO-17; Addition of county NO-23; Update List Source | Subdivisions deleted: NO-16 Sør-Trøndelag NO-17 Nord-Trøndelag Subdivisions added: NO-23 Trøndelag |
| 2019-04-09 | Change of subdivision code from NO-23 to NO-50 | Codes: Trøndelag: NO-23 → NO-50 |
See also
- Subdivisions of Norway
- FIPS region codes of Norway
- NUTS codes of Norway
External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: NO
- Counties of Norway, Statoids.com