Viken, Norway Viken, Norway Viken (Old Norse: Vík or Víkin) or Vika, was the historical name for a district in southeastern Norway, including the modern day Swedish province Bohuslän, which consisted of the area surrounding the Oslofjord and Skagerrak, the strait running between Norway and the southwest coast of Sweden and the Jutland peninsula of Denmark. "Viken" is also the name chosen for a future administrative region consisting of a merger of the counties of Akershus, Buskerud, and Østfold. The cultural hub is centred in Oslo, but the capital of the region was formerly at Borre. This area included the important cities
Counties of Norway each "len" was designated an "amt" (plural "amt") and the "lenmann" was titled "amtmann", from German "Amt" (office), reflecting the bias of the Danish court of that period. After 1671 Norway was divided into four principal "amt" or "stiftsamt" and there were nine subordinate "amt": From 1730 Norway had the following "amt": At this time there were also two counties (grevskap) controlled by actual counts, together forming what is now Vestfold county: In 1760 Norway had the following "stiftamt" and "amt": From 1919 each "amt" was renamed a "fylke" (plural "fylke(r)") (county) and the "amtmann" was now titled "fylkesmann" (county