is_a_list_of list of villages in akershus
A monarchy is a form of government in which a group , usually a family called the dynasty , embodies the ___MASK75___ ' s national identity and one of its members , called the ___MASK96___ , exercises a role of sovereignty . The actual power of the ___MASK96___ may vary from purely symbolic ( crowned republic ), to partial and restricted (" constitutional " monarchy ), to completely autocratic (" absolute " monarchy ). Traditionally and in most cases , the ___MASK96___ ' s post is inherited and lasts until death or abdication , but there are also elective monarchies where the ___MASK96___ is elected . Each of these has variations : in some elected monarchies only those of certain pedigrees are , whereas many hereditary monarchies impose requirements regarding the religion , age , gender , mental capacity , and other factors . Occasionally this might create a situation of rival claimants whose legitimacy is subject to effective election . Finally , there have been cases where the term of a ___MASK96___ ' s reign is either fixed in years or continues until certain goals are achieved : an invasion being repulsed , for instance . Thus there are widely divergent structures and traditions defining monarchy . Monarchy was the most common form of government until the 19th century , but it is no longer prevalent . Where it exists , it is now usually a constitutional monarchy , in which the ___MASK96___ retains a unique legal and ceremonial role , but exercises limited or no official political power : under the written or unwritten constitution , others have governing authority . Currently , 47 sovereign nations in the world have monarchs acting as heads of state , 19 of which are Commonwealth realms that recognise Queen Elizabeth II as their head of state . All European monarchies are constitutional ones , with the exception of the Vatican ___MASK60___ which is an elective monarchy , but sovereigns in the smaller states exercise greater political influence than in the larger . The monarchs of Cambodia , Japan , and Malaysia " reign , but do not rule " although there is considerable variation in the degree of authority they wield . Although they reign under constitutions , the monarchs of Brunei , Morocco , Oman , Qatar , Saudi Arabia and Swaziland appear to continue to exercise more political influence than any other single source of authority in their nations , either by constitutional mandate or by tradition . Jämtland ( Norwegian : " Jemtland "; Latin : " Iemptia ") or Jamtland is a historical province (" landskap ") in the center of Sweden in northern Europe . It borders to Härjedalen and Medelpad in the south , Ångermanland in the east , Lapland in the north and Trøndelag and Norway in the west . Jämtland covers an area of 34 , 009 ___MASK50___ kilometres , 8 . 3 % of Sweden ' s total area and is the second largest province in Sweden . It has a population of 112 , 717 , the majority of whom live in " Storsjöbygden ", the area surrounding lake Storsjön . Östersund is Jämtland ' s only ___MASK60___ and is the 24th most populous ___MASK60___ in Sweden . Buskerud is a ___MASK77___ in Norway , bordering Akershus , Oslo , Oppland , Sogn og Fjordane , Hordaland , Telemark and Vestfold . The ___MASK77___ extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardangervidda mountain range in the northwest . The ___MASK77___ administration is located in Drammen . Etymology . The ___MASK77___ 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 . Bokmål ( literally " ___MASK90___ tongue ") is an official written standard for the Norwegian language , alongside Nynorsk . Bokmål is the preferred written standard of Norwegian for 85 % to 90 % of the ___MASK54___ in Norway , and is most used by ___MASK52___ who speak Standard Østnorsk . Greenland is an autonomous constituent ___MASK75___ within the Danish Realm between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans , east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago . Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America , Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe ( specifically Norway and Denmark , the colonial powers , as well as the nearby ___MASK40___ of Iceland ) for more than a millennium . The majority of its residents are Inuit , whose ancestors migrated began migrating from the Canadian mainland in the 13th century , gradually settling across the ___MASK40___ . The Faroe Islands ( Irish : " Na Scigirí ") are an archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic approximately halfway between Norway and Iceland , north - northwest of mainland Scotland . The area is approximately with a 2016 ___MASK54___ of 49 , 188 . The islands are an autonomous ___MASK75___ within the Kingdom of Denmark . Queen Maud Land is a c . 2 . 