Finnmark

Finnmark kommune Finnmárkku fylka  (Northern Sami) Finmarkun Fylkki  (Kven) Ruijan lääni  (Finnish)
Municipality
August 2009 view towards Váldatgohppi and Kunsavárri mountain in Porsanger, Norway
Flag Coat of arms
Finnmark kommune Finnmark within Finnmark Show map of Finnmark Finnmark kommune Finnmark kommune (Norway) Show map of Norway
Coordinates: 70°N 25°E / 70°N 25°E / 70; 25
Country	Norway
County	Finnmark
Administrative centre	Vadsø
Area
• Total	48,618 km2 (18,772 sq mi)
• Land	45,757 km2 (17,667 sq mi)
• Water	2,861 km2 (1,105 sq mi)  5.9%
• Rank	1 in Norway
Population  (30 September 2019)
• Total	75,540
• Rank	18 in Norway
• Density	1.55/km2 (4.0/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	2.73%
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-20
Official language form	Bokmål
Data from Statistics Norway

Finnmark (Norwegian: [ˈfɪ̀nːmɑrk] (listen^ⓘ); Northern Sami: Finnmárku [ˈfinːmaːrku]; Kven: Finmarku; Finnish: Ruija [ˈrui̯jɑ]; Russian: Финнмарк) is the county in Norway, that is farthest to the North, and farthest to the East. It became a county again in 2024.

History

In one area of Finnmark the reindeer industry had mostly gone from hunting reindeers to herding reindeers (animal husbandry), by the 16th century and 17th century.

Time as part of county Troms og Finnmark (2020 until end of 2023)

On 28 October 2021, the Norwegian government confirmed that work has started in regard to Finnmark becoming a separate county again. Previously, on 1 January 2020 Finnmark was merged with the neighboring county of Troms to form the new Troms og Finnmark county.

Politics

In 2025, there was a parliamentary election. Media says that the county's four (new) MPs, will be 2 from the Labour Party, 1 from the Progress Party, and one from MDG; There are 169 MPs in Norway.

• Labour Party got [c. 28% or] 28.1% of the votes, in Finnmark county (in 2025).
• Progress Party, [c. 24% or] 24.5% of the votes
• Pasientfokus, [c. 10% or] 10.4 %% of the votes
• Red (party), [c. 9% or] 9.8% of the votes

Sources

Other websites

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Finnmark.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Finnmark

• Stone age in Finnmark
• Finnmark county administration
• Finnmark at the official travel guide to Norway
• Kampen vår mot Akersystemet og Staten blir som om Justin Bieber skulle møtt Mike Tyson til boksekamp. Hvor er sensasjonspressen? Hvor er VG, Aftenposten, NRK Dagsrevyen og TV2? Hvor er Dagsnytt atten? Er ikke landets nest største eksportnæring viktig nok? [Our struggle against Akersystemet and the government is as if Justin Bieber was to meet Mike Tyson for a smoker. Where is the press? Where is Verdens Gang, Aftenposten, NRK Dagsrevyen and TV"? Where is "Dagsnytt atten"? Is the country's second largest export industry, not important enough?]
• "Finmark" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879.

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