Finnmark
Finnmark[2] (Norwegian: [ˈfɪ̀nːmɑrk] (
listen); Northern Sami: Finnmárku [ˈfinːmaːrku]; Kven: Finmarku; Finnish: Ruija [ˈrui̯jɑ]; Russian: Финнмарк) is the county in Norway, that is farthest to the North, and farthest to the East. It became 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 |
| Administrative centre | Vadsø |
| 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 |
| 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[1] |
History
In one area of Finnmark the reindeer industry had mostly gone from hunting reindeers to herding reindeers (animal husbandry), by the 16th century and 17th century.[3]
Time as part of county Troms og Finnmark (2020 until end of 2023)
On 28 October 2021, the Norwegian government confirmed that work has started in regard to Finnmark becoming a separate county again. [4] Previously, on 1 January 2020 Finnmark was merged with the neighboring county of Troms to form the new Troms og Finnmark county.[5]
Politics
In 2025, there was a parliamentary election. Media says that the county's four (new) MPs, will be 2 from the Labour Party, 1 from the Progress Party, and one from MDG; [6] There are 169 MPs in Norway.
- Labour Party got [c. 28% or] 28.1% of the votes, in Finnmark county (in 2025).[7]
- Progress Party, [c. 24% or] 24.5% of the votes
- Pasientfokus, [c. 10% or] 10.4 %% of the votes
- Red (party), [c. 9% or] 9.8% of the votes[7]
Finnmark Media
A Dutch map of Finnmark (1660), showing the border between Norway, Sweden and Russia.
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
Mountain landscape near Kvalsund in Hammerfest Municipality
Altafjorden, Alta (2003)
Kjøllefjord on the northeastern coast
Fra Hammerfest by Peder Balke (1851)
Sources
- ↑ Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar (in Norwegian)Lovdata.no.
- ↑ Stadnamn og rettskriving (in no)Kartverket. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
- ↑ https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/xl/lars-monsen-pa-varangerhalvoya_-fangstanlegget-vi-helst-ikke-skal-snakke-om-1.17132887. Retrieved 2025-01-20
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Jubel i nord etter skilsmissen: – Nå skal vi feire! (in no)NRK. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ↑ https://www.vg.no/valg/norge/2025/resultater/st/valgdistrikt/finnmark-finnmarku. Retrieved 2025-09-30
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://www.nrk.no/valg/2025/resultat/56. Retrieved 2025-09-16
Other reading
- Bjørbæk, Gustav. Norsk Vær i 110 År (2003). Oslo: Damm. ISBN 978-82-04-08695-2.
- Det Nordlige Norge Fra Trondheim Til Midnattssolens Land (1940). Trondheim: Reisetrafikkforeningen for Trondheim og Trøndelag.
- Moen, Asbjørn. Nasjonalatlas for Norge: Vegetasjon (1998). Hønefoss: Statens Kartverk. ISBN 978-82-90408-26-3.
- Norwegian Meteorological Institute (24-hr averages, 1961–90 base period)
- Tollefsrud, Jan Inge. Perler i Norsk Natur – En Veiviser (1991)Aschehoug. ISBN 978-82-03-16663-1.
- Brooke, Arthur de Capell. A winter in Lapland and Sweden, with various observations relating to Finmark and its inhabitants (1826)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 (1879).
