Tromsø is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø. Other notable settlements in the municipality include the villages of Bjerkaker, Ersfjordbotn, Jøvika, Kaldfjord, Kjosen, Kroken, Kvaløysletta, Lakselvbukt, Melvika, Movik, Oldervik, Sandneshamn, Sjursnes, Sommarøy, and Tromsdalen.
Lenvik is a former municipality in Troms county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The municipality was partly situated on the mainland and partly on the island of Senja in what is now Senja Municipality. The administrative centre was the town of Finnsnes, where the Gisund Bridge connects Senja to the mainland on Norwegian County Road 86. Other villages in the municipality included Aglapsvik, Gibostad, Botnhamn, Fjordgård, Finnfjordbotn, Husøy, Langnes, Laukhella, Silsand, and Rossfjordstraumen.
Thomas Holm is a Norwegian former professional footballer. A central midfielder, he played for SC Heerenveen, BV Veendam, Vålerenga, Molde, Tromsø, and Fredrikstad. He is the older half-brother of Vålerenga player Daniel Fredheim Holm.
Per-Mathias Høgmo is a Norwegian football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds. He has previously been head coach of Norway women's national football team and the Tippeligaen sides Tromsø, Moss and Rosenborg. While being head coach of Tromsø he was working on a PhD in football at the university in Tromsø.
Arnold Holmboe was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was mayor of Tromsø, two-term member of the Norwegian Parliament as well as Minister of Justice from 1922 to 1923 and Minister of Finance from 1924 to 1926.
Lauritz is a typically masculine given name, a Scandinavian form of the English Laurence or Lawrence. Another Danish and Estonian form is Laurits.
Odd Eidem was a Norwegian writer, journalist and literary critic.
Vegard Båtnes Braaten is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays for Bossekop.
Events in the year 1840 in Norway.
Ruben Yttergård Jenssen is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eliteserien club Tromsø, and the Norwegian national team. He was playing regularly for Tromsø in the Tippeligaen since 2008, and became one of the team's most important players before transferring to Kaiserslautern. Early in his career, Jenssen played as a winger, but he has later played as a central midfielder. Jenssen made his international debut for Norway in May 2010, and has since then been a member of the national team, and a regular starter since September 2012. He is the son of former footballer Truls Jenssen.
Thomas Drage is a Norwegian football player who plays for Gibraltar Football League side Europa Point.
Albert Lange Fliflet was a Norwegian philologist and translator. He is best known for translating Kalevala.
Oluf Gjerset was a Norwegian-born, American politician from Minnesota. He served as the mayor of Montevideo, Minnesota and in the Minnesota state senate.
Thomas Kind Bendiksen is a Norwegian association footballer. He currently plays for Tromsdalen.
Laurits Selmer Swenson was an American diplomat who served as Ambassador to Norway, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Denmark.
Thomas Lehne Olsen is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eliteserien club Lillestrøm.
Kårstein Eidem Løvaas is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Vestfold in 2013 where he is member of the Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs.
Ragnvald Iversen was a Norwegian educator and professor of North Germanic linguistics.
Cato Wadel was a Norwegian social anthropologist.
Eidem is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
