Troms

E80793

former county of Norway

Troms was a former county in northern Norway known for its Arctic landscapes, coastal fjords, and the city of Tromsø.

Aliases (1)

Tromssa ×1

Statements (93)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former county of Norway →
administrativeCentre	Tromsø NERFINISHED →
area	about 25877 square kilometres →
borderedBy	Finland → Finnmark → Nordland → Sweden →
capital	Tromsø NERFINISHED →
climate	subarctic climate →
coatOfArms	blue shield with silver griffin →
containsAirport	Bardufoss Airport → Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (partly served region) → Tromsø Airport →
containsCity	Finnsnes → Harstad → Tromsø NERFINISHED →
containsFjord	Balsfjord NERFINISHED → Kvænangen → Lyngenfjord NERFINISHED → Malangen → Ullsfjord NERFINISHED →
containsIsland	Andørja → Arnøya → Dyrøya → Hinnøya (partly) → Kvaløya → Rebbenesøya → Ringvassøya → Rolløya → Senja → Skjervøya → Vannøya →
containsMountainRange	Lyngen Alps →
containsNationalPark	Reisa National Park → Ånderdalen National Park → Øvre Dividal National Park →
containsRiver	Målselva → Reisaelva →
containsTown	Andselv → Bardufoss → Borkenes → Brøstadbotn → Burfjord NERFINISHED → Evenskjer → Gryllefjord NERFINISHED → Hansnes → Lyngseidet → Olderdalen → Setermoen → Sjøvegan → Skibotn → Skjervøy → Storslett → Sørreisa → Tennevoll → Vikran →
containsUniversity	UiT The Arctic University of Norway (in Tromsø) →
containsValley	Målselvdalen →
country	Norway →
dissolvedOn	2020-01-01 →
establishedAsCounty	1866 →
governedBy	County Governor of Troms →
hasCoastOn	Atlantic Ocean → Norwegian Sea →
hasOfficialNameInKven	Tromssa →
hasOfficialNameInNorthernSami	Romsa →
hasOfficialNameInNorwegianBokmål	Troms →
hasOfficialNameInNorwegianNynorsk	Troms →
hasParliamentaryDistrict	Troms constituency →
highestMountain	Jiehkkevárri →
ISO3166-2Code	NO-19 →
knownFor	Arctic landscapes → Sami culture → coastal fjords → fishing industry → midnight sun → northern lights → reindeer herding →
largestCity	Tromsø NERFINISHED →
locatedIn	Arctic region → Northern Norway NERFINISHED →
mergedInto	Troms og Finnmark →
officialLanguage	Norwegian →
partOf	Kingdom of Norway →
population	about 166000 (2019) →
previouslyPartOf	Tromsø amt →
recognizedMinorityLanguage	Kven → Northern Sami →
regionCode	NUTS NO073 (former) →
timeZone	Central European Time →
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time →
traditionalDistrict	part of Hålogaland →
vehicleRegistrationCode	T →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Troms og Finnmark →	formedByMergerOf
Northern Norway →	formerConstituentCounty
Harstad →	formerCounty
Troms ("Tromssa") →	hasOfficialNameInKven
Troms →	hasOfficialNameInNorwegianBokmål
Troms →	hasOfficialNameInNorwegianNynorsk
Kven people →	primaryLocation
Kven →	region