Finnmark and Troms. The process of merging

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Finnmark and Troms
The process of merging

2.

Administrative divisions of Norway
● The current Norwegian
Government took power
in 2013
● A municipal and
regional reform bill was
subsequently passed by
the Norwegian
parliament in 2014
● The Government
presented their proposal
of a new regional
structure in April 2016
2016

3.

● In 2017 the Norwegian
government announced
the merge of the
existing 19 fylker into 11
regions by 2020 (and
Trøndelag by 2018).
2018
2020

4.

Facts about the merged mega region
● 74, 600 square kilometers.
● Tromsø, by far the largest city in the region with
72,000 inhabitants, vies to become the regional
center after the merger.
● Finnmark retain rights to natural resources

5.

FINNMARK+TROMS=MORDOR

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Glossary
Merger - слияние, объединение, поглощение
The Storting - парламент Норвегии
Administrative unit - административнотерриториальное образование(единица)
Fylker\Fylke - губерния
Kommune - муниципалитет
Abruptly - внезапно
Northernmost - самый северный

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Source list
● Major quarrel over merged Troms and Finnmark
http://norwaytoday.info/news/total-quarrel-merged-tromsfinnmark/
● Administrative municipal and regional reforms: Overview
http://archive.nordregio.se/Metameny/AboutNordregio/Nordic-workinggroups/nwgcityregions/Administrative-municipal-andregional-reforms/index.html
● Nineteen Counties to Become 11 Regions by 2020
https://www.sofn.com/blog/2018/04/05/302/nineteen_coun
ties_to_become_11_regions_by_2020
● Интернет-пользователям предложили назвать новую провинцию
в Норвегии. Победил вариант «Мордор»
https://meduza.io/shapito/2017/05/18/internetpolzovatelyam-predlozhili-nazvat-novuyu-provintsiyu-vnorvegii-pobedil-variant-mordor