Akershus

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Akershus is a historical county in southeastern Norway that encompassed areas around the capital Oslo and played a key role in the region’s administrative and military history.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Akershus len 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former county of Norway
historical county
administrativeFunction county-level administration for municipalities around Oslo
borderedBy Buskerud NERFINISHED
Hedmark NERFINISHED
Oppland NERFINISHED
Oslofjord NERFINISHED
Østfold
borders Oslo
capital Oslo NERFINISHED
contains Asker
Bærum
Follo region
Lillestrøm
Lørenskog NERFINISHED
Nesodden
Follo region
surface form: Romerike region
containsTransportHub Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
country Norway
dateOfEstablishment 1580s
existedAsCountyUntil 2019
governedFrom Akershus Fortress
hasCoastlineOn Oslofjord NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalBuilding Akershus Fortress
historicalRole administrative centre around Oslo
key military region in southeastern Norway
historicalSignificance central role in the governance of Eastern Norway
important base for Norwegian armed forces
language Norwegian language
surface form: Norwegian
locatedIn Eastern Norway NERFINISHED
southeastern Norway NERFINISHED
mergedInto Viken county
militaryFunction defence of Oslo and Oslofjord approaches
namedAfter Akershus Fortress
officialName Akershus fylke NERFINISHED
partOf Kingdom of Norway
predecessor Akershus self-linksurface differs
surface form: Akershus len
regionCodeType fylke
surrounded Oslo
survivedAs historical and cultural region after county reform
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
usedFor civil administration
judicial administration
military administration

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subject surface form: Oppland
Oppland borderedBy Akershus
Eastern Norway contains Akershus
Viken formedByMergerOf Akershus
Eidsvoll historicalCounty Akershus
Akershus Fortress namedAfter Akershus
Einar Gerhardsen placeOfBirth Akershus
Trygve Haavelmo placeOfBirth Akershus
Akershus predecessor Akershus self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Akershus len
Ruter bus network serves Akershus