Troms

or Romsa (Sami leid) is a coonty in North Norawa, borderin Finnmark tae the northeast an Nordland in the soothwast. To the sooth is Norrbotten Län in Swaden an further sootheast is a shorter border wi the region o Lapland in Finland. Tae the wast is the Norse Sea (Atlantic Ocean). The entire coonty, which wis established in 1866, is locatit north o the Airctic circle.

 General information 
 Name 

Until 1919 the coonty wis umwhile kent as Tromsø amt. On 1 Julie 2006, the Northren Sami name for the coonty, Romsa, wis grantit offeecial status alang wi Troms.

The coonty (an the ceety o Tromsø) is namit efter the island Tromsøya on which it is locatit (Auld Norse Trums). Several theories exist as tae the etymology o Troms. Ane theory haulds "Troms-" tae derive frae the auld (uncompundit) name o the island (Auld Norse: Trums). Several islands an rivers in Norawa hae the name Tromsa, an the names o these are probably derivit frae the wird straumr which means "(strang) stream". (The oreeginal form must then hae been Strums, for the missin s see Indo-European s-mobile.) Anither theory haulds that Tromsøya wis oreeginally cried Lille Tromsøya (Little Tromsøya), acause o its proximity tae the hintle bigger island the day cried Kvaløya, that accordin tae this theory wis earlier cried "Store Tromsøya" due tae a characteristic muntain kent as Tromma (the Drum). The muntain's name in Sámi, Rumbbučohkka, is identical in meanin, an it is said tae hae been a sacred muntain for the Sámi in pre-Christian times.

The Sámi name o the island, Romsa, is assumit tae be a loan frae Norse - but accordin tae the phonetical rules o the Sami leid the frontal t haes disappeared frae the name. Housomeivver, an alternative form - Tromsa - is in informal uise. There is a theory that haulds the Norse name o Tromsø derives frae the Sámi name, though this theory lacks an explanation for the meanin o Romsa. A common misunnerstaundin is that Tromsø's Sámi name is Romssa wi a double "s". This, housomeivver, is the accusative an genitive form o the noun uised when, for example, writin "Tromsø Municipality" (Romssa Suohkan).

 Coat o airms 
The coat o airms o Troms wis made bi Hallvard Trætteberg (1898–1987), an adoptit bi ryal resolution on 15 Januar 1960. The offeecial blazon in Norse ("På rød bunn en gull griff") translates tae "On a field Gules a griffin [segreant] Or." Trætteberg chose tae hae the griffin as chairge acause that animal wis the seembol o the mighty clan o Bjarne Erlingsson on Bjarkøy in the 13t century.Arkivverket.no 

 Demographics 
The Kven residents o Troms are lairgely descendants o Finnish immigrants who arrivit in the aurie afore the 19t century frae Finland acause o war an faimin. They settled mainly in the northeastren pairt o Troms, in the municipalities o Kvænangen, Nordreisa, Skjervøy, Gáivuotna - Kåfjord an Storfjord, an some an aw reached Balsfjord an Lyngen.

 Municipalities 
Troms coonty currently haes a total o 25 municipalities:

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!colspan=3|Municipalities o Troms
|-
!colspan=2|Key
|rowspan=2|560px
|-
|width=150 valign=middle|<ol>
Balsfjord
Bardu
Berg
Bjarkøy
Dyrøy
Gratangen
Harstad
Ibestad
Gáivuotna - Kåfjord
Karlsøy
Kvæfjord
Kvænangen
Lavangen
|width=150 valign=middle|<li>Lenvik
<li>Lyngen
<li>Målselv
<li>Nordreisa
<li>Salangen
<li>Skånland
<li>Skjervøy
<li>Sørreisa
<li>Storfjord
<li>Torsken
<li>Tranøy
<li>Tromsø
|}

 See an aw 
 Hålogalandsallmenningen

 References 

 Freemit airtins 
 Visitnorway.com Troms 
 Troms touring association


Category:Umwhile coonties o Norawa