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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

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.

  1. Counties of Norway at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties_of_Norway
  2. Troms og Finnmark at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troms_og_Finnmark
  3. Troms County Website: https://www.tromsfylke.no
  4. 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)