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Finnmark

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division by Treaty of Novgorod

In Treaty of Novgorod
…was then generally known as Finnmark (including the present Norwegian province of Finnmark and Russia’s Kola Peninsula). The treaty, rather than delimiting a clear frontier between Norway and Novgorod, created a buffer zone, the “common districts.” The buffer zone offered Norway and Novgorod taxing rights over the indigenous Sami and…
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focus of Kalmar War

In Kalmar War
…claimed sovereignty over the old Finnmark region, a strategic point along the Atlantic–White Sea trade route that had long provided the Danish-Norwegian kings with fish and furs. Growing Swedish power in the eastern Baltic and the development of the Swedish port of Gothenburg beyond the Danish Sound (Øresund) were additional…
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Øvre Anar River National Park

national park, Norway

Also known as: Øvre Anarjåkka Nasjonalpark

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Øvre Anar River National Park, national park in the southeastern Finnmark Plateau region, northern Norway, bordering the Lemmen River National Park of Finland. One of the largest of Norway’s national parks, it covers an area of 537 square miles (1,390 square km). Low hills covered by birch and pine forest and dotted by bogs and lakes are characteristic of the area, in which large numbers of domesticated reindeer graze during the winter.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer.