Editing Agder (section)

{{Short description|County in Southern Norway}}
{{Distinguish|Southern Norway}}
{{for|the small town in Minnesota|Agder Township, Minnesota}}
{{Infobox kommune
|name                   = Agder
|fylke                  = yes
|former                 = 
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|map                    = none
|idnumber               = 42
|county                 = Agder
|district               = Southern Norway
|capital                = [[Kristiansand]]
|established            = 1 Jan 2020
|preceded               = [[Aust-Agder]] and<br />[[Vest-Agder]] counties
|disestablished         = 
|succeeded              = 
|demonym                = Egde or Egd
|language               = Neutral
|coatofarms             = 
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|webpage                = agderfk.no
|county_mayor           = [[Arne Thomassen]]
|county_mayor_party     = [[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]
|county_mayor_as_of     = 2019
|governor               = [[Gina Lund]]
|governor_as_of         = 2022
|governor_party         = [[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]
|area_rank              = 8
|area_total_km2         = 16433.67
|area_land_km2          = 14980.95
|area_water_km2         = 1452.72
|area_water_percent     = 8.8
|population_as_of       = 2021
|population_rank        = 8
|population_total       = 308843
|population_density_km2 = 20.6
|population_increase    = 9.3
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'''Agder''' is a [[counties of Norway|county]] ({{Lang|no|fylke}}) and [[districts of Norway|traditional region]] in the southern part of [[Norway]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/|title=Arealstatistikk for Norge|date=2013-03-08|website=Kartverket|language=nb|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> and is coextensive with the [[Southern Norway]] region. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old [[Vest-Agder]] and [[Aust-Agder]] counties were merged.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/i/zoEB1|title=Dette er Norges nye regioner|website=www.vg.no|date=21 February 2017 }}</ref> Since the early 1900s, the term [[Southern Norway|Sørlandet]] ("south country, south land, southland") has been commonly used for this region, sometimes with the inclusion of neighbouring [[Rogaland]]. Before that time, the area was considered a part of [[Western Norway]].<ref name="snl">{{cite web |author=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Agder |url=https://snl.no/Agder |access-date=2016-12-31 |language=no}}</ref>

The area was a medieval [[Petty kingdoms of Norway|petty kingdom]], and after Norway's unification became known as ''Egdafylki'' and later ''Agdesiden'', a county within the kingdom of Norway. The name Agder was not used after 1662, when the area was split into smaller governmental units called Nedenæs, Råbyggelaget, Lister, and Mandal. The name was resurrected in 1919 when two counties of Norway that roughly corresponded to the old Agdesiden county were renamed [[Aust-Agder]] (East Agder) and [[Vest-Agder]] (West Agder). Even before the two counties joined in 2020, they cooperated in many ways; the [[University of Agder]] had sites in both Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder, as did many other institutions, such as the [[Diocese of Agder og Telemark]], the [[Agder Court of Appeal]], and the [[Agder Police District]].