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Troms og Finnmark (Norway)
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Status of the flag
In 2017, the government decided to abolish some counties and to merge them
with other counties to form larger ones, reducing the number of counties
from 19 to 11, to be implemented from 2020. Finnmark and Troms
would have been combined as Troms og Finnmark.
Valentin Poposki, 16
January 2020
However, the territorial reorganization of Norway which was implemented on
2020-01-01, was partly undone by legal changes adopted on 2022-06-14
and implemented on 2024-01-01.
The merger was highly unpopular and opposed both before and after the
implementation, the county council itself having requested the
unmerging from the national government in 2021. As a result, it was
decided by the national parliament on 2022-06-14 that the merger be
reversed. On 2024-01-01, Troms and Finnmark counties were
re-established and their original arms were readopted; since their
flags had actually been banners of arms, they were automatically
readopted as well.
- Counties of Norway at Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties_of_Norway
- Troms og Finnmark at Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troms_og_Finnmark
- Troms County Website:
https://www.tromsfylke.no
- Finnmark County Website:
https://www.ffk.no/
Tomislav Todorovic, 19
April 2024
Communes
The following communes are listed in this county (fylke). The codes
following the names are assigned by Norway for statistical and administrative
purposes.
The following are former municipalities of this county:
- Andørja (1916)
- Astafjord (1918)
- Helgøy (1935)
- Hillesøy (1930)
- Lavangen (1920)
- Malangen (1932)
- Nord-Varanger (2029)
- Polmak (2026)
- Sandtorg (1912)
- Sørøysund (2016)
- Talvik (2013)
- Tromsøysund (1934)
- Trondenes (1914)
- Ullsfjord (1937)
- Øverbygd (1923)