TROMS NORWAY

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TROMSØNORWAY

• Abby Noyce
• INCO 404-O

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Paris of the North
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LOCATION
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LOCATION
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LOCATION
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GEOGRAPHY
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GEOGRAPHY
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CLIMATE
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CLIMATE
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CLIMATE
Polar night from November 23 to January 21
Midnight sun from May 21 to July 23
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WEATHER
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POPULATION
Population as of 1 January 2004 61,897
Immigrant, western 2.7 Immigrant, non-western
3.0
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POPULATION
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HISTORY
Early History

• 7000 BC Earliest evidence of human habitation
• AD 900 Viking King Ottar lived in the region.
• Early Norwegian inhabitants were fishermen.
  Sea-Sami (hunters and fishers) also lived in
  area.
• 1252 First church was established
• 1700s Kvens from north Sweden and Finland
  migrate to area.
• 1794 Town charter and full trading privileges.

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HISTORY
In the late 1890s, the majority of Arctic
expeditions departed from Tromsø.
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HISTORY
Tromsø circa 1890
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HISTORY
Tromsø circa 1900
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HISTORY
World Wars

• Norway remained neutral throughout World War One
• Proclaimed neutrality at the beginning of World
  War Two, but was occupied by the Germans anyway.
• The seat of Norwegian government was briefly
  moved to Tromsø when the Germans invaded.
• Although occupied, Tromsø was not destroyed.

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HISTORY
Recent History

• 1961 Bridge to mainland opened
• 1964 Airport opened
• 1969 Fire destroyed much of down town
• 1971 University of Tromsø is opened

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ECONOMY
Tromsø Harbor
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ECONOMY
Fishing
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ECONOMY
Fishing
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ECONOMY
Trade
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ECONOMY

• Tourism

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ECONOMY

• Tourism

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ECONOMY

• University of Tromsø

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ECONOMY

• Aquaculture Research Station

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ECONOMY

• Aquaculture Pen Raising Wolffish

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ECONOMY
16-74 year olds, employed Men 76 Women
73 Gross income per inhabitant 248,800
NOK (40,835.7 USD) Employment by sector Public
administration 40.9 Private sector and public
enterprises 59.1 People living in apartment
blocks 10.1 People living in housing built
after 1961 80.9
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CURRENT EVENTS
Officials let haunted barn stand

• 11/10/2004 - Officials in Norway have agreed to
  let a farmer leave his dilapidated barn standing
  - because of ghosts.
• Authorities in Tromsø ordered the farmer to
  demolish the barn which they said was a safety
  hazard.
• But the owner refused, claiming that it would
  anger the ghosts living under it, reports
  Aftenposten.
• "Many years ago, I removed its roof," he wrote.
  "The result was that I had several encounters
  with the underworld. And I fell gravely ill.
• "There are underworld creatures living in that
  barn. My entire family knows about this.
• http//www.onlypunjab.com/real/fullstory1004-newsI
  D-1641.html

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REFERENCES

• Anderson, Eve, http//eveandersson.com/norway/trom
  so
• Burka, John, http//john.gallery.whitelands.com/ph
  otos/Norway
• CIA World Factbook, http//www.cia.gov/cia/publica
  tions/factbook/geos/no.html
• D/S Tott, http//server794.dnslive.net/vrakdykk/d
  _s_tott.html
• Frysinger, Galen R., http//galenfrysinger.com/tro
  mso,_norway.htm
• TH Online, http//tromso.havn.no/norsk/cruise.htm
• Troms, Norway History, http//members.tripod.com/L
  ake_Lillian/tromshist.html
• Ruud, Kenneth, http//folk.uio.no/kenneth/tromsopi
  ctures.htm
• Statistics Norway, Tromsø Municipality,
  http//www.ssb.no/english.municipalities/1902
• Tromsø Idrettslag på nett, http//www.til.no
• Weather Observations, University of Tromsø,
  http//weather.cs.uit.no/
• Wikipedia Tromsø, http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T
  romso
• World66 Travel Guide - Tromsø, http//www.world66.
  com/europe/norway/tromso/
• World City Photos, http//worldcityphotos.org/Norw
  ay

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