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Storfjord Municipality
Storfjord kommune
Omasvuona suohkan
Omasvuonon kunta
Municipality
View of the Skibotn harbor and camping area
View of the Skibotn harbor and camping area
Flag of Storfjord Municipality
Coat of arms of Storfjord Municipality
Troms within Norway
Troms within Norway
Storfjord within Troms
Storfjord within Troms
Coordinates: 69°16′43″N 20°17′12″E / 69.27861°N 20.28667°E / 69.27861; 20.28667
CountryNorway
CountyTroms
DistrictNord-Troms
Established1929
 • Preceded byLyngen Municipality
Administrative centreHatteng
Government
 • Mayor (2019)Geir Varvik (H)
Area
 • Total1,542.74 km2 (595.66 sq mi)
 • Land1,476.62 km2 (570.13 sq mi)
 • Water66.11 km2 (25.53 sq mi)  4.3%
 • Rank#54 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total1,836
 • Rank#291 in Norway
 • Density1.2/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −5.5%
DemonymStorfjording[1]
Official language
[2]
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5538[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

Storfjord (Northern Sami: Omasvuotna [ˈomasˌvuo̯tna]; Kven: Omasvuono)[4] is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hatteng. Other villages in Storfjord include Elvevoll, Oteren, and Skibotn.

The 1,543-square-kilometre (596 sq mi) municipality is the 54th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Storfjord is the 291st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,836. The municipality's population density is 1.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.1/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 5.5% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference sami name was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).

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