Troms

Troms County
Troms fylke
Romssa fylka
Tromsø amt  (historic name)
Arnøyhøgda, Laukslettinden, Tjuvtinden and Rødhetta as seen over Skattørsundet in March 2012
Troms within Norway
Troms within Norway
Coordinates: 69°49′04″N 18°46′55″E / 69.8178°N 18.7819°E / 69.8178; 18.7819
CountryNorway
CountyTroms
DistrictNorthern Norway
Established1866
 • Preceded byFinnmarkens amt
Disestablished1 January 2020
 • Succeeded byTroms og Finnmark
Re-established1 January 2024
 • Preceded byTroms og Finnmark
Administrative centreTromsø
Government
 • BodyTroms County Municipality
 • Governor (2017–2019)Elisabeth Aspaker (H)
 • County mayor
   (2011–2019)
Knut Werner Hansen (Ap)
Area
 • Total25,877 km2 (9,991 sq mi)
 • Land24,884 km2 (9,608 sq mi)
 • Water993 km2 (383 sq mi)  3.8%
 • Rank#4 in Norway
Population
 (30 September 2019)
 • Total166,375
 • Rank#15 in Norway
 • Density6/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +2%
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-19[2]
Income (per capita)133,300 kr (2001)
GDP (per capita)211,955 kr (2001)
GDP national rank#15 in Norway
(2.11% of country)
WebsiteOfficial website

Troms (Norwegian: [trʊms] ; Northern Sami: Romsa;[3] Kven: Tromssa; Finnish: Tromssa) is a county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea (Atlantic Ocean). The county had a population of 169,610 in 2024.[4]

The entire county, which was established in 1866, is located north of the Arctic Circle. The Troms County Municipality is the governing body for the county, elected by the people of Troms, while the Troms county governor is a representative of the King and Government of Norway.

From 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 Troms merged with the neighboring Finnmark county to create the new Troms og Finnmark county. This merger was reversed by the government resulting from the 2021 Norwegian parliamentary election.[5]

  1. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ "Stadnamn og rettskriving" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  4. ^ "11342: Population and area (M) 2007 - 2024. Statbank Norway". SSB. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  5. ^ "Jubel i nord etter skilsmissen: – Nå skal vi feire!" (in Norwegian). NRK. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-14.

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