Finnmark

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Finnmark is a sparsely populated, historically Norwegian region in the far northeast of Scandinavia, known for its Arctic climate, Sami culture, and dramatic coastal and tundra landscapes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical county of Norway
area 48631 square kilometres
bordersCountry Finland
Russia
bordersSea Barents Sea
Norwegian Sea
capital Vadsø
climate polar climate in northern coastal areas
subarctic climate
containsAttraction North Cape plateau
surface form: Nordkapp Plateau

North Cape
containsEthnicGroup Kven people
Norwegians
Sami people
containsIsland Magerøya NERFINISHED
Seiland
Sørøya NERFINISHED
containsNationalPark Reisa National Park
Stabbursdalen National Park
Varangerhalvøya National Park
Øvre Anárjohka National Park
containsTown Alta
Hammerfest
Honningsvåg NERFINISHED
Kirkenes
Vadsø
country Norway
dissolvedAsCountyOn 2020-01-01
economyBasedOn fishing
petroleum-related activities
reindeer herding
tourism
hasCoastFeature Porsangerfjorden NERFINISHED
Tanafjorden NERFINISHED
Varanger Peninsula
hasMinorityStatusLaw Sami language administrative area
hasParliamentaryConstituency Finnmark self-linksurface differs
surface form: Finnmark constituency
hasPhenomenon midnight sun
polar night
highestPoint Øksfjordjøkelen glacier area
historicalEvent German scorched-earth retreat in 1944–1945
historicalStatus county of Norway until 2019
knownFor Arctic climate
Sami culture
dramatic coastal landscapes
tundra landscapes
largestCity Alta
locatedIn Arctic region
surface form: Arctic

Northern Norway
Scandinavia
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
mergedInto Troms og Finnmark
surface form: Troms og Finnmark county
partOf Kingdom of Norway
population approximately 75000
populationDensity one of the lowest in Norway
reconstructedAfter World War II destruction
traditionalLanguage Kven
North Sámi
surface form: Northern Sami

Norwegian

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Porsangerfjorden administrativeRegionBefore2020 Finnmark
this entity surface form: Finnmark county
Troms borderedBy Finnmark
Vardø locatedIn Finnmark
this entity surface form: Finnmark region
Varanger Peninsula locatedIn Finnmark
Vadsøya locatedIn Finnmark
Varanger Festival (jazz festival) locatedInRegion Finnmark
subject surface form: Varanger Festival
Varanger Museum locatedIn Finnmark
Varanger Museum regionServed Finnmark
this entity surface form: Eastern Finnmark
Varangerfjorden region Finnmark
mainland Norway contains Finnmark
Nordkapp Municipality region Finnmark
Honningsvåg region Finnmark
Kvaløya island locatedIn Finnmark
subject surface form: Kvaløya (Hammerfest)
Hammerfest Church region Finnmark
Kautokeino Municipality previouslyPartOf Finnmark
this entity surface form: Finnmark county
Karasjok region Finnmark
Sámediggi plenary hall locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Finnmark
this entity surface form: Finnmark (historical county)
Karasjok village centre partOf Finnmark
this entity surface form: Inland Finnmark region
Altaelva region Finnmark
Porsáŋgguvuotna (Northern Sami) locatedInFormerCounty Finnmark
subject surface form: Porsáŋgguvuotna
Reisaelva sourceLocatedIn Finnmark
Tromsø amt predecessor Finnmark
this entity surface form: Finnmarkens amt
Tromsø amt borders Finnmark
this entity surface form: Finnmarkens amt
Tromsø amt locatedSouthOf Finnmark
this entity surface form: Finnmarkens amt
Kistrand locatedInGeographicArea Finnmark
this entity surface form: Finnmark region of Norway
Finnmark hasParliamentaryConstituency Finnmark self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Finnmark constituency