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Målselv

municipality in Troms, Norway
Organization Municipality Of Norway Q488955

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Norway, organization[5]
Official website
www.malselv.kommune.no[20]
Legal form
kommune[31]

Status and dates

Inception
1848[16]

Location

Country
Norway[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 68.975°, 19.064°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Troms, Troms og Finnmark, Troms[2]

Industry and activity

Industry
general public administration activities[15]

Financials

Employees
+1089[29]

Relations

Separated from
Lenvik[19]
More facts +15
Area
3.69 (0.26–3.4k, n=26)
Capital
Moen[6]
Demonym
målselvdøl, målselvdøl, målselving, målselving[38][39]
Has list
Grunnkretser i Målselv kommune
Head of government
Helene Rognli, Bengt Magne Luneng, Nils-Ole Foshaug[4]
Highest point
Njunis[17]
Language used
Bokmål, Nynorsk
Main regulatory text
Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[14]
Number of households
134 (112–3.0k, n=6)[32][33][34][35][36][37]
Office held by the head of government
Mayor of Målselv[30]
Official language
Bokmål[7]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory
Population
6.8k (6.6k–6.8k, n=8)[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
Shares border with
Lenvik, Balsfjord Municipality, Storfjord Municipality, Bardu Municipality, Sørreisa Municipality, Kiruna Municipality, Senja Municipality[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Significant event
boundary change, boundary change, boundary change, boundary change, boundary change, boundary change[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Målselv en Målselv Municipality ar مولسيلف da Målselv Kommune de Gemeinde Målselv id Maalselv id Malselv it Malselv ja マルセルヴ nl Malselv pt Malselv ro Comuna Målselv ru Молсэльв sv Målselv kommun sv Målselvs kommun uk Молсельв zh 莫爾塞爾夫 zh-hans 莫尔塞尔夫
🔖 Identifiers · 19
ISNI
0000000406050084
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Istind troms norway.jpg ↗
Data Commons ID
wikidataId/Q488955
Freebase ID
/m/018bz2
GNS Unique Feature ID
-270112
GeoNames ID
3146478
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Målselv
INaturalist place ID
40404
KulturNav-ID
19e6b96a-4e7d-4b4b-bf68-022d8550c4f4
Lokalhistoriewiki.no article ID
Målselv_kommune
MusicBrainz area ID
cace2f3d-67bd-4876-921b-c5e75c287389
Norwegian municipality number
5.5k (1.9k–5.5k, n=3)
Show all 19 identifiers +7
Norwegian organisation number
972418005
OpenStreetMap relation ID
407756
SSR place name number
936314
Topic's main category
Category:Målselv
Who's on First ID
1159296775
YSO ID
226871
Ávvir topic ID
malatvuopmi

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 28
Øvre Dividal National Park, Målselva, Bardufoss Airport, Barduelva, Andselv, Malangen, Bardufoss, Rostojávri +20 more
Shares border with 7
Kiruna Municipality, Bardu Municipality, Balsfjord Municipality, Lenvik, Sørreisa Municipality, Storfjord Municipality, Senja Municipality
← Shares border with 7
Kiruna Municipality, Bardu Municipality, Balsfjord Municipality, Lenvik, Sørreisa Municipality, Storfjord Municipality, Senja Municipality
People born here 6
Sverre Stenersen, Aase Nordmo Løvberg, William Engseth, Emil Kvanlid, Geir Pollen, Odd Brandsegg
Language used 2
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Troms, Troms og Finnmark
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 2
Troms, Troms og Finnmark
← Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity 2
Øverbygd Municipality, Malangen Municipality
Capital 1
Moen
Country 1
Norway
Instance of 1
municipality of Norway
Located in time zone 1
UTC+01:00
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
People who died here 1
Sverre Stenersen
Separated from 1
Lenvik
Topic's main category 1
Category:Målselv
← Capital of 1
Moen
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Målselv
← Merged into 1
Øverbygd Municipality
← Place served by transport hub 1
Bardufoss Airport
← Separated from 1
Øverbygd Municipality
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Summary

Målselv is a municipality of Norway[1].

Related Entities

Norway WikiProject Govdirectory

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . malselv.kommune.no. malselv.kommune.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . sprakradet.no. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . sprakradet.no. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Ajarmund · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Industry → general public administration activities
    Legal form → kommune
    Employees → 1,089
    Official language → Bokmål
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "kommuner (details)"
  2. 26d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Highest point → Njunis
    Located in time zone → —
    "Created claim: Highest point: Njunis, highest point from Store norske leksikon (OKA bot task 2)"
  3. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Lenvik, Balsfjord Municipality, Storfjord Municipality +1
    Coordinate location → 68.975°, 19.064°
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Målselv
    Category of associated people → Wikidata item
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 226871, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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