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Finnmark

British  
/ ˈfɪnˌmɑːk /

noun

  1. a county of N Norway: the largest, northernmost, and least populated county; mostly a barren plateau. Capital: Vadsø. Pop: 73 210 (2004 est). Area: 48 649 sq km (18 779 sq miles)

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In 2019, Norway’s communications authority Nkom registered six GPS failures in Eastern Finnmark, in the country’s north bordering Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

The first stage of the exercise is taking place in the remote white wilderness of the Finnmark region of northern Norway.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2024

An officer with the Finnmark local police declined to give the arrested man's identity.

From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2023

The man told the Indre and Oestre Finnmark District Court that he had been in Norway since August and had flown drones throughout the country, VG said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2022

Once on a time there was a man up in Finnmark who had caught a great white bear, which he was going to take to the King of Denmark.

From East of the Sun and West of the Moon Old Tales from the North by Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen