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Contents 1 Romsa or Romssa 2 Meaning of 'Trums' 3 The fernets 4 Finnmark and the end of WWII 5 Recruitment in Tromsø area 6 421 m.a.s.l.? 7 Sami having lived in the area "since the Stone Age" 8 Missing: "Economy" section 9 Ersfjordbotn 10 Name Change

[edit] Romsa or Romssa

The Sámi name of the city is repeatedly changed from "Romsa" to "Romssa". The latter word is found when reading f. ex. "The Municipality of Tromsø" or "the Sámis of Tromsø" in Sámi: "Romssa suohkan", "Romssa sámit". However, this is the genitive case - i.e. the extra "s" adds the meaning "of". The correct name, nominative case, is Romsa. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.36.137.7 (talk) 09:10, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Meaning of 'Trums'

Can anyone look it up and decide on whether it is known or unknown? It doesn't make sense to write "The meaning of the old name Trums is unknown. The name is from the old norwegian word "straumr" which refers to the strong currents in the narrow straits between the island and the mainland when the tide is coming in or going out."

I have written in all the three theories I know about. To anyone who feel strongly about the theory that the name derives from Sámi (Pros and Cons): Please leave the entry as it is. Whether one strongly agrees or strongly disagrees, the fact remains that the theory exists - and thus, it should be listed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.36.137.7 (talk) 10:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The fernets

The fernets are hardly of any notable international fame. I'm removing the name and myspace link from the page. If anyone disagrees, explain why here.

[edit] Finnmark and the end of WWII

I see that "Finnmark had been devastated" has been replaced with "Finnmark had been evacuated". It is a well-known fact that all buildings were burnt down during the evacuation, and I think it's a lack of respect to the respective owners to "hide" this ... though, arguably, this has nothing to do with Tromsø

The article mentions that it got a bishops seat in 1834, but later said 1803 a bishops seat was established... What gives?

The bishop's seat for Northern Norway was established in 1803 at Alstahaug, and moved to Tromsø in 1834.

[edit] Recruitment in Tromsø area

Does anyone know if the area of Troms-Finnmark have any job agencies or organisations helping people with jobhunting? Most agencies mainly cover the south of the country without much attention to the north of the country. If someone'd have information, please contact me at gerrit.df@gmail .com (without the space in front of .com)

Try http://www.nav.no

It's a government job agency, part of the Norwegian social security system. A very good one, covers most vacant jobs in the entire country and you can search for areas, types of jobs etc.

[edit] 421 m.a.s.l.?

Could somebody write that out in full? I couldn't find it in any dictionary.

Cunningpal 23:30, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

It must be 'meters above sea level' Cunningpal

Well who cares about this article anyways.

Probably every article on wikipedia, no matter how small, has somebody out there that cares deeply for the subject. In this case, we are talking about the cultural capitol of a region in Europe - everyone connected in some way to this region will care.

[edit] Sami having lived in the area "since the Stone Age"

...as stated at the top of the page. This statement might be concidered quite speculative, as it is not indeed known whether the Sami ethnic identity is this old. (Nothing against the Sami - it would have been just as speculative had it stated that "Norwegians" had lived in the area since the Stone Age...) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.39.140.252 (talk) 16:40, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

I removed the claim that they were Sami from the lead and the History section. Should we find any reliable sources later that support the claim, it can be reinstated into the article. --Aqwis (talk – contributions) 16:51, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Pardon my French, but it's bollocks to talk about ethnic identity in the Stone Age. (And I am a Sámi). Of course, the people who lived in the Tromsø area back then are probably the direct ancestors of today's Sámi, and traits of the culture has probably survived into the present Sámi identity. But that doesn't mean we can talk about Sámi living there in the stone age, only the Sámi ancestors. Good job, removing it.

[edit] Missing: "Economy" section

Please add if you can. -- 85.179.174.161 (talk) 01:24, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ersfjordbotn

Can someone please write Ersfjordbotn into this article so the orphan tag can be removed from Ersfjordbotn? Kingturtle (talk) 20:15, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Name Change

To "Tromso". I am utterly surprised this spelling has been so far allowed. It does not fit with wikipedia's standards for Anglicization on the English wikipedia at all. 78.146.215.203 (talk) 15:05, 25 May 2008 (UTC)