Finnmark is Norway's northernmost and easternmost county (Svalbard is not considered a county). By area, Finnmark is Norway's second-largest county, even larger than the neighboring country of Denmark. With a population of about 75,000, it …

Mar 9, 2025 · Finnmark is the heartland of Norway’s Sámi population, a region where indigenous traditions, language, and customs remain deeply woven into everyday life. The Sámi people , who have lived in northern Scandinavia for thousands of years, have a distinct cultural identity rooted in their close relationship with nature, particularly through ...

The Finnmark Plateau, or Finnmarksvidda, is flatter than most of Norway. But it’s not flat like a prairie, instead it consists of rolling hills, of low ridges created by the ice age glaciers, of marshland and countless lakes.

Finnmark (Sami: Finnmárkku fylka) is Norway's northernmost county, well within the Arctic circle. It is the largest county in Norway by area (48,637 km 2) but the smallest by number of inhabitants (75,540 in 2019). Finnmark is the northernmost part of mainland Europe, as well as the easternmost part of Norway.

Finnmark [2] (Norwegian: [ˈfɪ̀nːmɑrk] ; Northern Sami: Finnmárku [ˈfinːmaːrku]; Kven: Finmarku; Finnish: Ruija; 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.

Finnmark is Norway's northernmost county, well within the Arctic circle. It is the largest county in Norway by area but the smallest by number of inhabitants. Finnmark is the northernmost part of mainland Europe, as well as the easternmost part of Norway.

Lying at the very top of Europe, Finnmark is the northernmost part of Norway that reaches around Sweden and meets Finland. This is the heart of Norwegian Lapland, where Karasjok is the cultural and political seat of Sami life. Though Norway's biggest …

…claimed sovereignty over the old Finnmark region, a strategic point along the Atlantic–White Sea trade route that had long provided the Danish-Norwegian kings with fish and furs. Growing Swedish power in the eastern Baltic and the development of the Swedish port of Gothenburg beyond the Danish Sound (Øresund) were additional…

Finnmarksvidda (Northern Sami: Finnmárkkoduottar; English: Finnmark plateau/highland) is Norway's largest plateau, with an area greater than 22,000 square kilometres (8,500 sq mi). [1] The plateau lies about 300 to 500 metres (980 to 1,640 ft) above sea level.

A guide to Finnmark, Norway including the North Cape, getting outdoors in Finnmark's 5 national parks, weather and conditions, the Sami people, and more.