Vadsø is a municipality in Finnmark County,Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vadsø,which is also the administrative centre of Finnmark county. Other settlements in Vadsøinclude Ekkerøy,Kiby,Krampenes,Skallelv,Valen,and Vestre Jakobselv.
Kari Gjesteby is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She has never been a member of the Norwegian Parliament,but has been State Secretary for three tenures,as well as Minister of Trade and Shipping from February to October 1981 and Minister of Justice and the Police from 1990 to 1992. After her political career she has been a director in the Bank of Norway,director of the National Library of Norway and the Norwegian Library of Talking Books and Braille and,from 2009 to 2013,the first female State Conciliator of Norway.
Peder Ragnar Holt was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was the first person from Finnmark county to be the Governor of Finnmark,a position he held from 1948 until his death in 1963. He was instrumental in the reconstruction and rebuilding of Finnmark after World War II.
Helga Pedersen is a Norwegian politician,former Minister,and member of the Storting,who served as the deputy leader for the Labour Party from 2007 to 2015. A native of Sør-Varanger Municipality,she served between 2003 and 2005 as the County Mayor of the northernmost Finnmark county. From 2005 to 2009 she served as Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs,becoming the youngest member of the Labour-led Red-Green Coalition headed by Jens Stoltenberg.
VadsøAirport is a regional airport in VadsøMunicipality in Finnmark county,Norway. The airport is located in the village of Kiby,4 kilometers (2.5 mi) east of the town of Vadsøalong the Varangerfjorden. The airport is operated by the state-owned Avinor and handled 77,348 passengers in 2014. The asphalt runway is 997 meters (3,271 ft) long. Services are provided by Widerøe using Dash 8-100 aircraft to other communities in Finnmark and to TromsøInternational Airport. The routes are subsidized by the Ministry of Transport and Communications through public service obligations.
Elisabeth Vik Aspaker is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and she is the current county governor of Troms og Finnmark county. She was also the Minister of European Affairs from 2015 to 2016 and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2013 to 2016. From 2013 to 2015,she also served as Minister of Fisheries.
Kurt Mosbakk is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Trade and Shipping from 1986 to 1987,when the ministry was closed;he continued on as the Minister of Trade and Shipping Affairs at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs until June 1988. He served as the acting County Governor of Finnmark county for about five months during 1990.
Erling Johannes Norvik was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament and was briefly the acting County Governor of Finnmark county from September 1945 until November 1945 at the end of World War II.
Kåre Harila is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Helmer Mikkelsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Arnulf Sigfred Olsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Ingalill Olsen is a Norwegian schoolteacher and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet).
Karl-Wilhelm Sirkka is a Norwegian transport researcher,businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party.
Ivan Kolbjørn Kristoffersen was a Norwegian newspaper editor.
Finnmark County Municipality was the regional governing administration for the old Finnmark county in Norway. It was dissolved on 31 December 2019 when Finnmark county was merged into Troms og Finnmark county on 1 January 2020. The administration in the town of Vadsøand was led by a county council. The last mayor of the county was Runar Sjåstad from 2007 until 2019.
Odd Rikard Olsen was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Conservative Party.
Øst-Finnmark District Court was a district court located in the town of Vadsøin Finnmark county,Norway. The court served the eastern part of the county which includes the municipalities of Berlevåg,Båtsfjord,Gamvik,Lebesby,Sør-Varanger,Vadsø,and Vardø. The court was subordinate to the Hålogaland Court of Appeal. The court was led by the chief judge Steinar Langholm. This court employed a chief judge,three other judges,and five prosecutors.
Ingvild Aleksandersen is a Norwegian lawyer who was serving as County Governor of Finnmark county from 2016 to 2018.
