Finnmark (Norwegian: [ˈfɪ̀nːmɑrk] ; Northern Sami: Finnmárku [ˈfinːmaːrku]; Kven: Finmarkku; Finnish: Finnmark; Russian: Финнмарк) is a county in the northern...
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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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The county governor of Finnmark county in Norway represented the central government administration in the county. The office of county governor is a government...
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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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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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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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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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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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square kilometres (99 acres), uninhabited island in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It lies in the Barents Sea, just east of the larger island...
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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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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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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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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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of Finnmark between 2017 and 2019 and deputy county mayor from 2015 to 2017. She served as a deputy representative to the Storting from Finnmark between...
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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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Kárášjohka, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway Karasjok (village) or Kárášjohka, a village in Karasjok Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway Karasjohka...
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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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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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in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of both Vadsø Municipality and Finnmark county, and is the largest...
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Vadsø Municipality, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway Vadsø (town), a town within Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway Vadsø Church, a church...
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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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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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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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Finnmark Fremtid (lit. 'Finnmark Future') was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Vardø in Finnmark county. Finnmark Fremtid was started in January 1924...
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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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Kvaløya (Norwegian) or Fálá (Northern Sami) is a large island in Finnmark county, Norway. The 336-square-kilometre (130 sq mi) island is located in Hammerfest...
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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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Norwegian Army (section Finnmark Land Command)
Home Guard units. It is decided to convert Finnmark Land Command to a brigade. Finnmark Land Command (Finnmark Landforsvar), in Porsangmoen Porsanger Battalion...
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