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Hammerfest

municipality in Finnmark, Norway
Organization municipality_of_norway Q107351
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Summary

Hammerfest is a municipality of Norway[1]. Hammerfest ranks in the top 8% of municipality of norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,572 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Finnmark[3]
  • Country: Norway[4]
  • Head of government: Terje Rogde[5]
  • Capital: Hammerfest[6]
  • Shares border with: Alta[7], Hasvik Municipality[8], Porsanger Municipality[9], Måsøy Municipality[10]
  • Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[11]
  • Twinned administrative body: Haparanda Municipality[12], Kola[13]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Hammerfest[14]
  • Commons category: Hammerfest[15]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[16]
  • Inception: July 17, 1789[17]
  • Significant event: boundary change[18]
  • Official website: https://hammerfest.kommune.no/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hammerfest[20]
  • Population: 11,498[21], 10,582[22], 11,448[23], 11,331[24], 11,274[25], 11,310[26], 11,338[27], 11,324[28], 11,391[29]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Hammerfest[30]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[31], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[32], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[33], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[34]
  • Category for people born here: Q24801108[35]
  • Number of households: 4827[36], 2187[37], 636[38], 884[39], 756[40], 364[41]
  • Demonym: hammerfesting[42], hámmárfeastalaš[43]
  • Native label: Hammerfest[44]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Hammerfest[45]
  • Different from: Hammerfest[46]
  • Area: 848.2759677424558 km²[47], 3227.7838639996708 km²[48], 2379.5078962572147 km²[49], 728.4475606308117 km²[50], 2.1225582415433473 km²[51]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Hammerfest include Hammerfest Airport[52], an airport[53], in Norway[54].

Why It Matters

Hammerfest has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Hammerfest is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Entities named for Hammerfest include Hammerfest Airport[52], an airport[53], in Norway[54].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . nrk.no. nrk.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [3] ↑ . regjeringen.no. Retrieved . regjeringen.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . sprakradet.no. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . sanit.oahpa.no. Retrieved . sanit.oahpa.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+01:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → hammerfest
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: hammerfest, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289935096|hammerfest (#289935096)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → D00mS
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Q24801108
    Official website → https://hammerfest.kommune.no/
    Website → —
    Population → {'amount': '+11498'}, {'amount': '+10582'}, {'amount': '+11448'} +6
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 226847, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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