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Finnmark Fylkesrederi AS or
FFR is a
ferryA ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...
and
busA bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
operator in
Finnmarkor Finnmárku is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast.The county was formerly known as Finmarkens...
,
NorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
owned by
Veolia Transport NorwayVeolia Transport Norway is the Norwegian subsidiary of Veolia Transport, part of Veolia Corporation and operates through its subsidiaries buses, ferries and trams in the counties of Akershus, Finnmark, Nordland, Rogaland and Sør-Trøndelag, primarily through the purchase of former monopolists. The...
. The company operates almost all
public transportPublic transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...
in the county. FFR operates 111 buses and 6 high-speed
catamaranA catamaran is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two hulls, or vakas, joined by some structure, the most basic being a frame, formed of akas...
s.
The company was established in 1916 as a shipping company, but in 1937 it also started bus bus transport. It was until 2003 owned by the county administration of Finnmark. The county has had parts the operation of public transport in Finnmark subject to
public service obligationIn transport, public service obligation or PSO is an arrangement in which a governing body or other authority offers an auction for subsidies, permit the winning company a monopoly to operate a specified service of public transport for a specified period of time for the given subsidy...
(PSO) contracts since 1996, and FFR operates all routes but those in central Finnmark, that are operated by
NordtrafikkNordtrafikk is a Norwegian bus, ferry, truck and ambulance operator owned by Veolia Transport Norway. The company operates bus routes in Harstad , Lofoten, Salten, Trysil and Vesterålen, ferry transport in Lofoten and Vesterålen in addition to ambulance services for Northern Norway Regional Health...
. This company has also been bought by Veolia, so the corporation performs all public transport in Finnmark.