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Brevik is Cort Adeler ' s birth town . The name . The Old Norse form of the name may have been "* Breiðvík ", where the first element is " breiðr " ' broad ' and the last is " vík " f ' inlet '. Geologically , a fjord or fiord is a long , narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs , created by glacial erosion . There are many fjords on the coasts of Alaska , British Columbia , ___MASK38___ , Greenland , ___MASK100___ , the Kerguelen Islands , New Zealand , ___MASK10___ , Novaya Zemlya , Labrador , Nunavut , Newfoundland , Scotland , and Washington state . ___MASK10___ ' s coastline is estimated at with fjords , but only when fjords are excluded . Telemark is a county in ___MASK10___ , bordering Vestfold , Buskerud , Hordaland , Rogaland and Aust - Agder . The county administration is in Skien . Until 1919 the county was known as " Bratsberg amt ". Grenland is a traditional district in the county of Telemark , in the south of ___MASK10___ . Located in the southeastern part of the county , Grenland is composed of the municipalities Skien , Porsgrunn , Bamble , Nome and Siljan . Sometimes the municipalities Kragerø and Drangedal are considered being part of the area . The region encompasses 1 , 794 km² and has 122 , 978 inhabitants ( 2004 ), which translates as 12 % of the area and 64 % of the population of Telemark . Buskerud is a county in ___MASK10___ , bordering Akershus , Oslo , Oppland , Sogn og Fjordane , Hordaland , Telemark and Vestfold . The county extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardangervidda mountain range in the northwest . The county administration is located in Drammen . Etymology . The county is named after the old manor Buskerud ( Old Norse : " Biskupsruð ") located on the west side of the Drammen River in Åmot , Modum municipality . The first element is the genitive case of " biskup " m ' bishop ' ( referring to the Bishop of Hamar ), the last element is " ruð " n ' clearing , farm '. The farm was one of the largest in Buskerud , and the original name of the farm ( before it became a benefice ) was probably " Modum ". At the time of the Reformation ( ca . 1536  39 ) the farm became property of the Crown at which time the farm then served as the residence of the king ' s bailiffs until 1668 . Brevik Bridge ( in Norwegian Breviksbrua ) is a bridge over the mouth of the Frierfjord which connects the municipalities of Bamble and Porsgrunn in Telemark county . On the west side , in Bamble , lies Stathelle , while on the east side lies Brevik in Porsgrunn . The bridge was opened in 1962 , and was a part of E18 until 1996 , when the E18 was rerouted via a new bridge , the Grenland Bridge ( in Norwegian Grenlandsbrua ) which lies further up the fjord . Eidangerfjord is a fjord located in Porsgrunn municipality in Telemark county , ___MASK10___ . It is 6 km long , and stretches between Brevik and the island village of Sandøya . The largest island located in the fjord is Kattøya , located at the head of Eidangerfjord . The municipality of Porsgrunn was established on 1 January 1838 ( see formannskapsdistrikt ). The town of Brevik and the rural district of Eidanger were merged into the municipality of Porsgrunn on 1 January 1964 . Frierfjorden is a fjord in the Grenland traditional district in the county of Telemark , ___MASK10___ . It is an arm of the Langesundsfjord and well into the 1700s was also known as the Langesundsfjord . Frierfjorden stretches from the opening to Langesundsfjord in the south to the mouth of the Porsgrunn River in the north . The much smaller fjord of Gunneklevfjord opens into the Porsgrunn / Skien River and is separated from Frierfjorden by the peninsula of Herøya . Aust - Agder "( East Agder )" is a county "( fylke )" in ___MASK10___ , bordering Telemark , Rogaland , and Vest - Agder . In 2002 , there were 102 , 945 inhabitants , which is 2 . 2 % of the total population in ___MASK10___ . Its area is . The administrative center of the county is in Arendal . Gunneklevfjord is a small fjord at the head of Frierfjord in Porsgrunn municipality in Telemark county , ___MASK10___ . Herøya is a peninsula in the municipality of Porsgrunn , ___MASK10___ . It is located between the fjords of Frierfjord to the west and Gunneklevfjord to the east , at the mouth of Telemarksvassdraget . The name stems from the word " hare " because of the large number of these that is said to have inhabited the previous island (" øya "). ___MASK10___ (; Norwegian : ( Bokmål ) or ( Nynorsk ); Sami : " Norgga "), officially the Kingdom of ___MASK10___ , is a sovereign and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard . The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub - Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the Kingdom . ___MASK10___ also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land . Until 1814 , the Kingdom included the Faroe Islands ( since 1035 ), Greenland ( 1261 ), and Iceland ( 1262 ). It also included Shetland and Orkney until 1468 . It also included the following provinces , now in Sweden : Jämtland , Härjedalen and Bohuslän . Bamble is a municipality in Telemark county , ___MASK10___ . It is part of the traditional region of Grenland . The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Langesund . Eidanger is a rural parish and former municipality of Porsgrunn , in Telemark County , ___MASK10___ . Cort Sivertsen Adeler ( 16 December 16225 November 1675 ), known in ___MASK79___ as Coort Sifvertsen Adelaer , in The ___MASK53___ as Koert Sievertsen Adelaer and in Italy as Curzio Suffrido Adelborst , was the name of honour given to Kurt Sivertsen , a Norwegian seaman , who rendered distinguished service to the Danish and Dutch navies , and also to the Republic of Venice against the Turks . History . Stathelle was a former municipality in Telemark . It was separated from Bamble as a municipality of its own in 1851 . In 1964 , the municipalities of Stathelle and Langesund merged with Bamble municipality . With a population of about 8000 , Stathelle is situated at the junction of the Langesundsfjord , Frierfjord and Eidangerfjord . History . The introduction of self - government in rural districts was a major political change . The Norwegian farm culture (" bondekultur ") that emerged came to serve as a symbol of nationalistic resistance to the forced union with ___MASK43___ . The legislation of 1837 gave both the towns and the rural areas the same institutions : a minor change for the town , but a major advance for the rural communities . The significance of this legislation is hailed by a nationalistic historian , Ernst Sars : Skien is a city and municipality in Telemark county , ___MASK10___ . It is part of the traditional region of Grenland . The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Skien . Skien is also the administrative centre of Telemark county . The Langesundsfjord , also known as the Breviksfjord , is a stretch of fjord from northern Skagerrak , between the islands of Sandøya , Bjørkøya and Siktesøya in Porsgrunn municipality and the mainland of Bamble municipality , in Telemark county in the southeastern part of ___MASK10___ . Hordaland is a county in ___MASK10___ , bordering Sogn og Fjordane , Buskerud , Telemark , and Rogaland counties . Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population . The county government is the Hordaland County Municipality which is located in Bergen . Before 1972 , the city of Bergen was its own separate county apart from Hordaland . Vestfold is a county in ___MASK10___ , bordering Buskerud and Telemark . The county administration is in Tønsberg , and the largest city is Sandefjord . With the exception of Oslo county , Vestfold is the smallest county in ___MASK10___ by area . Rogaland is a county in Western ___MASK10___ , bordering Hordaland , Telemark , Aust - Agder , and Vest - Agder counties . Rogaland is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry . In 2016 , Rogaland had an unemployment rate of 4 . 9 %, one of the highest in ___MASK10___ . In 2015 , Rogaland had a fertility rate of 1 . 78 children per woman , which is the highest in the country .