Norway counties quiz

The 15 counties in the quiz

Norway has 15 counties (fylker): 15 in the quiz. Use the Capitals button in the panel to find their capitals instead.

How to play

In Point mode we name a county and you tap it on the map; in Type mode one lights up and you type its name (accents don’t matter); and in Time trial you get 6 seconds per question. If you miss, we show you where it was, which way it lies and a hint drawn from the data: its size rank and its neighbors.

Each game has 10, 20 or all the questions, and at the end you can practice just the ones you missed. Your best score for each mode is saved in this browser only: neither we nor anyone else can see it, and there’s no sign-up.

The hardest ones

The smallest counties are the hardest, since they barely show on the map: Oslo (about 180 sq mi), Vestfold (about 790 sq mi), and Østfold (about 1,500 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

Tips to learn them

• Start with the three largest: Innlandet, Finnmark, and Trøndelag cover 45% of the area of Norway.
• The 6 counties bordering Sweden trace that border on the map: Akershus, Innlandet, Nordland, Østfold, Troms, and Trøndelag.
• Only Innlandet has no coastline.
• Buskerud has the most neighbors: it borders 6 counties. Once you place it, you have a landmark for many more.

Playing in class

If you teach in Norway, start with your school’s county and its neighbors and add a few each day. Otherwise, it’s a good way to get to know the country before studying it.

With the Challenge your class link, everyone gets the same questions in the same order, with no accounts or passwords, and each student sees their own score, time and streak. To practice on paper, there’s a printable worksheet of the same map with an answer key.

List of all 15 counties

1. Agder Kristiansand
2. Akershus Oslo
3. Buskerud Drammen
4. Finnmark Vadsø
5. Innlandet Hamar
6. Møre og Romsdal Molde
7. Nordland Bodø
8. Oslo Oslo
9. Østfold Sarpsborg
10. Rogaland Stavanger
11. Telemark Skien
12. Troms Tromsø
13. Trøndelag Steinkjer
14. Vestfold Tønsberg
15. Vestland Bergen