North Korea–Norway relations North Korea–Norway relations North Korea–Norway relations () refers to the current and historical relationship between Norway and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. Neither country maintains an embassy in the other, although North Korea formerly had an embassy in the Norwegian capital Oslo. The Norwegian ambassador in Seoul is also accredited to North Korea, as is the North Korean one in Stockholm to Norway. As a member of the United Nations (and with the Norwegian politician Trygve Lie serving as the organization's Secretary-General) and a close ally of the United States through its participation
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