East Norway
East Norway is a region in south-eastern Norway, which contains the capital Oslo, as well as half of the country's 5 million inhabitants. From the central lowlands around Oslo, Oslofjord and lake Mjøsa long valleys cut into the uplands and high mountains until the watershed with Trøndelag and West Norway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Oslo and Drammen.
Oslo
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Oslo is Norway's capital and largest city, with 700,000 citizens in the city proper and about 1.5 million inhabitants in greater Oslo. It is in the East of the country in the Oslofjorden fjord, extending over an inlet of the Skagerrak strait.
Drammen
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Drammen is a city in Viken, previously Buskerud, 40 km southwest of Oslo. Drammen is where the Drammen river runs into the Drammensfjord, an arm of the Oslofjord.
Lillehammer
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Lillehammer is a small town in the county of Oppland in south-central Norway. The town sits at the intersection of the lake Mjøsa and Gudbrandsdalen, the great valley of East Norway.
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Oslo region
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The Oslo region is the central area of East Norway including the capital Oslo and the Akershus district surrounding it. It's a contiguous metropolitan area with more than 25% of Norway's population and the visitor can regard it as one city.
Østfold
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Østfold is a county in the southeastern corner of East Norway. It borders Akershus to the north and west and Sweden to the east. The name means east of the Oslofjord.
Telemark
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Telemark is a county in East Norway. It is a rugged area with many big lakes and picturesque valleys. The county stretches from the industrial towns along the sea through the forested hills and secluded valleys to the barren, unpopulated Hardangervidda.
Vestfold
Vestfold is a county in East Norway. The county administration is in Tønsberg. Vestfold is located west of the Oslo Fjord, as the name indicates. It includes many smaller, but well-known towns in Norway, such as Larvik, Sandefjord, Tønsberg and Horten.
Buskerud
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Buskerud is a fylke in Norway, located west and north west of Oslo. Buskerud covers the area from the Drammensfjorden in the south, covering parts of Hardangervidda in the west, to Valdres in the north.
Oppland
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Oppland is a county in Norway. This wide landlocked county is home to great lakes, major rivers and the highest mountains in the Nordic countries. Oppland also hosts key overland transport corridors and travel by car or train through Norway usually include Oppland.
Hedmark
Hedmark is a landlocked inland traditional county in East Norway It merged with Oppland in 2020 to form the new county of Innlandet. The area has big rivers, long valleys, wide lakes, fertile flatlands and deep forests.
East Norway
- Type: Region
- Description: region of Norway
- Also known as: “Eastern Norway”
- Category: region of Norway
- Location: Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Frisian—“East Norway” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Østlandet”
- Arabic: “شرق النرويج”
- Armenian: “Արևելյան Նորվեգիա”
- Armenian: “Էստլանն”
- Asturian: “Østlandet”
- Azerbaijani: “Östland”
- Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Norveç”
- Belarusian: “Рэгіён Эстланд”
- Belarusian: “Усходняя Нарвегія”
- Belarusian: “Эстланд”
- Belarusian: “Эстлянд”
- Catalan: “Østlandet”
- Chechen: “Эстланд”
- Chinese: “东挪威”
- Chinese: “東挪威”
- Czech: “Austlandet”
- Czech: “Østlandet”
- Danish: “Austlandet”
- Danish: “Østlandet”
- Dimli (individual language): “Norwec Rocvetışi”
- Dutch: “Oost-Noorwegen”
- Dutch: “Ostlandet”
- Dutch: “Østlandet”
- Esperanto: “Orientlando”
- Estonian: “Austlandet”
- Estonian: “Kagu-Norra”
- Estonian: “Ostlandet”
- Estonian: “Østlandet”
- Finnish: “Ostlandet”
- Finnish: “Östlandet”
- Finnish: “Østlandet”
- French: “Austlandet”
- French: “Norvège orientale”
- French: “Ostlandet”
- French: “Østlandet”
- German: “Austland”
- German: “Austlandet”
- German: “Ostland”
- German: “Östland”
- German: “Østland”
- German: “Ostlandet”
- German: “Östlandet”
- German: “Østlandet”
- Greek: “Ανατολική Νορβηγία”
- Hebrew: “מזרח נורבגיה”
- Hebrew: “מזרח נורווגיה”
- Hungarian: “Østlandet”
- Inari Sami: “Nuorttâ-Taažâ”
- Indonesian: “Norwegia timur”
- Indonesian: “Norwegia Timur”
- Italian: “Norvegia orientale”
- Italian: “Ostlandet”
- Italian: “Østlandet”
- Japanese: “エストラン”
- Korean: “동노르웨이”
- Korean: “외스틀란데트”
- Limburgan: “Østlandet”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų Norvegija”
- Northern Sami: “Nuorta-Norga”
- Northern Sami: “Østlandet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Austlandet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Øst-Norge”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Østlandet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Austlandet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Østlandet”
- Norwegian: “Østlandet”
- Ossetian: “Скæсæйнаг Норвеги”
- Ossetian: “Скæсæн Норвеги”
- Persian: “نروژ شرقی”
- Polish: “Østlandet”
- Portuguese: “Noruega Oriental”
- Portuguese: “Østlandet”
- Romanian: “Østlandet”
- Russian: “Восточная Норвегия”
- Russian: “Эстланд”
- Russian: “Эстланн”
- Serbian: “Источна Норвешка”
- Skolt Sami: “Nuõrtt-Taarr”
- Slovak: “Østlandet”
- Slovenian: “Ostlandet”
- Slovenian: “Østlandet”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodna Norveška”
- South Azerbaijani: “شرقی نوروژ”
- Spanish: “Austlandet”
- Spanish: “Ostland”
- Spanish: “Ostlandet”
- Spanish: “Østlandet”
- Swedish: “Austlandet”
- Swedish: “Østland”
- Swedish: “Östlandet”
- Swedish: “Østlandet”
- Tajik: “Норвегияи Шарқӣ”
- Tajik: “Эстланд”
- Tatar: “Көнчыгыш Норвегия”
- Turkish: “Doğu Norveç”
- Ukrainian: “Естланн”
- Urdu: “مشرقی ناروے”
- Vlaams: “Østlandet”
- Welsh: “Dwyrain Norwy”
- Western Frisian: “Østlandet”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “East Norway”. Photo: Mahlum, CC BY-SA 3.0.