Finnmark
Norwegian county From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Finnmark[2] (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.
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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.[3]
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. [4] Previously, on 1 January 2020 Finnmark was merged with the neighboring county of Troms to form the new Troms og Finnmark county.[5]
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; [6] There are 169 MPs in Norway.
- Labour Party got [c. 28% or] 28.1% of the votes, in Finnmark county (in 2025).[7]
- 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[7]
Sources
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