Northern Norway
Northern Norway is Europe's northernmost region mostly north of the Arctic Circle. Northern Norway has an endless and very rugged coastline, yet landscape varies from incredible jagged island mountains to endless open plateaus.Photo: Algkalv, Public domain.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Tromsø and Lofoten.
Tromsø
Tromsø is a city of around 78,000 people in the very northernmost part of Norway. It is almost 350 km north of the Arctic Circle and is one of the best places to view the spectacular Northern Lights in winter.
Lofoten
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Lofoten is a group of islands in the northern part of Norway. With its postcard-looking small fishing villages nestled in fjords dotting a very rugged coast with abrupt peaks rising directly from the ocean, the archipelago is often described as one of the most scenic parts of Norway.
Narvik
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Narvik is a city in Nordland in northern Norway. The town of Narvik has a population of about 14,000, while the entire municipality has a population of about 18,000.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Finnmark and Nordland.
Finnmark
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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.
Nordland
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Nordland is a county in Northern Norway. Nordland has an endless and very rugged coastline with thousands of islands. Further inland there are high mountains, glaciers and plateaus.
Troms
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Troms is a county in Northern Norway. It is an area of big islands, jagged mountains, deep valleys and long winters. Tromsø city is the northern lights capital of Norway and northern lights hunters often travel around the county and even into Finland in search of the magic light.
Northern Norway
- Type: Region with 480,000 residents
- Description: region of Norway
- Category: region of Norway
- Location: Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Mari—“Northern Norway” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Nord-Norge”
- Arabic: “النرويج الشمالي”
- Arabic: “شمال النرويج”
- Armenian: “Նուր-Նորգե”
- Asturian: “Nord-Noreg”
- Asturian: “Nord-Norge”
- Belarusian: “Нур-Норгэ”
- Belarusian: “Паўночная Нарвегія”
- Belarusian: “Паўночная Нарвэгія”
- Belarusian: “Рэгіён Нур-Норгэ”
- Catalan: “Nord-Norge”
- Chinese: “北挪威”
- Danish: “Nordnorge”
- Dimli (individual language): “Norwec Zımey”
- Dimli (individual language): “Norwecê Zımey”
- Dutch: “Noord-Noorwegen”
- Dutch: “Nord-Norge”
- Esperanto: “Nord-Norvegio”
- Estonian: “Nord-Norge”
- Estonian: “Põhja-Norra”
- Finnish: “Nord-Norge”
- Finnish: “Pohjois-Norja”
- French: “Nord-Norge”
- French: “Norvège septentrionale”
- Galician: “Nord-Norge”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთ ნორვეგია”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი ნორვეგია”
- German: “Nord-Norge”
- German: “Nordnorwegen”
- Greek: “Βόρεια Νορβηγία”
- Hebrew: “צפון נורבגיה”
- Hebrew: “צפון נורווגיה”
- Hungarian: “Észak-Norvégia”
- Inari Sami: “Tave-Taažâ”
- Indonesian: “Norwegia Utara”
- Italian: “Nord-Norge”
- Italian: “Norvegia settentrionale”
- Japanese: “ノールノルゲ”
- Japanese: “ノルドノルゲ”
- Korean: “노르노르게”
- Korean: “북노르웨이”
- Korean: “북부 노르웨이”
- Limburgan: “Nord-Norge”
- Lithuanian: “Norvegijos Laplandija”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Norvegija”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurinė Norvegija”
- Macedonian: “Северна Норвешка”
- Northern Sami: “Davvi-Norga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord Noreg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord Norge”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Noreg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Norge”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nord-Noreg”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nord-Norge”
- Norwegian: “Nord-Norge”
- Ossetian: “Нур-Норге”
- Ossetian: “Цæгат Норвеги”
- Persian: “نروژ شمالی”
- Polish: “Nord-Norge”
- Portuguese: “Norte da Noruega”
- Portuguese: “Noruega do Norte”
- Portuguese: “Noruega Setentrional”
- Romanian: “Nord-Norge”
- Russian: “Нур-Норге”
- Russian: “Северная Норвегия”
- Serbian: “Северна Норвешка”
- Skolt Sami: “Tâʹvv-Taarr”
- Slovak: “Nord-Norge”
- Slovenian: “Nord-Norge”
- Slovenian: “Severna Norveška”
- South Azerbaijani: “شومالی نوروژ”
- Spanish: “Nord Noreg”
- Spanish: “Nord Norge”
- Spanish: “Nord-Noreg”
- Spanish: “Nord-Norge”
- Spanish: “Norte de Noruega”
- Swedish: “Nord Norge”
- Swedish: “Nord-Norge”
- Swedish: “Nordnorge”
- Telugu: “ఉత్తర నార్వే”
- Turkish: “Kuzey Norveç”
- Ukrainian: “Нур-Норге”
- Urdu: “شمالی ناروے”
- Vlaams: “Nord-Norge”
- Western Frisian: “Nord-Norge”
- Western Mari: “Йыдвел Норвеги”
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