Kvænangen (municipality)

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coat of arms map
Coat of arms of the municipality of Kvænangen
Kvænangen (Norway)
Kvænangen
Kvænangen
Basic data
Commune number : 5429
Province  (county) : Troms and Finnmark
Administrative headquarters: Burfjord
Coordinates : 69 ° 53 '  N , 21 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 69 ° 53 '  N , 21 ° 58'  E
Surface: 2,109.37 km²
Residents: 1,191  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 1 inhabitant per km²
Language form : neutral
Website:
politics
Mayor : Eirik Losnegaard Mevik  ( Ap ) (2019)
Located in the province of Troms and Finnmark
Location of the municipality in the province of Troms og Finnmark

Kvænangen ( Sami Návuona ) is a municipality in Northern Norway .

It is located in the north of the province ( Fylke ) Troms og Finnmark and includes the area around the eponymous fjord Kvænangen and the coastal hinterland. Burfjord is the administrative center.

The majority of the population belongs to the Sami people , the Kvener (descendants of Finnish immigrants of the 18th century) and Norwegians are in the minority; however, all three ethnic groups speak mostly Norwegian today.

history

The island of Skorpa in the Kvænangen Fjord belongs to Kvænangen. In May and June 1940, after the German invasion of Norway , a Norwegian prisoner of war camp for around 450 captured German soldiers and interned crews of German merchant and fishing ships was set up.

During the German occupation of Norway, there was a Wehrmacht labor camp in Kvænangen . The prisoners were supported by the population with food and therefore had comparatively good prison conditions. When the Germans withdrew, the camp was forcibly evacuated and burned down.

Individual evidence

  1. Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning

Web links

Commons : Kvænangen  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Kvænangen  - travel guide