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Troms

Troms fylke
Romssa fylka
County
Arnøyhøgda, Laukslettinden, Tjuvtinden & Rødhetta, 2012 March.jpg
Coat of arms of Troms fylke
Coat of arms
Troms within Norway
Troms within Norway
Country Norway
County Troms
Region Northern Norway
County ID NO-19
Administrative centre Tromsø
Government
 • Governor Svein Ludvigsen
  Høyre
  (2006–present)
 • County mayor Knut Werner Hansen
  Ap
  (2011–present)
Area
 • Total 25,877 km2 (9,991 sq mi)
 • Land 24,884 km2 (9,608 sq mi)
Area rank #4 in Norway, 8.18% of Norway's land area
Population (2014)
 • Total 161,771
 • Rank 15 (3.33% of country)
 • Density 6/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) 2.0 %
Time zone CET (UTC+01)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02)
Official language form Neutral
Income (per capita) 133,300 NOK
GDP (per capita) 211,955 NOK (2001)
GDP national rank 15 (2.11% of country)
Website www.tromsfylke.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Troms [ˈtrʊms]  (listen) (Northern Sami: Romsa, Finnish: Tromssa) is a county in Northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea (Atlantic Ocean).

The entire county, which was established in 1866, is located north of the Arctic circle. The Troms County Municipality is the governing body for the county, elected by the people of Troms, while the Troms county governor is a representative of the King and Government of Norway. The county had a population of 161,771 in 2014.

Until 1919 the county was formerly known as Tromsø amt. On 1 July 2006, the Northern Sami name for the county, Romsa, was granted official status along with Troms.


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