Monarchy of Norway Haakon, a traditional name used by Norwegian kings. The last king with that name had been Haakon VI, who died in the year 1380. Thus the new king became Haakon VII, King of Norway. His two-year-old son Alexander, the heir apparent, was renamed Olav and became Crown Prince Olav. The new royal family arrived in the capital Kristiania (later Oslo) on 25 November. Haakon VII was sworn in as king of Norway on 27 November. The early years of the new Norwegian monarchy were marked by a shortage of funds. The Norwegian state was poor and funds were needed elsewhere
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