Finnmark – NO073

EU regions: Norway > Norway > Nord-Norge > Finnmark

More on wikipedia wikidata Q50632 Finnmark slovensky: NO073

Demographics

From Wikipedia: Finnmark (Norwegian: [ˈfɪnnmɑrk] (listen), Northern Sami: Finnmárku, Finnish (at Kven dialects): Ruija) is a county in the northern part of Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland (Lapland region) to the south, and Russia (Murmansk Oblast) to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea (Atlantic Ocean) to the northwest, and the Barents Sea (Arctic Ocean) to the north and northeast.

The county was formerly known as Finmarkens amt or Vardøhus amt. Since 2002, it has had two official names: Finnmark (Norwegian) and Finnmárku (Northern Sami). It is part of the Sápmi region, which spans four countries, as well as the Barents Region, and is the largest and least populated county of Norway.

Situated at the northernmost part of continental Europe, where the Norwegian coastline swings eastward, Finnmark is an area „where East meets West," in culture as well as in nature and geography. Vardø, the easternmost municipality in Norway, is located farther east than the cities of St. Petersburg and Istanbul.

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Finnmǫrk. The first element is finn(ar), the Norse name for the Sámi people.

Other: Nord-Norge, Nordland, Troms, Finnmark

Neighbours: Troms, Lapland

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: EU regions - Finnmark – NO073, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​en/projects/eu-regions/NO073