Troms og Finnmark

Troms og Finnmark fylke

Romsa ja Finnmárku
Tromssa ja Finmarkku
Troms og Finnmark fylke Romsa ja Finnmárku Tromssa ja Finmarkku
County
	Coat of arms
	Troms og Finnmark within Norway
	Coordinates: 69°49′04″N 18°46′55″E / 69.8178°N 18.7819°E
Country	Norway
County	Troms og Finnmark
Region	Northern Norway
County ID	NO-54
Administrative centres	Tromsø (county municipality); Vadsø (county governor)
Government
• Governor	Elisabeth Aspaker ; (2019–present)
Area
• Total	74,829.68 km2 (28,891.90 sq mi)
Population (2019)
• Total	244,326
• Density	3.3/km2 (9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Official language form	Neutral
Website	nyetffk.no

Troms og Finnmark (Northern Sami: Romsa ja Finnmárku or Kven: Tromssa ja Finmarkku) is a county in northern Norway that was established on January 1, 2020. The county is the result of a regional reform in Norway. It was formed by the merger of the former Finnmark and Troms counties plus Tjeldsund Municipality from Nordland county.^[3] The administrative centre of the new county will be based in the city of Tromsø (the seat of the old Troms county), but the county governor will be based out of the town of Vadsø (the seat of the old Finnmark county).

On 1 January 2019, Elisabeth Aspaker was appointed as the County Governor of Troms og Finnmark. Previously, she had been the County Governor of Troms county.

The merger has not been popular, especially in the old Finnmark county. A county-wide non-binding referendum was held and about 87% of Finnmark residents who voted, voted against the merger,^[4] but the Storting did not reverse its decision to merge the county. Some political parties have since been campaigning to reverse the merger in the next parliamentary term.^[5]

Troms og Finnmark

Troms ofg Finnmark County has a total of 39 municipalities:^[6]

No.	Municipality No.	Name	Created	Former Municipality No.	Former County
1	5401	Tromsø	January 1, 2020	1902 Tromsø	Troms
2	5402	Harstad	January 1, 2020	1903 Harstad	Troms
3	5403	Alta	January 1, 2020	2012 Alta	Finnmark
4	5404	Vardø	January 1, 2020	2002 Vardø
5	5405	Vadsø	January 1, 2020	2003 Vadsø
6	5406	Hammerfest	January 1, 2020	2004 Hammerfest 2017 Kvalsund
7	5411	Kvæfjord	January 1, 2020	1911 Kvæfjord	Troms
8	5412	Tjeldsund	January 1, 2020	1852 Tjeldsund	Nordland
8	5412	Tjeldsund	January 1, 2020	1913 Skånland	Troms
9	5413	Ibestad	January 1, 2020	1917 Ibestad
10	5414	Gratangen	January 1, 2020	1919 Gratangen
11	5415	Lavangen	January 1, 2020	1920 Lavangen
12	5416	Bardu	January 1, 2020	1922 Bardu
13	5417	Salangen	January 1, 2020	1923 Salangen
14	5418	Målselv	January 1, 2020	1924 Målselv
15	5419	Sørreisa	January 1, 2020	1925 Sørreisa
16	5420	Dyrøy	January 1, 2020	1926 Dyrøy
17	5421	Senja	January 1, 2020	1927 Tranøy 1928 Torsken 1929 Berg 1931 Lenvik
18	5422	Balsfjord	January 1, 2020	1933 Balsfjord
19	5423	Karlsøy	January 1, 2020	1936 Karlsøy
20	5424	Lyngen	January 1, 2020	1938 Lyngen
21	5425	Storfjord	January 1, 2020	1939 Storfjord
22	5426	Kåfjord	January 1, 2020	1940 Kåfjord
23	5427	Skjervøy	January 1, 2020	1941 Skjervøy
24	5428	Nordreisa	January 1, 2020	1942 Nordreisa
25	5429	Kvænangen	January 1, 2020	1943 Kvænangen
26	5430	Kautokeino	January 1, 2020	2011 Kautokeino	Finnmark
27	5432	Loppa	January 1, 2020	2014 Loppa
28	5433	Hasvik	January 1, 2020	2015 Hasvik
29	5434	Måsøy	January 1, 2020	2018 Måsøy
30	5435	Nordkapp	January 1, 2020	2019 Nordkapp
31	5436	Porsanger	January 1, 2020	2020 Porsanger
32	5437	Karasjok	January 1, 2020	2021 Karasjok
33	5438	Lebesby	January 1, 2020	2022 Lebesby
34	5439	Gamvik	January 1, 2020	2023 Gamvik
35	5440	Berlevåg	January 1, 2020	2024 Berlevåg
36	5441	Tana	January 1, 2020	2025 Tana
37	5442	Nesseby	January 1, 2020	2027 Nesseby
38	5443	Båtsfjord	January 1, 2020	2028 Båtsfjord
39	5444	Sør-Varanger	January 1, 2020	2030 Sør-Varanger

References

^ https://snl.no/Troms_og_Finnmark
^ "Arealstatistikk for Norge". Kartverket (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
^ Tjernshaugen, Andreas, ed. (2019-09-14). "Troms og Finnmark". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
^ "Folkeavstemningen i Finnmark: 87 prosent stemte nei". NRK (in Norwegian). 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2019-10-26. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
^ Vernes, Thomas (2019-09-06). "Det nye storfylket Troms og Finnmark kan bli sprengt i to i 2021". ABC nyheter (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2019-10-26.
^ List of Norwegian municipality numbers

[1] ttps://snl.no/Troms_og_Finnmark

[2] "Arealstatistikk for Norge". Kartverket (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2020-01-02.

[snl-3] Tjernshaugen, Andreas, ed. (2019-09-14). "Troms og Finnmark". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2019-10-26.

[4] "Folkeavstemningen i Finnmark: 87 prosent stemte nei". NRK (in Norwegian). 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2019-10-26. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

[5] Vernes, Thomas (2019-09-06). "Det nye storfylket Troms og Finnmark kan bli sprengt i to i 2021". ABC nyheter (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2019-10-26.

[6] List of Norwegian municipality numbers

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