Finnmark County
Finnmark fylke Finnmárkku fylka Finmarkun fylkki | |
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| Finmarkens amt (historic name) | |
 Silfar canyon in Porsanger Municipality, 2022 August | |
 Flag | |
 Finnmark within Norway | |
| Coordinates: 70°N 25°E / 70°N 25°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Finnmark |
| District | Northern Norway |
| Established | 1576 |
| Disestablished | 1 January 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Troms og Finnmark county |
| Re-established | 1 January 2024[1] |
| • Preceded by | Troms og Finnmark county |
| Administrative centre | Vadsø |
| Government | |
| • Body | Finnmark County Municipality |
| • Governor (2016–2018) | Ingvild Aleksandersen |
| • County mayor (2007-2019) | Runar Sjåstad (Ap) |
| 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 | #2 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% |
| Demonym | Finnmarking[2] |
| Official languages | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| • Sámi form | Northern Sami |
| • Other language(s) | Kven |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-20[4] |
| Income (per capita) | 128,300 kr (2001) |
| GDP (per capita) | 185,563 kr (2001) |
| GDP national rank | #18 in Norway (0.9% of country) |
| Website | Official website |
Finnmark[5] (Norwegian: [ˈfɪ̀nːmɑrk] ; Northern Sami: Finnmárku [ˈfinːˌmaːrːhkuː]; Kven: Finmarkku; Finnish: Finnmark; Russian: Финнмарк) is a county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland (Lapland region) to the south, and Russia (Murmansk Oblast) to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea (Atlantic Ocean) to the northwest, and the Barents Sea (Arctic Ocean) to the north and northeast.
The county was formerly known as Finmarkens amt or Vardøhus amt. Since 2002, it has had two official names: Finnmark (Norwegian) and Finnmárku (Northern Sami). It is part of the Sápmi region, which spans four countries, as well as the Barents Region, and is Norway's second-largest and least populous county.
Situated at the northernmost part of continental Europe, where the Norwegian coastline swings eastward, Finnmark is an area "where East meets West" in culture as well as in nature and geography. Vardø Municipality, Norway's easternmost municipality, is farther east than Saint Petersburg and Istanbul.
On 1 January 2020, Finnmark merged with the neighbouring county of Troms to form Troms og Finnmark county. On 1 January 2024, the counties of Finnmark and Troms were restored after parliament decided on 15 June 2022 to separate them.[6][7][1]
Four municipalities (of the district's 18) had population increases during Q1 in 2021: Alta, Tana, Berlevåg and Loppa.[8]
- ^ a b Lægland, Martin (29 October 2021). "Vedum: Startet prosessen med oppløsning av Troms og Finnmark". Verdens Gang. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ "Stadnamn og rettskriving" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ Føleide, Anita (14 June 2022). "Vedtatt i Stortinget: Storfylkene skal splittes igjen, nå ønsker de ansatte ro og forutsigbarhet". NRK. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Jubel i nord etter skilsmissen: – Nå skal vi feire!" (in Norwegian). NRK. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Vi blir stadig færre i fylket: – Folk har en tendens til å flytte herfra når barna kommer i skolealder". 19 May 2021.