Balsfjord kommune

County	Troms
District
Municipality	NO-1933
Administrative centre	Storsteinnes
Mayor (2008)	Gunda Johansen (Ap)
Official language form	Bokmål
Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage	Ranked 52 1,496 km² 1,440 km² 0.46 %
Population  - Total (2007)  - Percentage  - Change (10 years)  - Density	Ranked 180 5,569 0.12 % -5.8 % 4/km²
Demonym	Balsfjording[1]
Coordinates	69°18′N 19°12′E / 69.3, 19.2Coordinates: 69°18′N 19°12′E / 69.3, 19.2
www.balsfjord.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway

Balsfjord panorama

Balsfjord church.

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The municipality was originally a part of the greater Tromsøysund municipality, but it was separated from this in 1860. The former municipality Malangen (separated from Balsfjord in 1871) was, again, merged with Balsfjord in 1964. Tromsøysund is a former municipality in Troms county, Norway. ... Malangen is a fjord, landscape and former municipality in the county of Troms, Norway. ...

The municipality consists of two fjords, Malangen and Balsfjorden [1], surrounded by comparatively rich farmlands under majestic peaks including the southern end of the Lyngen Alps. Malangen is a fjord, landscape and former municipality in the county of Troms, Norway. ... Lyngen view. ...

Farming is the single most important industry, although there is also some manufacturing. The dairy at Storsteinnes is one of the largest producers of the Norwegian brown cheese. They also make their own brand of cheese, called Balsfjord, from goat's milk. The E6 and the E8 meet at the village Nordkjosbotn, making it a major crossroad. Gudbrandsdalsost Gjetost is usually sliced very thinly using a metal cheese slicer. ... E6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway (and the west coast of Sweden), running from the southern tip of Sweden (Trelleborg), into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. ... The European route E8 is a European route that goes from Tromsø, Norway to Turku, Finland. ... Nordkjosbotn is a small village in the municipality of Balsfjord, Norway. ...

Bukkhammeren: rock carving from 4600 BEP at Tennes.

Apart from the impressive scenery, attractions include the 6000 year old rock carvings at Tennes (close to the church), the old trading centre of Nordby and the 18th century sawmill at Aursfjord. There is also a smaller field of rock carvings at Åsli.

Name

The municipality is named after Balsfjorden (Sami Báhccavuotna). The meaning of the first element is unknown. (But it is probably NOT named after the Norse god Balder.)^{[citation needed]} Look up Sami, sami in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Balders death is portrayed in this illustration from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript. ...

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1986). It shows a plough, to symbolize the importance of farming. The traditional way: a German farmer works the land with horses and plough. ...

History

Stabben: A stone previously used as worship place by the Sami people. Located at Sand.

The Sami were the original inhabitants, but around 1800 new settlers came from Southern Norway, from the coast and from Finland, and today very few traces of Sami culture survive. From the 18th century to the 20th century trappers from Balsfjord were active in the Arctic Hunting from Greenland to Novaya Zemlya. The Sami people (also Sámi, Saami, Lapps, sometimes also Laplanders) are the indigenous people of Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Novaya Zemlya (Russian: , lit. ...