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Lyngen ( or Ivgu; ) is a municipality
Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
 (and a fjord
Fjord

Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides, created in a valley carved by Glacier....
) in Troms
Troms

or Romsa is a Counties of Norway in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest. To the south is Norrbotten L?n in Sweden and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland....
 county
Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lyngseidet
Lyngseidet

Lyngseidet is the administrative centre of Lyngen municipality, Norway. Its population is 821....
.

Lyngen was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskaps-distrikt was the name for a Norway local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Charles XIV John of Sweden on 14 January 1837....
). Three other municipalities were later separated from it: Ullsfjord
Ullsfjord

Ullsfjord is a former municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is also the name of a fjord east of Troms? and west of Lyngen.Ullsfjord was separated from Lyngen January 1, 1902....
 (in 1902) and Kåfjord and Storfjord
Storfjord

Storfjord is a Municipalities of Norway in Troms Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oteren....
 (both in 1930). The northern part of the Lyngen peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
 was transferred from the municipality of Karlsøy
Karlsøy

Karls?y is a Municipalities of Norway in Troms Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hansnes....
 to Lyngen on 1 January 1964.

municipality is named after the Lyngen fjord (Old Norse
Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Lygnir).






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Lyngen ( or Ivgu; ) is a municipality
Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
 (and a fjord
Fjord

Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides, created in a valley carved by Glacier....
) in Troms
Troms

or Romsa is a Counties of Norway in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest. To the south is Norrbotten L?n in Sweden and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland....
 county
Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lyngseidet
Lyngseidet

Lyngseidet is the administrative centre of Lyngen municipality, Norway. Its population is 821....
.

Lyngen was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskaps-distrikt was the name for a Norway local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Charles XIV John of Sweden on 14 January 1837....
). Three other municipalities were later separated from it: Ullsfjord
Ullsfjord

Ullsfjord is a former municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is also the name of a fjord east of Troms? and west of Lyngen.Ullsfjord was separated from Lyngen January 1, 1902....
 (in 1902) and Kåfjord and Storfjord
Storfjord

Storfjord is a Municipalities of Norway in Troms Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oteren....
 (both in 1930). The northern part of the Lyngen peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
 was transferred from the municipality of Karlsøy
Karlsøy

Karls?y is a Municipalities of Norway in Troms Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hansnes....
 to Lyngen on 1 January 1964.

General information


Name

The municipality is named after the Lyngen fjord (Old Norse
Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Lygnir). The name of the fjord is derived from the word logn which means "quiet, still, or calm".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms
Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
 is from modern times (1987). The arms show a black horse
Horse

The horse is a hoofed mammal, a subspecies of one of seven extant species of the family Equidae. The horse has evolution of the horse over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, odd-toed ungulate animal of today....
 of the local breed (Lyngshest) on a silver background. The silver color symbolizes the sea and fishing
Fishing

Fishing is the activity of catching fish. Fishing techniques include Fish net, Fish trap, Spearfishing, angling and Gathering seafood by hand. The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as different types of shellfish, squid, octopus, turtles, Edible frog and some edible marine invertebrates....
 industry and the horse represents the local agriculture
Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
.

History

The Lyngen church was built at Karnes in 1731, and was moved to its present location at Lyngseidet in 1740. Other interesting buildings include the large wooden school in Solhov, which was built in 1924 to strengthen the Norwegian influence in this area which was largely populated by the Sami
Sami people

The S?mi people, are the indigenous people Indigenous peoples of Europe inhabiting S?pmi , which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia....
 and Kven
Kven

Kvens are a Norwegian ethnic minority descended from Finnish people peasants and fishermen who emigrated from the northern parts of Finland and Sweden to Northern Norway in the 18th and 19th centuries....
 people.

Geography

The municipality is situated on the Lyngen peninsula, with the Lyngen (fjord) to the east and Ullsfjord
Ullsfjord

Ullsfjord is a former municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is also the name of a fjord east of Troms? and west of Lyngen.Ullsfjord was separated from Lyngen January 1, 1902....
 to the west. The municipal centre is Lyngseidet
Lyngseidet

Lyngseidet is the administrative centre of Lyngen municipality, Norway. Its population is 821....
, a pretty settlement on an isthmus
Isthmus

File:The Spit Bruny Island.jpg File:IsthmusOfPanama.pngAn isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas. Of note, the Isthmus of Panama connects the continents of North America and South America , and the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt connects Africa and Asia ....
 that almost cuts the peninsula in the middle. Other villages include Furuflaten
Furuflaten

Furuflaten is a village in the municipality of Lyngen, Norway. Its population is 231....
, which has various industries, and Svensby. Nord-Lenangen faces the open sea, and is largely a fishing village. The municipality has its own shipping company, operating the car ferries west to Breivikeidet in Tromsø
Tromsø

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Troms Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Troms?....
 and east to Olderdalen in Kåfjord meeting European route E6
European route E6

E 6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark....
. There is also a road going south along the shore of the fjord connecting to the main E6 road, giving ferry
Ferry

A ferry is a form of transport, usually a boat or ship, used to carry passengers and their vehicles across a body of water. Ferries are also used to transport freight and even railroad cars....
-free access to the main road network.

The Lyngen peninsula is a very scenic and mountainous area, known as the Lyngen Alps
Lyngen Alps

The Lyngen Alps is a mountain range in northeastern Troms, North Norway, east of Troms?, mostly in the municipalities of Lyngen and Balsfjord. The mountains follow the western shore of the Lyngen Fjord in a north-south direction....
, with the highest peaks in Troms county. The highest peak is Jiehkkevárri
Jiehkkevárri

Jiehkkev?rri is a mountain in Lyngen and Troms?, Troms, Norway.It is the highest mountain in Troms and has the List of peaks in Norway by prominence among Norwegian mountains....
, reaching . Another prominent mountain is Store Lenangstind
Store Lenangstind

Store Lenangstind is a mountain in Lyngen, Troms, Norway. It is within the mountain range the Lyngen Alps and has the List of peaks in Norway by prominence in Norway....
. The Lyngen Alps are presently being discovered by off-piste skiers
Backcountry skiing

Backcountry skiing is skiing in a sparsely inhabited rural region over ungroomed and unmarked slopes or pistes, including skiing in unmarked or unpatrolled areas either within the ski resort's boundaries or in the backcountry, frequently amongst trees , usually in pursuit of fresh fallen snow, known as snow....
 from around the world.

Climate

Winters in Lyngen are long and snow
Snow

Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. The process of this precipitation is called snowfall....
-rich, but not very cold considering the very northerly latitude
Latitude

Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps ....
. Average 24-hr temperatures are below freezing from November to early April, with a January average of . May is cool, with an average of ; summer temperatures usually arrives in June. July is the warmest month with 24-hr average of ; August's average is and October's is . The average annual precipitation
Precipitation (meteorology)

File:MeanMonthlyP.gifIn meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of Atmosphere water vapor that is deposited on the earth's surface....
 varies from in Lyngseidet (half that of Tromsø) to in the northern part of the peninsula (Nord-Lenangen). Spring often sees much sunshine and is the driest season; average monthly precipitation is approximately from March to June, while October is the wettest month. In the mountains of the Lyngen Alps, the average temperatures typically remain below freezing from October to May, and snow accumulation can exceed .

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