7 million - ___MASK50___ - kilometre ( 1 million sq mi ) region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway . The territory lies between 20 ° west and 45 ° east , between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east . On most maps there had been an unclaimed area between Queen Maud Land ' s borders of 1939 and the South Pole until June 12 , 2015 when Norway formally annexed that area . Positioned in East Antarctica , the territory comprises about one - fifth of the total area of Antarctica . The claim is named after the Norwegian queen Maud of Wales ( 1869  1938 ). Shetland , also called the Shetland Islands , is a subarctic archipelago that lies northeast of the ___MASK40___ of Great Britain and forms part of Scotland , United Kingdom . Bohuslän is a Swedish province in Götaland , on the northernmost part of the ___MASK75___ ' s west coast . It is bordered by Dalsland to the northeast , Västergötland to the southeast , the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea to the west , and the ___MASK77___ of Østfold , in Norway , to the north . Härjedalen is a historical province or " landskap " in the centre of Sweden . It borders the ___MASK75___ of Norway as well as the provinces of Dalarna , Hälsingland , Medelpad , and Jämtland . The province originally belonged to Norway , but was ceded to Sweden in the Treaty of Brömsebro , 1645 . Bouvet ___MASK40___ ( Norwegian : Bouvetøya , previously spelled Bouvet - øya ) is an uninhabited subantarctic high ___MASK40___ and dependency of Norway located in the South Atlantic Ocean at . It lies at the southern end of the Mid - Atlantic Ridge and is the most remote ___MASK40___ in the world , approximately south - southwest of the coast of South Africa and approximately north of the Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land , Antarctica . Nynorsk , literally New Norwegian or New Norse , is one of the two written standards of the Norwegian ___MASK19___ , the other being Bokmål . From 1885 , when the parliament declared them official and equal , until new voting in 1929 , their names were Landsmål and Riksmål . The Landsmål ___MASK19___ standard was constructed by the Norwegian ___MASK35___ Ivar Aasen during the mid - 19th century , to provide a Norwegian - based alternative to Danish , which was commonly written , and to some extent spoken , in Norway at the time . The official standard of Nynorsk has since been significantly altered . A minor purist fraction of the Nynorsk populace has stayed firm with the Aasen norm , which is known as Høgnorsk ( analogous to High German ). Peter I ___MASK40___ is an uninhabited volcanic ___MASK40___ in the Bellingshausen Sea , from Antarctica . It is claimed as a dependency of Norway , and along with Queen Maud Land and Bouvet ___MASK40___ comprises one of the three Norwegian dependent territories in the Antarctic and Subantarctic . Peter I ___MASK40___ is long and , slightly larger than Staten ___MASK40___ . The tallest peak is the ultra and tall Lars Christensen Peak . Nearly all of the ___MASK40___ is covered by a glacier and it is surrounded most of the ___MASK45___ by pack ice , making it inaccessible almost all ___MASK45___ round . There is little life on the ___MASK40___ apart from seabirds and seals . Oppland is a ___MASK77___ in Norway , bordering Sør - Trøndelag , Møre og Romsdal , Sogn og Fjordane , Buskerud , Akershus , Oslo and Hedmark . The ___MASK77___ administration is in Lillehammer . Oppland is , together with Hedmark , one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway . Oslo is the ___MASK82___ and the most populous ___MASK60___ in Norway . It constitutes both a county and a municipality . Founded in the year 1040 , and established as a " kaupstad " or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada , the ___MASK60___ was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a ___MASK82___ under Haakon V of Norway around 1300 . Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 and with Sweden from 1814 to 1905 reduced its influence . After being destroyed by a fire in 1624 , the ___MASK60___ was moved closer to Akershus Fortress during the reign of Christian IV of Denmark and renamed Christiania in his honour . It was established as a municipality (" formannskapsdistrikt ") on 1 January 1838 . Following a spelling reform , it was known as Kristiania from 1877 to 1925 , at which time its original Norwegian name was restored . Jan Mayen is a volcanic ___MASK40___ in the Arctic Ocean and a part of Norway . It is long ( southwest - northeast ) and in area , partly covered by glaciers ( an area of around the Beerenberg volcano ). It has two parts : larger northeast Nord - Jan and smaller Sør - Jan , linked by a wide isthmus . It lies northeast of Iceland ( 495 km ( 305 mi ) NE of Kolbeinsey ), east of central Greenland and west of the North Cape , Norway . The ___MASK40___ is mountainous , the highest summit being the Beerenberg volcano in the north . The isthmus is the ___MASK34___ of the two largest lakes of the ___MASK40___ , Sørlaguna ( South Lagoon ), and Nordlaguna ( North Lagoon ). A third lake is called Ullerenglaguna ( Ullereng Lagoon ). Jan Mayen was formed by the Jan Mayen hotspot . Svalbard ( formerly known by its Dutch ___MASK76___ Spitsbergen ) is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean . Situated north of mainland Europe , it is about midway between continental Norway and the North Pole . The islands of the group range from 74 ° to 81 ° north latitude , and from 10 ° to 35 ° east longitude . The largest island is Spitsbergen , followed by Nordaustlandet and Edgeøya . Hedmark is a ___MASK77___ in Norway , bordering Sør - Trøndelag to the north , Oppland to the west and Akershus to the south . The ___MASK77___ administration is in Hamar . Akershus is a ___MASK77___ in Norway , bordering Hedmark , Oppland , Buskerud , Oslo , and Østfold ; it also has a short border with Sweden ( Värmland ). Akershus , with more than half a million inhabitants , is the second - largest ___MASK77___ by population after Oslo . The ___MASK77___ is named after Akershus Fortress . The ___MASK77___ administration is in Oslo , which is not part of the ___MASK77___ " per se ". Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian ___MASK75___ in Northern Europe . It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a ___MASK55___ - tunnel across the Öresund . At , Sweden is the third - largest ___MASK75___ in the European Union by area , with a total population of 10 . 0 million . Sweden consequently has a low population density of , with the highest concentration in the southern half of the ___MASK75___ . Approximately 85 % of the population lives in urban areas . This is a list of lists of villages in Norway , divided into sub - sections by ___MASK77___ . The lists consist of populated places without ___MASK60___ status . This is a list of villages in Akershus , a ___MASK77___ of Norway . For other counties see the lists of villages in Norway . The list excludes cities located in Akershus . Akershus Fortress or Akershus ___MASK31___ is a medieval ___MASK31___ that was built to protect Oslo , the ___MASK82___ of Norway . It has also been used as a ___MASK21___ . An archipelago , sometimes called an ___MASK40___ group or ___MASK40___ chain , is a chain , cluster or collection of islands . The ___MASK53___ " archipelago " is derived from the Greek "  -  arkhi -" (" chief ") and "   pélagos " (" sea ") through the Italian " arcipelago ". In Italian , possibly following a tradition of antiquity , the Archipelago ( from medieval Greek "*  " and Latin " archipelagus ") was the proper name for the Aegean Sea and , later , usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands ( since the sea is remarkable for its large number of islands ). It is now used to refer to any ___MASK40___ group or , sometimes , to a sea containing a small number of scattered islands . Orkney , also known as the Orkney Islands , is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland , situated off the north coast of Great Britain . Orkney is 16 kilometres ( 10 mi ) north of the coast of Caithness and comprises approximately 70 islands , of which 20 are inhabited . The largest ___MASK40___ Mainland is often referred to as " the Mainland ". It has an area of , making it the sixth - largest Scottish ___MASK40___ and the tenth - largest ___MASK40___ in the British Isles . The largest settlement and administrative centre is Kirkwall . The Scandinavian Peninsula (; " Skandinavsky poluostrov ") is a peninsula in Northern Europe , which generally comprises the mainland of Sweden , the mainland of Norway ( with the exception of a small coastal area bordering Russia ), the northwestern area of Finland , as well as a narrow area in the west of the Pechengsky ___MASK100___ of Russia . The Republic of Iceland , " Lýðveldið Ísland " in Icelandic , is a Nordic ___MASK40___ country in the North Atlantic Ocean . It has a population of and an area of , making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe . The ___MASK82___ and largest ___MASK60___ is Reykjavík . Reykjavík and the surrounding areas in the southwest of the country are home to over two - thirds of the population . Iceland is volcanically and geologically active . The interior consists of a plateau characterised by sand and lava fields , mountains and glaciers , while many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands . Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate , despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle . Its high latitude and marine influence still keeps summers chilly , with most of the archipelago having a tundra climate . Norway (; Norwegian : ( Bokmål ) or ( Nynorsk ); Sami : " Norgga "), officially the Kingdom of Norway , is a sovereign and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the ___MASK40___ Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard . The Antarctic Peter I ___MASK40___ and the sub - Antarctic Bouvet ___MASK40___ are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the Kingdom . Norway 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 . An ___MASK40___ or isle is any piece of sub - continental land that is surrounded by water . Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets , skerries , cays or keys . An ___MASK40___ in a river or a ___MASK58___ may be called an eyot or ait , and a small ___MASK40___ off the coast may be called a holm . A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago , e . g . the Philippines . Østfold is a ___MASK77___ in southeastern Norway , bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden ( Västra Götaland ___MASK77___ and Värmland ), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other side of Oslofjord . The ___MASK77___ ' s administrative seat is Sarpsborg . Administration . Provinces serve no administrative function in Sweden today . Instead , that function is served by counties ; however , in many instances a ___MASK77___ has virtually the same border as the province , which is the case with Värmland and its corresponding ___MASK77___ Värmland ___MASK77___ . The main exception is a smaller part to the southeast which belongs to Örebro ___MASK77___ .