Finnmark (Norwegian: [ˈfɪ̀nːmɑrk] ; Northern Sami: Finnmárku [ˈfinːˌmaːrːhkuː]; Kven: Finmarkku; Finnish: Finnmark; Russian: Финнмарк) is a county in northern...
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The Liberation of Finnmark was an Allied military operation lasting from 23 October 1944 until 26 April 1945, in which Soviet and Norwegian forces wrested...
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Troms og Finnmark (Norwegian: [trʊms ɔ ˈfɪ̀nːmɑrk]; Northern Sami: Romsa ja Finnmárku [ˈromːsa ja ˈfinːmaːrku]; Kven: Tromssa ja Finmarkku; Finnish: Tromssa...
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Finnmark Dagblad is a Norwegian daily newspaper, published in Hammerfest, Norway. The newspaper was founded in 1913 as Vestfinmarkens Socialdemokrat. It...
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The Finnmark Act (Norwegian: Finnmarksloven) of 2005 transferred about 96% (about 46,000 km2) of the area in the Finnmark county in Norway to the inhabitants...
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town/city that is also the administrative centre of Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the northwestern coast of the island of...
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Holmengrå is the name a small fishing village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies on a small area of flat land along the...
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People's Action Future for Finnmark (Norwegian: Folkeaksjonen Framtid for Finnmark), also popularly called the Aune List (Aunelista), was a Norwegian...
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Áltá (Northern Sami), or Alattio (Kven) is a town in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality...
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Rolvsøya (redirect from Rolvsoy (Finnmark))
Rolvsøya (Norwegian) or Gádde-Iččát (Northern Sami) is an island in Måsøy Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The 89-square-kilometre (34 sq mi) island has a population...
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The county governor of Troms og Finnmark county in Norway represents the central government administration in the county. The office of county governor...
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Finnmark, Winter (Norwegian: Finnmark, winter) is a painting by Norwegian artist Anna-Eva Bergman in 1966. The picture was made with metal foil on canvas...
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Hålogaland 1, Hålogaland 2, Hålogaland 3, Hålogaland 4, Troms, Finnmark 1, Finnmark 2, Finnmark 3) 6. divisjon (Level 7) 7. divisjon (Level 8) 8. divisjon...
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municipality in Finnmark county, Norway Kautokeino (village) (also known as: Guovdageaidnu), the main village in Kautokeino Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway...
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Municipality, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway Båtsfjord (village), a village in Båtsfjord municipality in Finnmark county, Norway Båtsfjord Airport...
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Norwegian Sápmi was historically called Finnmǫrk, a name used for the county Finnmark. Sápmi overlaps with several other national, cultural and administrative...
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County Governor of Finnmark county from 2016 to 2018. Aleksandersen was born in 1968 in Vadsø, the administrative centre of Finnmark, the country's northernmost...
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newly merged counties, namely Vestfold og Telemark, Viken and Troms og Finnmark, were dissolved and the old counties existing before the reform re-established...
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Sweden to Finnmark, and by April the Norwegian forces numbered over 3,000 men. On 26 April the Norwegian command sent out a message that Finnmark was free...
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Norwegian Army (section Finnmark Land Command)
operated in Finnmark from late 1944 under nominal Russian command. Norwegian police troops and units from this brigade took control over Finnmark in 1944...
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East-Finnmark (Norwegian: Øst-Finnmark) is a district in Finnmark county, Norway. Eastern Finnmark covers an area of 18,738 square kilometres (7,235 sq mi)...
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Northern Sámi (section Western Finnmark dialects)
based on the western Finnmark dialects, with some elements from the eastern Finnmark dialects. Features of the western Finnmark dialects are: Merging...
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or Kueʹttjokk (Skolt Sami) is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the...
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Tor Lennart Finnmark (18 January 1917 – 2 September 1993) was a Swedish diplomat. Finnmark was born on 18 January 1917 in Gothenburg, Sweden, the son of...
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in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of both Vadsø Municipality and Finnmark county, and is the second-largest...
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Vardø Municipality, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway Vardø (town), a town within Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway Vardø Church, a church...
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influence over traditional territories through the Sámi Parliament and the Finnmark Act. Norway maintains close ties with the European Union and the United...
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the artillery battalion, expected to be operative in 2024. Finnmark Land Command (Finnmark Landforsvar), in Porsangmoen is in charge of safeguarding Norway's...
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Rolla (Troms) (redirect from Rolla (Troms og Finnmark))
Rolla (Norwegian) or Rálli (Northern Sami) is an island in Ibestad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The island of Andørja lies to the northeast, the...
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Municipality, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway Hasvik (village), a village in Hasvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway Hasvik Church, a...
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