Tana, Norway
Tana is a municipality in Finnmark, Norway. It shares a border with Finland.
It had 2,918 inhabitants, in year 2020.[1]
History: Some trapping pits were used in the past, to catch wild reindeer.[2] Folk costumes from as early as the 1910s, [have been conserved, or still] exist.[3]
Buildings: The government built a roadhouse in the 19th century; As of the 2020s it is the main building of Tana museum.[4]
Education: Elementary schooling (public school system) is at settlements Boftsa (map) and Austertana (map).[5]
Administration
The municipal council is elected until late 2027.
- 6 council members are from Labour party[6]
- 3 from Centre party, including mayor, Jon Erland Balto.[7]
- 3 from Conservative party
- 3 council members are from Samelista i Tana
- 2 from Progress party
- 2 from Venstre (Norway)
(The 19 council members were elected during the 2023 Norwegian local elections.)
Later (2025), there was a parliamentary election.
- Progress Party got [c. 24% or] 24.8% of the votes.[8]
- Labour Party, [c. 24% or] 24.4% of the votes
- Red Party, [c. 13% or] 13.7% of the votes
- Centre Party (Norway), [c. 10% or] 10.8% of the votes[8]
Transport
- Bus route 120: Alta - Karasjok(village) ↔ Tana Bru terminal ↔ Varangerbotn
- 130 Hammerfest - Varangerbotn
- 275 Vadsø - Tana bru (as of year 2024)
- Tanaelva River Bridge Tana.jpg
Tana River at the village Tana Bru. The bridge on the photo, has been taken away because a new bridge was ready (next to the first bridge) in 2020. The center of the village of Tana Bru, is to the left of the bridge
- Tana bru 1.jpg
The Varanger Peninsula seen from the West side of Tana river
Related pages
References
- ↑ https://www.ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- ↑ https://www.sagat.no/nyheter/gollev-rri/19.47049. Retrieved 2024-10-31
- ↑ 'Folk costume from the 1900s, celebrated in Tana:– Seeing it for real, is something else'. https://www.sagat.no/nyheter/noe-annet-a-se-den-i-virkeligheten/19.50039.
- ↑ https://www.sagat.no/nyheter/et-tapt-museumsar/19.48826. Retrieved 2025-02-05
- ↑ https://www.sagat.no/debatt/kan-tana-kommune-tillate-seg-a-miste-siste-bygdeskole-i-nedre-tana/19.49915. Retrieved 2025-04-04
- ↑ https://www.nrk.no/valg/2023/resultat/fylke/56/5628. NRK.no. Retrieved 2023-09-26
- ↑ https://www.kommunal-rapport.no/kommunevalg/her-far-du-den-store-ordforeroversikten/154578!/. Retrieved 2023-10-26
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://www.nrk.no/valg/2025/resultat/56/5628. Retrieved 2025-09-16
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