Måsøy is a municipality in Finnmark county,Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Havøysund. Other villages include Bakfjord,Gunnarnes,Ingøy,Måsøy,Slåtten,and Snefjord. The municipality is located on the mainland as well as several islands.
Porsanger is a municipality in Finnmark county,Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lakselv. Other villages in the municipality include Børselv,Brenna,Indre Billefjord,Kistrand,Olderfjord,and Skoganvarre.
Hammerfest is a municipality in Finnmark county,Norway. Hammerfest is the northernmost town in the world with more than 10,000 inhabitants,with the administrative centre of the municipality being the town of Hammerfest. Some of the main villages in the municipality include Rypefjord,Kvalsund,Forsøl,Hønsebybotn,Akkarfjord i Kvaløya,Akkarfjord i Sørøya,and Kårhamn.
Annemarie Røstvik Lorentzen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was the first female Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications,in addition to being Minister of Consumer Affairs and Administration and Norwegian ambassador to Iceland. Lorentzen played a major role in the post-World War II reconstruction of her Hammerfest after it was razed by the fleeing Nazi occupiers.
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,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.
Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He is currently the Auditor General of Norway since 2022. He was a parliamentary representative for Finnmark from 1985 to 2009. He served as Minister of Fisheries from 1996 to 1997 and Minister of Finance from 2000 to 2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg. Pedersen was Chief of Staff at the Office of the Prime Minister and a member of the Cabinet from 2006 to 2013. From 2015 to 2020 he was the CEO at Norwegian Oil and Gas.
Sørøysund is a former municipality in Finnmark county,Norway. The 826-square-kilometre (319 sq mi) municipality existed from 1852 until its dissolution in 1992. The area is now part of Hammerfest Municipality. The administrative centre of Sørøysund was the town of Hammerfest,even though the town was not part of Sørøysund Municipality. Notable villages in the municipality included Akkarfjord,Forsøl,Kårhamn,and Rypefjord.
Ingalill Olsen is a Norwegian schoolteacher and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet).
Frank Bakke-Jensen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He served as minister of defence from 2017 to 2021,and minister of European affairs from 2016 to 2017. He was mayor of Båtsfjord from 2007 until his election to the Storting from Finnmark in 2009. Bakke-Jensen formerly worked as a ship's electrician between Hammerfest and Tromsø,and has also worked as a teacher and self-employed pilot at Båtsfjord Airport. He has also performed military service in the UN Lebanon conflict.
The 2005 Sámi parliamentary election was held in Norway on September 12,2005. Voters elected 43 members for the Sámi Parliament of Norway.
Torstein Tvedt Solberg is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He is currently a member of parliament for Rogaland since 2013,having previously been a deputy member between 2009 and 2013.
Kjersti Stenseng is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party currently serving as the party secretary since 2015. She also served as a deputy member of the Storting from Oppland from 2013 to 2017.
Runar Sjåstad is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Geir-Inge Sivertsen is a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Conservative Party. He is currently the mayor of Senja since 2023. He served as minister of fisheries from January to March 2020,and previously served as mayor of Lenvik from 2011 to 2019.
Willy Andreas Pedersen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Marianne Sivertsen Næss is a Norwegian school principal and politician for the Labour Party. She is currently minister of fisheries and ocean policy since 2024 and a member of parliament for Finnmark since 2021. She previously served as mayor of Hammerfest between 2019 and 2021,and deputy mayor between 2011 and 2019.
Gunnar Mathisen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected deputy representative to the Storting for the period 1992–1997 from the constituency of Finnmark. From 1996 to 1997 he met regularly in the Storting replacing Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen who was Minister of Fisheries. In the Storting,he was a member of the Standing Committee on Family,Cultural Affairs and Administration from 1996 to 1997.
Alf Erik Bergstøl Andersen is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.
Hans Gunnar Holand is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
Sigurd Kvammen Rafaelsen is a Norwegian teacher and politician for the Labour Party. A deputy to the Storting from Finnmark since 2021,he has met as deputy for Marianne Sivertsen Næss since 2024. He has also served as mayor of Lebesby since 2019.
