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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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2023

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 • Jan. 16, 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

A gale and fierce storm fell upon them, so that they had to turn the helm, and run before the wind, and so they came north to Finnmark, where they spent the winter.

From The Book of Were-Wolves by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

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