Finnmark

British

/ ˈfɪnˌmɑːk /

noun

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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Last week, Marius Borg Høiby's sister, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, made a much-publicised visit to the Finnmark area of northern Norway.

From BBC

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

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

From BBC

Though in this scenario Finnmark's been invaded by a fictional enemy called Occasus.

From BBC

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

From Reuters

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