Oppland

Oppland County
Oppland fylke
Oppland mountains
Oppland mountains
Oppland within Norway
Oppland within Norway
Oppland County is located in Oppland
Oppland County
Oppland County
Oppland County is located in Norway
Oppland County
Oppland County
Coordinates: 61°25′N 9°20′E / 61.41°N 9.34°E / 61.41; 9.34
CountryNorway
CountyOppland
DistrictEastern Norway
Established1781
 • Preceded byOplandenes amt
Disestablished1 Jan 2020
 • Succeeded byInnlandet county
Administrative centreLillehammer
Government
 • BodyOppland County Municipality
 • Governor (2015-2019)Christl Kvam
 • County mayor
   (2015-2019)
Even Aleksander Hagen
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total25,192 km2 (9,727 sq mi)
 • Land23,787 km2 (9,184 sq mi)
 • Water1,405 km2 (542 sq mi)  5.6%
Population
 (30 September 2019)
 • Total189,437
 • Density7.5/km2 (19/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +0.2%
DemonymOpplending[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-05[3]
Income (per capita)133,600 kr (2001)
GDP (per capita)193,130 kr (2001)
GDP national rank#13 in Norway
(2.32% of country)
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1951160,496—    
1961166,303+3.6%
1971172,479+3.7%
1981180,765+4.8%
1991182,593+1.0%
2001183,419+0.5%
2011186,087+1.5%
Source: Statistics Norway.[4]
Religion in Oppland[5][6]
religion percent
Christianity
89.60%
Islam
0.72%
Buddhism
0.14%
Other
9.54%

Oppland [ˈɔ̂plɑn] is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration was located in the town of Lillehammer.

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Projected population - Statistics Norway[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Statistics Norway - Church of Norway.
  6. ^ Statistics Norway - Members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. County. 2006-2010