Troms

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Coat of arms of Troms
Spitzbergen Jan Mayen Østfold Vestfold Oslo Akershus Telemark Aust-Agder Vest-Agder Rogaland Hordaland Buskerud Hedmark Oppland Sogn og Fjordane Møre og Romsdal Trøndelag Trøndelag Nordland Troms Finnmark Estland Lettland Dänemark Finnland Schweden Schweden RusslandTroms in Norway
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Basic data
Country : Norway
Administrative center : Tromso
Area : 25,862.93 km²
Residents : 167.202 (January 1, 2019)
Population density : 6.3 inhabitants / km²
Municipalities : 24
ISO 3166-2 NO-19
politics
Fylkesordfører : Terje Olsen
Fylkesmann : Elisabeth Aspaker (also responsible for Finnmark )

Troms ( North Sami Romsa ; Kven Tromssa ) was a province ( Fylke ) in the north of Norway . In January 2020 it was merged with the former province of Finnmark to form the province of Troms og Finnmark .

geography

Troms bordered Nordland to the south and Finnmark to the northeast , thus forming the central part of Northern Norway . Furthermore, the province bordered Finland and Sweden in the east . In the west of Troms is the Atlantic coast with many fjords and islands that belonged to the province.

During the winter, the polar night - the time when the sun does not rise - lasts about two months. The time of the polar day lasts from the end of May to the end of July, during this time the sun does not set at night.

climate

The climate is influenced by the Gulf Stream . In the interior of the province, winter temperatures drop to -30 ° C, while on the coast they only drop to -10 ° C. This is also one of the reasons that the majority of the population lives on the coast.

Landscape in Troms near Tromso

Cities and municipalities

In Troms there were a total of 24 municipalities, three of which were cities: the largest city was Tromsø , the second largest Harstad , the third largest Finnsnes .

local community Residents
January 1, 2019
Balsfjord 5,625
Bardu 4.030
mountain 888
Dyrøy 1,129
Gratangen 1.105
Harstad 24,827
Ibestad 1,375
Kåfjord 2,097
Karlsøy 2,252
Kvæfjord 2,858
Kvænangen 1,202
Lavangen 1,042
Lenvik 11,679
Lyngen 2,847
Målselv 6,805
North Reisa 4,909
Salangen 2,183
Skjervøy 2,917
Skånland 3,009
Storfjord 1,841
Sørreisa 3,489
Torsques 931
Tranøy 1,513
Tromso 76,649

history

After the first regional division of Norway in 1671, the province was part of the then area of Nordland . In 1787 Troms became part of the newly founded Finnmark . In 1866 this province was again divided into Tromsø and Finnmark. In 1919 the name of the province was changed from Tromsø to Troms.

The exact origin of the name Troms is unclear. It is believed that there is a connection with the word "flow".

On July 1, 2006, the province was given an official Sami name for the first time, Romsa. Since then it has been equal to the Norwegian name.

Merged with Finnmark

On June 8, 2017, the Norwegian parliament decided with a majority of 96 against 73 that the province of Troms and the province of Finnmark should be merged into one region from 2020. The new region is called Troms og Finnmark (German: Troms and Finnmark ).

The majority of the residents of the two provinces were against the merger: a study carried out for the Norwegian broadcaster NRK showed that it was rejected by 73% of the residents of Troms.

A common Fylkesmann for Troms and Finnmark was already determined on January 1st, 2019 . Elisabeth Aspaker , who has been in office since 2017 , won the candidacy and from then on represented both provinces.

population

The Norwegian statistical office gives the population of the province as of January 1, 2019 as 167,202. This represents a population increase of 11.3% compared to the 1999 figure.

The majority of the population is a member of the Norwegian Church , in 2018 it had 130,074 members in Troms. At that time, 6,125 people were members of other Christian communities, 2022 were Muslims and another 281 were Buddhists. 123 people were followers of another religion, such as Jews or Sikhs .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stadnamn og rettskriving. November 26, 2012, accessed June 23, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  2. ↑ Kvenske stedsnavn. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  3. ^ Geografi i Troms. Troms fylke, accessed April 26, 2019 (Norwegian).
  4. ↑ Om Troms. Troms fylke, accessed April 26, 2019 (Norwegian).
  5. ↑ Nature in Troms. Troms fylke, accessed April 26, 2019 (Norwegian).
  6. ↑ Byene i Troms. Troms fylke, accessed April 26, 2019 (Norwegian).
  7. ↑ Troms . In: Store norske leksikon . February 26, 2019 ( snl.no [accessed June 23, 2019]).
  8. ↑ Norske bynavn. Retrieved June 23, 2019 (Norwegian).
  9. ^ Lars Magne Sunnanå: Troms blir Romsa. Retrieved June 23, 2019 (Bokmål in Norwegian).
  10. ^ Nils Mehren: Troms and Finnmark slås together. June 8, 2017, Retrieved April 26, 2019 (Norwegian).
  11. ↑ January Harald Tomassen: Stort flertall i Troms og Finnmark mot sammenslåing. March 14, 2018, accessed April 26, 2019 (Norwegian).
  12. ↑ Ida Louise Rostad: Aspaker blir fylkesmann for Troms og Finnmark. August 25, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2019 (Norwegian).
  13. ↑ Follow. Statistisk sentralbyrå, February 22, 2019, accessed June 24, 2019 (Norwegian).
  14. ↑ 12026: Kirkelige brukere (K) 2015 - 2018. Statistisk sentralbyrå, accessed on June 24, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Trus- og livssynssamfunn utanfor Den norske kyrkja. In: Statistisk sentralbyrå. December 7, 2018, accessed June 24, 2019 (Norwegian).

Coordinates: 69 ° 30 ′ 36 ″  N , 19 ° 17 ′ 24 ″  E