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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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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

Tarjei Sirma-Tellefsen, police chief of staff in the Norwegian region of Finnmark, said a man had been detained by a border patrol and said he had applied for asylum.

From BBC

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