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Finmarkens Amt.
Finmarkens Amt.
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som Kvænangstinderne, finder man vistnok ikke mere, |
men de foran En liggende Øer saavelsom Fastlandet
beholde dog endnu den for Tromsø Amt karakteristiske
Alpenatur, om end i mindre Skala. Gletschere findes
vistnok kun paa Øen Seiland, men Fjeldene naa dog
op til de respektable Høider af 3 å 4.000 Fod og ere
for den største Del af Aaret bedækkede af Sne.
Vegetationen er yderst tarvelig. Fra Dampskibet vil man
forgjæves se sig om efter Buske, endsige Træer;
Fjeldene gaa somoftest lige ned i Fjæren, og den smale
Rand, som der kan være levnet, yder ofte kun ikke
mere end den højst nødvendige Plads for den elendige
Lappegamme eller det lille Træhus, som er den eneste
Bygning paa disse tyndt befolkede Strande.
Undtagelser findes dog; saaledes er den i Ly af en høi
Bjerghammer liggende Loppens Kirke, Præstegaard og
Landhandleri, omgiven af friske Græsgange og enkelte
Buske. — P’inmarkens Amt har en stærkt indskaaret
Kyst. De betydeligste Fjorde ere: Altenfjord,
Porsangerfjord, Tanafjord og Varangerfjord. Udenfor
Amtets vestlige Del ligge flere store Øer: Sørø (Norges
3die største 0), Seiland, Kvalø, Stjernø og Magerø.
Østenfor denne sidste har Amtet ingen Skjærgaard. —
Af Landeveie har Amtet kun faa, og Vaar og Høst
maa det siges at være ufremkommeligt tillands i
Finmarken. — Fiskerierne er Indbyggernes vigtigste
Næringsvei og drives af Kyst- og Fjordbefolkningen
Aaret rundt, saasnart Veiret tillader at komme paa
Søen; de fleste af Amtets Søer og F.lve ere, ligesom
Tromsø Amts, rige paa Fisk; bekjendt er saaledes
The inhabitants of this Amt having fixed
habitations, consist of Norwegians Finns (Quains), and Lapps.
The western tracts, extending to and including the
Balsfjorden and Lyngen „Herreder" (hundreds), are
peopled chiefly by Norwegians, whereas the inhabitants
of the eastern „Herreder" are nearly all Lapps
and Finns.
142. TroiiiHö. Founded in 1794, the town made
little progress during the first 20 years of its existence;
since then however it has rapidly developed. The
population in 1816 was 300: it has now risen to 6,000.
The total failure of the crops throughout the Amt in
1867 was a hard blow to the town; but since then a
number of fortunate circumstances, particulary the
productive herring-fishery (Storsildfiske) and a succession
of good harvests, have imparted redoubled energy to
the enterprising inhabitants, who have more than
regained the ground they had lost. The expeditions
annually dispatched to the coast of Spitsbergen and
Novaja-Semlia for the capture of seals and other
marine animals have of late been eminently successful,
suitable vessels having been built for this avocation.
Public establishments in the town: — A High School
(Latinskole), a Seminary for the education and
training of teachers, a Savings Bank, a branch of the
Bank of Norway and of the Nordenfjeldske Bank of
Credit, and a Museum and a Arts-Union. Here, too
is the residence of the Stiftamtmand and of the bishop.
Tromsö is noted for its beautiful situation on a low,
fertile island; the luxuriant vegetation and charming
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