Troms og Finnmark

Troms og Finnmark County
Troms og Finnmark fylke
Romsa ja Finnmárku (Northern Sami)
Tromssan ja Finnmarkin lääni (Finnish)
Troms og Finnmark within Norway
Troms og Finnmark within Norway
Troms og Finnmark County is located in Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark County
Troms og Finnmark County
Troms og Finnmark County is located in Norway
Troms og Finnmark County
Troms og Finnmark County
Coordinates: 69°49′04″N 18°46′55″E / 69.8178°N 18.7819°E / 69.8178; 18.7819
CountryNorway
CountyTroms og Finnmark
DistrictNorthern Norway
Established1 January 2020
 • Preceded byFinnmark and Troms counties
Disestablished1 January 2024[1]
 • Succeeded byFinnmark and Troms counties
Administrative centreTromsø
Government
 • BodyTroms og Finnmark County Municipality
 • Governor (2019)Elisabeth Aspaker (H)
 • County mayor
   (2019)
Ivar B. Prestbakmo (Sp)
Area
 • Total74,831 km2 (28,892 sq mi)
 • Land70,925 km2 (27,384 sq mi)
 • Water3,908 km2 (1,509 sq mi)  5.2%
 • Rank#1 in Norway
Population
 (2021)
 • Total242,168
 • Rank#10 in Norway
 • Density3.4/km2 (9/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +4.2%
DemonymTromsing or Finnmarking[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-54[4]
WebsiteOfficial website

Troms og Finnmark (Norwegian: [trʊms ɔ ˈfɪ̀nːmɑrk]; Northern Sami: Romsa ja Finnmárku [ˈromːsa ja ˈfinːmaːrku]; Kven: Tromssa ja Finmarkku; Finnish: Tromssa ja Finnmark) was a county in northern Norway that existed from 2020 to 2023. The county was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform. It was the largest county by area in Norway, encompassing about 75,000 square kilometres (29,000 sq mi), and was formed by the merger of the former Finnmark and Troms counties in addition to Tjeldsund Municipality from Nordland county.[5]

The administrative centre of the county was split between two towns. The political and administrative offices were based in city of Tromsø (the seat of the old Troms county). The county governor was based in town of Vadsø (the seat of the old Finnmark county). The two towns are about 800 kilometres (500 mi) apart, approximately a 10-hour drive by car.

On 15 June 2022, a parliamentary decision ruled to demerge the county back to Finnmark and Troms beginning on 1 January 2024,[6] with the Tjeldsund Municipality assigned to Troms county.[7][1][8][9]

  1. ^ a b Lægland, Martin (29 October 2021). "Vedum: Startet prosessen med oppløsning av Troms og Finnmark". Verdens Gang. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ Tjernshaugen, Andreas, ed. (14 September 2019). "Troms og Finnmark". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Fylkesinndelingen fra 2024". regjeringen.no. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  7. ^ Føleide, Anita (14 June 2022). "Vedtatt i Stortinget: Storfylkene skal splittes igjen, nå ønsker de ansatte ro og forutsigbarhet". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Troms og Finnmark splittes: Slik svarer Vedum om Alta". 29 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Bestemt i fylkestinget: Troms og Finnmark skilles". vg.no. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

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