Akershus (Norway) (original) (raw)
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Description of the flag
Adopted on 11 December 1987.
The flag of Akershus represents the silhouette of Akershus castle, built under king Hakon V (the same king who was in charge of building Vardøhus - the castle represented on the flag of Finnmark). Proportions are 1:1
Jan Oskar Engene, 17 November 1995
Akershus, Buskerud and �stfold and three other municipalities were merged into Viken on 1 January 2020.
Valentin Poposki, 16 January 2020
The merger was opposed in all three counties which were to merge both before and after the implementation - even the local government has made the reversal its main goal.
As a result, it was decided by the national parliament in 2022 that the merger be reversed. On 2024-01-01, Akershus, Buskerud and Østfold counties were re-established and their original arms were readopted; since their flags had actually been banners of arms, they were automatically readopted as well.
Tomislav Todorovic, 19 April 2024
Communes
The following communes are listed in this county (fylke). The codes following the names are assigned by Norway for statistical and administrative purposes.
- Asker (0220)
- Aurskog-Høland (0221)
- Bærum (0219)
- Eidsvoll (0237)
- Enebakk (0229)
- Fet (0227)
- Frogn (0215)
- Gjerdrum (0234)
- Hurdal (0239)
- Lillestrøm
- Lørenskog (0230)
- Nannestad (0238)
- Nes (0236)
- Nesodden (0216)
- Nittedal (0233)
- Nordre Follo
- Rælingen (0228)
- Skedsmo (0231)
- Sørum (0226)
- Ullensaker (0235)
- Vestby (0211)
- Ås (0214)
The following are former municipalities of this county.