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Tromsø Municipality

Logo: tromso.kommune.no4

Municipality in Troms, Norway

Tromsø Municipality is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø. Other notable settlements in the municipality include the villages of Bjerkaker, Ersfjordbotn, Jøvika, Kaldfjord, Kjosen, Kroken, Kvaløysletta, Lakselvbukt, Melvika, Movik, Oldervik, Sandneshamn, Sjursnes, Sommarøy, and Tromsdalen.2 It employed 9,728 people in 2026.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • Industrygeneral public administration activities1
  • HeadquartersTromsø, Norway1
  • Websitetromso.kommune.no
  • Legal formkommune1
  • Kind of organizationGovernment entity1
  • LEI5967007LIEEXZXHVC0533
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressRådhusgata 2, 9008 Tromsø, Norway3
  • Registered withThe Brønnøysund Register Centre, 940 101 8083

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Photo: Svein-Magne Tunli - tunliweb.no, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Tromsø Municipality is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø. Other notable settlements in the municipality include the villages of Bjerkaker, Ersfjordbotn, Jøvika, Kaldfjord, Kjosen, Kroken, Kvaløysletta, Lakselvbukt, Melvika, Movik, Oldervik, Sandneshamn, Sjursnes, Sommarøy, and Tromsdalen.2

Corporate structure

Tromsø Municipality sits at the top of its group. 9 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Tromsø Municipality Tromsø, Norway
    • Troms Kraft Stake · 40% · Tomasjord, Norway
      • Arva 60% · Bodø, Norway
      • Ishavskraft Alta, Norway
      • Ymber Subsidiary · Sørkjosen, Norway
      • Troms Kraft Produksjon AS Subsidiary · Norway
    • ARNESTEDET EIENDOM AS Subsidiary · 100% · Tromsø, Norway

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Tromsø Municipality reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

The city of Tromsø was established as an independent municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). The city was completely surrounded by the Tromsøe landdistrikt (the rural municipality of Tromsø / later renamed Tromsøysund Municipality), but they were governed separately. As the city grew in size, areas were added to the city from the rural district.

On 1 January 1861, an area of Tromsøysund Municipality (population: 110) was transferred to the city of Tromsø. On 1 January 1873, an unpopulated area of Tromsøysund Municipality was transferred to the city. On 1 July 1915, another area of Tromsøysund Municipality (population: 512) was merged into the city of Tromsø. On 1 January 1955, the Bjerkaker area on Tromsøya (population: 1,583) was transferred from Tromsøysund Municipality to the city of Tromsø.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the city of Tromsø (population: 12,602), Tromsøysund Municipality (population: 16,727), most of Ullsfjord Municipality except for the Svendsby area (population: 2,019), and most of Hillesøy Municipality except for the parts on the island of Senja (population: 1,316) were all merged to form a new, larger Tromsø Municipality.

On 1 January 2020, the municipality became a part of the newly created Troms og Finnmark county, which replaced the old Troms county. On 1 January 2024, Troms og Finnmark county was divided and the municipality once again became part of Troms county.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms (current version) was granted on 22 July 1983, although a variation of these arms has been in use since 1870. The official blazon is "Azure, a reindeer trippant argent" (Norwegian: I blått en gående sølv rein). This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is a reindeer. The reindeer has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. It is often surmounted by a mural crown with five or four turrets. The municipal authority currently uses a stylised rendering drawn by Hallvard Trætteberg (1898–1987) and adopted by royal resolution on 24 September 1941. The idea for a coat of arms for Tromsø was presented by A. T. Kaltenborn in 1855 and the coat of arms was first used in connection with the Industry and Crafts Exhibition in Tromsø in 1870. Over time, the background colour has been changed between blue and red. At one point it also used a natural landscape in the background. Although reindeer played little or no role in the city, Tromsø was the administrative center of the vast surrounding areas in the county were reindeer herding was common in this part of Northern Norway.

Churches

The Church of Norway has eight parishes (sokn) within Tromsø Municipality. It is part of the Tromsø domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tromsø Municipality, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20269,7281

Timeline

  1. Jun 7, 1995Founded Tromsø Municipality is founded3

Sources

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