Balsfjord is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Storsteinnes. Other villages include Mestervik, Mortenhals, and Nordkjosbotn.
Karlsøy is an island municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hansnes. Other villages include Dåfjord, Hessfjord, Karlsøya, Torsvåg, Vannvåg, and Vannareid. The municipality is made up of many islands including Ringvassøya, Reinøya, Vannøya, Karlsøya, and Rebbenesøya plus several uninhabited islands. Some of the currently uninhabited islands include Helgøya, Nordkvaløya, Grøtøya, and Nord-Fugløya.
Gáivuotna (Northern Sami), Kåfjord (Norwegian), or Kaivuono (Kven) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Olderdalen. Other villages include Løkvollen, Manndalen, Birtavarre, Trollvik, Samuelsberg, Nordmannvik, and Djupvik.
Lyngen/Karnes Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Lyngen, Troms. It has sections for association football and Nordic skiing.
Anne-Grete Hjelle Strøm-Erichsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was Minister of Defence from 2012 to 2013.
Trond Olsen is a Norwegian footballer playing for Sogndal in the Norwegian First Division.
Kirsten Hansteen was the Norwegian editor and librarian. She was appointed Minister of Social Affairs with Gerhardsen's First Cabinet in 1945 and was the first female member of cabinet in Norway.
Lena Jensen is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 2001.
Dag Ole Teigen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party (AP). He represents Hordaland in the Norwegian Parliament, where he meets in the place of Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, who was appointed to a government position.
Ullsfjord is a former municipality in Troms county in Norway. The 716-square-kilometre (276 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. The administrative centre was the village of Sjursnes where Ullsfjord Church is located.
Gollis is a Norwegian tourist attraction in the form of a 9 metre tall Santa Claus made out of plastic materials. It is located in Lyngseidet in Lyngen in the county of Troms.
Ingvald Johannes Jaklin was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Anne Marit Bjørnflaten is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Åge Konradsen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Nord-Troms District Court is a district court located in the city of Tromsø in Troms county, Norway. The court serves the part of the county located north of the Malangen fjord, plus the territory of Svalbard. This includes the municipalities of Tromsø, Karlsøy, Balsfjord, Storfjord, Gáivuotna – Kåfjord, Nordreisa, Skjervøy and Kvænangen. The court is subordinate to the Hålogaland Court of Appeal. The court is led by the chief judge Unni Sandbukt. This court employs a chief judge and nine other judges.
Carl Rønneberg was a Norwegian merchant, ship owner, and fish exporter.
Lyngen is a fjord in Troms county, Norway. The 82-kilometre (51 mi) long fjord is the longest fjord in Troms county and it is often used as the dividing line between "northern Troms" and "southern Troms". The fjord is located within the municipalities of Skjervøy, Nordreisa, Lyngen, Gáivuotna–Kåfjord, and Storfjord. It stretches from the village of Hatteng in Storfjord Municipality in the south all the way north to the islands of Skjervøy Municipality. The Lyngen Alps lie along the western shore of the fjord and the European route E06 highway runs along the eastern shore. The Kåfjorden branches off of the main fjord on the east side, and the southernmost part of the fjord is also known as the Storfjorden.
