Troms 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. The county had a population of 169,610 in 2024.
Loppa is a municipality in Finnmark county,Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Øksfjord. Other villages in Loppa include Andsnes,Bergsfjord,Langfjordhamn,Loppa,Nuvsvåg,Øksfjordbotn,Sandland,and Sør-Tverrfjord.
Hasvik is a municipality in Finnmark county,Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Breivikbotn. Other villages in the municipality include Breivik,Hasvik,and Sørvær. The population of Hasvik has generally been in steady decline due to problems within the fishing industry. Hasvik is an island municipality with no road connections to the rest of Norway. Hasvik Airport is served with regular connections to Tromsøand Hammerfest,and there is a two-hour ferry crossing to the village of Øksfjord on the mainland,providing access by car.
Sør-Varanger is a municipality in Finnmark county,Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kirkenes. Other settlements in the municipality include the villages of Bjørnevatn,Bugøynes,Elvenes,Grense Jakobselv,Hesseng,Jakobsnes,Neiden,and Sandnes. Located west of the Norway–Russia border,Sør-Varanger is the only Norwegian municipality that shares a land border with Russia,with the only legal border crossing at Storskog.
Lavangen (Norwegian) or Loabák (Northern Sami) is a municipality in Troms county,Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tennevoll. Other villages in Lavangen include Fossbakken and Spansdalen and Kjeiprød,Røkenes,Låternes,Tennevoll,Hesjevika,Soløy,and Å.
Salangen is a municipality in Troms county,Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sjøvegan,where most of the people in the municipality live. Other villages include Elvenes,Laberg,and Seljeskog.
Lyngen is a municipality in Troms county,Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lyngseidet. Other notable villages include Furuflaten,Lattervika,Nord-Lenangen,and Svensby.
Helga Pedersen is a Norwegian politician,former Minister,and member of the Storting,who served as the deputy leader for the Labour Party from 2007 to 2015. A native of Sør-Varanger,she served between 2003 and 2005 as the County Mayor of the northernmost Finnmark county. From 2005 to 2009 she served as Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs,becoming the youngest member of the Labour-led Red-Green Coalition headed by Jens Stoltenberg.
Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He is currently the Auditor General of Norway since 2022. He was a parliamentary representative for Finnmark from 1985 to 2009. He served as Minister of Fisheries from 1996 to 1997 and Minister of Finance from 2000 to 2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg. Pedersen was Chief of Staff at the Office of the Prime Minister and a member of the Cabinet from 2006 to 2013. From 2015 to 2020 he was the CEO at Norwegian Oil and Gas.
Anette Trettebergstuen is a Norwegian politician representing the Labour Party,who served as Minister of Culture and Equality in Støre's Cabinet from 2021 to 2023. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark in 2005. She is the only openly lesbian politician in the Norwegian Parliament.
Elisabeth Vik Aspaker is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and she is the current county governor of Troms og Finnmark county. She was also the Minister of European Affairs from 2015 to 2016 and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2013 to 2016. From 2013 to 2015,she also served as Minister of Fisheries.
Linda Cathrine Hofstad Helleland is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She held several ministerial positions in Erna Solberg's government between 2015 and 2021,with a break between 2019 and 2021. She also served as Vice President of the World Anti-Doping Association from 2016 to 2019. In parliament,she has represented Sør-Trøndelag since 2009,and been a deputy representative between 2001 and 2009.
Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He is currently the mayor of Bodøsince 2023 and previously served as the Minister of Fisheries from 2020 to 2021.
Ivar Bühring Prestbakmo is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He currently serves as a deputy member of the Storting for Troms since 2021,having previously done so from 1993 to 2001. Prestbakmo was mayor of Salangen from 1999 to 2014,when he became county commissioner for transport and the environment until 2019.
Frank Bakke-Jensen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He served as minister of defence from 2017 to 2021,and minister of European affairs from 2016 to 2017. He was mayor of Båtsfjord from 2007 until his election to the Storting from Finnmark in 2009. Bakke-Jensen formerly worked as a ship's electrician between Hammerfest and Tromsø,and has also worked as a teacher and self-employed pilot at Båtsfjord Airport. He has also performed military service in the UN Lebanon conflict.
The Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy is a councilor of state in the Ministry of Trade,Industry and Fisheries. The incumbent minister is Marianne Sivertsen Næss of the Labour Party who has served since April 2024.
Sandra Konstance Nygård Borch is a Norwegian politician who served as the minister of research and higher education from 2023 to 2024 until her resignation over the extensive plagiarism of her master's thesis.
Bjørnar Selnes Skjæran is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He served as minister of fisheries from 2021 to 2023,and previously served as the party's deputy leader from 2019 to 2023 and mayor of Lurøy from 2011 to 2015.
The Støre Cabinet is the incumbent government of the Kingdom of Norway,headed by Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre as Prime Minister. The government was appointed by King Harald V on 14 October 2021,following the parliamentary election on 13 September,consisting of the Labour Party (Ap) and the Centre Party (Sp) as a minority government.
Jan Christian Vestre is a Norwegian jurist,businessperson in the furniture industry,and politician for the Labour Party. He has served as Minister of Health and Care Services since 2024,and Minister of Trade and Industry between 2021 and 2024. Furthermore,he has been a deputy leader of the party since 2023.
