Tana, Norway

Tana is a municipality in Finnmark, Norway. It shares a border with Finland.

It had 2,918 inhabitants, in year 2020.https://www.ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/

History: Some trapping pits were used in the past, to catch wild reindeer.https://www.sagat.no/nyheter/gollev-rri/19.47049. Retrieved 2024-10-31 Folk costumes from as early as the 1910s, [have been conserved, or still] exist.'Folk costume from the 1900s, celebrated in Tana:– Seeing it for real, is something else'. https://www.sagat.no/nyheter/noe-annet-a-se-den-i-virkeligheten/19.50039. 

Buildings: The government built a roadhouse in the 19th century; As of the 2020s it is the main building of Tana museum.https://www.sagat.no/nyheter/et-tapt-museumsar/19.48826. Retrieved 2025-02-05

Education: Elementary schooling (public school system) is at settlements Boftsa (map) and Austertana (map).https://www.sagat.no/debatt/kan-tana-kommune-tillate-seg-a-miste-siste-bygdeskole-i-nedre-tana/19.49915. Retrieved 2025-04-04

Administration
The municipal council is elected until late 2027.
6 council members are from Labour partyhttps://www.nrk.no/valg/2023/resultat/fylke/56/5628. NRK.no. Retrieved 2023-09-26
3 from Centre party, including mayor, Jon Erland Balto.https://www.kommunal-rapport.no/kommunevalg/her-far-du-den-store-ordforeroversikten/154578!/. Retrieved 2023-10-26
3 from Conservative party
3 council members are from Samelista i Tana
2 from Progress party 
2 from Venstre (Norway)

(The 19 council members were elected during the 2023 Norwegian local elections.)

Later (2025), there was a parliamentary election.
Progress Party got [c. 24% or] 24.8% of the votes.https://www.nrk.no/valg/2025/resultat/56/5628. Retrieved 2025-09-16
Labour Party, [c. 24% or] 24.4% of the votes
Red Party, [c. 13% or] 13.7% of the votes
Centre Party (Norway), [c. 10% or] 10.8% of the votes

Transport
Bus route 120: Alta - Karasjok(village) ↔ Tana Bru terminal ↔ Varangerbotn
130 Hammerfest - Varangerbotn 
275 Vadsø - Tana bru (as of year 2024)

 Related pages 
List of mayors in Norway that are elected until 2027
 Border river between Finland and Norway: Tana River
 Leirpollen
 Leirpollen (concentration camp) in Sør-Varanger

 References 

Category:Municipalities of Finnmark