Malangen is a former municipality in Troms county in Norway. The 372-square-kilometre (144 sq mi) municipality existed from 1871 until its dissolution in 1964. The old municipality surrounded the Malangen fjord and today that area is divided between several municipalities: Balsfjord, Lenvik, Tromsø, and Målselv. The administrative centre was the village of Mortenhals where the main church for the municipality, Malangen Church, is located.
Hillesøy is a former municipality in Troms county in Norway. The 461-kilometre (286 mi) municipality existed from 1855 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located on both sides of the Malangen fjord in what is now Tromsø Municipality and Senja Municipality. The administrative centre was located at Brensholmen on the western shore of the island of Kvaløya. Brensholmen is also the location of Hillesøy Church, the main church for the municipality.
Ullsfjord is a former municipality in Troms county in Norway. The 658-square-kilometre (254 sq mi) municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in what is now the eastern part of Tromsø Municipality and the southwestern part of Lyngen Municipality. The municipality encompassed the area surrounding the Ullsfjorden between Tromsø and Lyngen municipalities. The administrative centre was the village of Sjursnes where Ullsfjord Church is located.
Tromsøysund is a former municipality in Troms county in Norway. The 1,530-square-kilometre (590 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed most of what is now Tromsø Municipality including areas on the island of Kvaløya and on the mainland. It completely surrounded the city of Tromsø, both on a number of islands as well as on the mainland. The municipality included the villages of Bjerkaker, Tromsdalen, and Movik. The administrative centre was the village of Tromsdalen, just across the strait from the city of Tromsø.
Events in the year 1814 in Norway.
Johannes Henrik Nissen was a Norwegian architect.
Events in the year 1876 in Norway.
Events in the year 1898 in Norway.
Nini Haslund Gleditsch was a Norwegian political activist and advocate for peace.
Ragna Vilhelmine Nielsen was a Norwegian pedagogue, school headmistress, publicist, organizer, politician and feminist.
Marie Colban was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer and translator.
Events in the year 1697 in Norway.
Marianne Gullestad was a Norwegian social anthropologist. Gullestad grew up in Bergen, took her magister degree in social anthropology from the University of Bergen in 1975 and her dr. philos. in 1984. Her thesis from 1984, Kitchen table society, treated the life of young working-class mothers. She was appointed guest lecturer at the University of Chicago during three periods in the 1980s and 1990s. From 1998 she was appointed assistant professor at the University of Tromsø. Gullestad frequently appeared in television and radio, and wrote hundreds of newspaper articles.
Rønnaug Alten was a Norwegian actress and stage instructor.
Erling Viksjø was a Norwegian architect. Viksjø was an early exponent of architectural modernism. He was also noted for his use of textured concrete as a building material in a number of his designs.
Ragnhild Nilstun is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and literary critic.
Kitty Lossius was a Norwegian teacher and novelist. She had a publishing career that lasted nearly fifty years.
Erlend Svardal Bøe is a Norwegian politician.
Nils-Ole Foshaug is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He has been a member of the Storting since 2021.
