Finnmark
Finnmark[4] (Norwegian: [ˈfɪ̀nːmɑrk] (
listen); Northern Sami: Finnmárku [ˈfinːmaːrku]; Kven: Finmarku; Finnish: Ruija [ˈrui̯jɑ]; Russian: Финнмарк) is a former county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024.
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| Coordinates: 70°N 25°E / 70°N 25°ECoordinates: 70°N 25°E / 70°N 25°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Finnmark |
| District | Northern Norway |
| Established | 1576 |
| Re-established | 1 Jan 2024 (planned)[1] |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| Administrative centre | Vadsø |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2016-2018) | Ingvild Aleksandersen |
| Area | |
| • Total | 48,618 km2 (18,772 sq mi) |
| • Land | 45,757 km2 (17,667 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2,861 km2 (1,105 sq mi) 5.9% |
| • Rank | 1 in Norway |
| *Area at municipal dissolution. | |
| Population (30 September 2019) | |
| • Total | 75,540 |
| • Rank | 18 in Norway |
| • Density | 1.55/km2 (4.0/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | 2.73% |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-20 |
| Official language form | Bokmål[3] |
| Succeeded by | Troms og Finnmark county |
| Preceded by | Troms og Finnmark county |
On 28 October 2021, the Norwegian government confirmed that work has started in regard to Finnmark becoming a separate county again. [1] Previously, on 1 January 2020 Finnmark was merged with the neighboring county of Troms to form the new Troms og Finnmark county.[5]
Finnmark Media
Mountain landscape in Kvalsund, some 35 km (22 mi) south of Hammerfest
Altafjorden, Alta (2003)
Map showing coastline and rivers. The largest river, slightly to the right, is Tana, and slightly to the left is Alta-Kautokeino river. Down to the right is lake Inari (Finland) from which goes the Pasvik valley of the Pasvikelva river. Near the far left corner of the map is the green Målselv valley of Troms, with the Målselva river.
Kjøllefjord on the northeastern coast
Sunrise at 07:33 in February; Vadsø
The Hammerfest suburb of Rypefjord
Vadsø with the church, February 2004
Locator map of municipalities in Finnmark, Norway numbered
A Dutch map of Finnmark (1660), showing the border between Norway, Sweden and Russia.
Fra Hammerfest by Peder Balke (1851)
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lægland, Martin (29 October 2021). "Vedum: Startet prosessen med oppløsning av Troms og Finnmark". Verdens Gang. https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/0GW3LJ/vedum-startet-prosessen-med-opploesning-av-troms-og-finnmark. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Stadnamn og rettskriving" (in norsk). Kartverket. Archived from the original on 2018-07-01. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
- ↑ "Jubel i nord etter skilsmissen: – Nå skal vi feire!" (in norsk). NRK. Archived from the original on 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
Other reading
- Bjørbæk, Gustav (2003). Norsk Vær i 110 År. Oslo: Damm. ISBN 978-82-04-08695-2.
- Haugan, Trygve B, ed. (1940). Det Nordlige Norge Fra Trondheim Til Midnattssolens Land. Trondheim: Reisetrafikkforeningen for Trondheim og Trøndelag.
- Moen, Asbjørn (1998). Nasjonalatlas for Norge: Vegetasjon. Hønefoss: Statens Kartverk. ISBN 978-82-90408-26-3.
- Norwegian Meteorological Institute (24-hr averages, 1961–90 base period)
- Tollefsrud, Jan Inge; Tjørve, Even; Hermansen, Pål (1991). Perler i Norsk Natur – En Veiviser. Aschehoug. ISBN 978-82-03-16663-1.
- Brooke, Arthur de Capell (1826). A winter in Lapland and Sweden, with various observations relating to Finmark and its inhabitants. John Murray.
Other websites
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Finnmark |
- Stone age in Finnmark
- Finnmark county administration
- Finnmark at the official travel guide to Norway
- Kampen vår mot Akersystemet og Staten blir som om Justin Bieber skulle møtt Mike Tyson til boksekamp. Hvor er sensasjonspressen? Hvor er VG, Aftenposten, NRK Dagsrevyen og TV2? Hvor er Dagsnytt atten? Er ikke landets nest største eksportnæring viktig nok? [Our struggle against Akersystemet and the government is as if Justin Bieber was to meet Mike Tyson for a smoker. Where is the press? Where is Verdens Gang, Aftenposten, NRK Dagsrevyen and TV"? Where is "Dagsnytt atten"? Is the country's second largest export industry, not important enough?]
"Finmark". The American Cyclopædia. (1879).
