Finnmark
Finnmark is Norway's northernmost county, well within the Arctic circle. It is the largest county in Norway by area but the smallest by number of inhabitants. Finnmark is the northernmost part of mainland Europe, as well as the easternmost part of Norway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Vadsø and Nordkapp.
Vadsø
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Vadsø is a municipality in Finnmark County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vadsø, which is also the administrative centre of Finnmark county.
Nordkapp
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Nordkapp is a 307-m-high cliff rising above the Arctic Ocean, located in Finnmark county in Norway. It is the northernmost point in Europe reachable by car, and the northernmost place connected with the international road network.
Kirkenes
Kirkenes is a town in the Finnmark region of Norway, far east near the Russian border, more or less in the end of mainland Norway. This is the last port for Hurtigruten and the end of Norway's main road E6, 2,500 km from Oslo and 3,120 km from Trelleborg.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Alta and Kautokeino.
Alta
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Alta is the largest town in the county of Finnmark, in Northern Norway. Alta is the regional hub and has some 21,000 inhabitants. The town is found at the inner or eastern end of Altafjorden.
Kautokeino
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Kautokeino is a town and municipality in Finnmark, northern Norway. It is situated on Finnmarksvidda, the inland plateau. The municipality has a 90% Sámi majority.
Vardø
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Vardø is a town in Finnmark. It is the easternmost point of Norway; as strange as it may seem, it lies east of Istanbul! Vardø is one of the few towns with an Arctic climate within Norway.
Båtsfjord
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Båtsfjord is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Båtsfjord. Båtsfjord Airport is a new, modern airport, located just outside Båtsfjord village.
Karasjok
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Karasjok is a town in Finnmark in Northern Norway. It is the capital of the Sami people in Norway, and home to the Sámediggi, the Sami parliament.
Tana
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Tana is a municipality in Finnmark, named after the main river of Finnmark, Europe's most important salmon river. It's an important hub in the area, right across the border from Finland, and a centre of Sami culture.
Lakselv
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Lakselv, Leavdnja or Lemmijoki is the largest village and administrative centre of Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies at the southern end of the large Porsangerfjorden.
Hammerfest
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Hammerfest in Finnmark lays claim to being the northernmost town in the world, with over 9,000 inhabitants at a latitude above 70°. There are some villages farther north, but none larger than 2,000 people. Hammerfest is one of the capitals of Sami culture.
Øksfjord
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Øksfjord, Ákšovuotna, or Aksuvuono is the administrative centre of Loppa Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the east side of the Øksfjorden, just south of the mouth of the fjord. Øksfjord Church is located in the village.
Varangerhalvøya National Park
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Varangerhalvøya National Park lies on the Varanger Peninsula in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the municipalities of Båtsfjord, Nesseby, Vadsø, and Vardø, in the northeasternmost part of Norway.
Finnmark
- Type: county of Norway with 73,100 residents
- Description: Norwegian county
- Also known as: “Finmark”, “Finnmark fylke”, “Finnmarku”, “Finnmárku”, and “Ruija”
- Neighbors: Finnish Lapland, Murmansk Oblast, and Troms
- Category: former county of Norway
- Location: Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Finnmark” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Finnmark”
- Albanian: “Finnmark”
- Arabic: “فينمارك”
- Aragonese: “Finnmark”
- Armenian: “Ֆինմարք”
- Asturian: “Finnmark”
- Basque: “Finnmark”
- Belarusian: “Фінмарк”
- Bishnupriya: “ফিনমার্ক”
- Bosnian: “Finnmark”
- Breton: “Finnmark”
- Bulgarian: “Финмарк”
- Catalan: “Finnmark”
- Cebuano: “Finnmark Fylke”
- Central Kurdish: “فینمارک”
- Chinese: “Finnmark”
- Chinese: “芬馬克”
- Chinese: “芬马克郡”
- Cornish: “Finnmark”
- Croatian: “Finnmark”
- Czech: “Finnmark”
- Danish: “Finnmark Fylke”
- Danish: “Finnmark”
- Dutch: “Finnmark”
- Esperanto: “Finnmark”
- Esperanto: “Finnmarko”
- Estonian: “Finnmargi maakond”
- Estonian: “Finnmark”
- Faroese: “Finnmark fylke”
- Faroese: “Finnmark fylki”
- Finnish: “Finnmark fylke”
- Finnish: “Finnmark”
- Finnish: “Finnmarkin lääni”
- Finnish: “Finnmárku”
- Finnish: “Ruija”
- Finnish: “Ruijan lääni”
- French: “Comté de Finnmark”
- French: “Finnmark”
- Georgian: “ფინმარკი”
- German: “Finnmark”
- German: “Finnmárku”
- German: “Ruija”
- Greek: “Φίνμαρκ”
- Hebrew: “פינמרק”
- Hindi: “फ़िनमार्क”
- Hungarian: “Finnmark megye”
- Icelandic: “Finnmörk”
- Inari Sami: “Finnmark lääni”
- Indonesian: “Finnmark”
- Italian: “Finnmark”
- Japanese: “フィンマルク県”
- Korean: “핀마르크주”
- Latin: “Finmarchia”
- Latvian: “Finnmarka”
- Limburgan: “Finnmark”
- Lithuanian: “Finmarkas”
- Low German: “Amt Finnmark”
- Macedonian: “Финмарк”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Finnmark”
- Nauru: “Finnmark”
- Northern Sami: “Finnmárkku fylka”
- Northern Sami: “Finnmárku”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Finnmark”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Finnmark fylke”
- Norwegian: “Finnmark”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Finnmark”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Finnamearc”
- Ossetian: “Финнмарк”
- Persian: “فینمارک”
- Polish: “Finnmark”
- Portuguese: “Finnmark”
- Pushto: “فینمارک”
- Romanian: “Finnmark”
- Russian: “Финнмарк”
- Samogitian: “Fėnmarks”
- Scots: “Finnmark”
- Serbian: “Финмарк”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Finnmark”
- Slovak: “Finnmark”
- Slovenian: “Finnmark”
- Somali: “Finnmark”
- South Azerbaijani: “فینمارک”
- Spanish: “Finnmark”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Finnmark”
- Swahili: “Finnmark”
- Swedish: “Finnmark fylke”
- Swedish: “Finnmark”
- Tatar: “Финнмарк”
- Thai: “เทศมณฑลฟินมาร์ก”
- Turkish: “Finnmark”
- Ukrainian: “Фінмарк”
- Ukrainian: “Фіннмарк”
- Ukrainian: “фюльке Фіннмарк”
- Urdu: “فنمارک”
- Vietnamese: “Finnmark”
- Vlaams: “Finnmark”
- Waray (Philippines): “Finnmark”
- Welsh: “Finnmark”
- Western Frisian: “Finnmark”
- Western Panjabi: “فنمارک”
- Wu Chinese: “芬马克”
- Wu Chinese: “芬马克郡”
- Yue Chinese: “芬馬克”
- “Fėnmarks”
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