Troms?/title><meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../wikistatic.css"></head> <body bgcolor='#FFFFFF'> <div id=topbar><table width='98%' border=0><tr><td><a href="http://www.wacklepedia.com/" title="Wacklepedia">Wacklepedia Home Page</a> | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troms? title="Troms?></a></b> | <a href="../../abc.html">Index</a></td> <td align=right nowrap></td></tr></table></div> <br> <div id=article2><div align="right"><table border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" align="right"><tr> </tr></table></div><h1>Troms?/h1><strong>Troms?/strong> is a city in the county of <A HREF="troms.html" title="Troms">Troms</A>, <A HREF="../../n/no/norway.html" title="Norway">Norway</A>, and it has 60,524 inhabitants as of <A HREF="../../j/ja/january_1.html" title="January 1">January 1</A>, <A HREF="../../2/20/2002.html" title="2002">2002</A>.<p> Troms?is the seventh largest city in Norway. It is situated at 69 degrees 40' 33" N, 18 degrees 55' 10" E. The world's northernmost <A HREF="../../u/un/university.html" title="University">university</A>, <A HREF="../../u/un/university_of_tromso.html" title="University of Troms?>University of Troms?/A> is located here.<p> <div style="float: right; margin: 0 1em 1em 0; text-align: center;"><br><i>Overview of Troms?</i></div><p> Troms?is also the home of the football club Troms?I.L, that plays in the <A HREF="../../l/li/list_of_norwegian_football_league_teams.html" title="List of Norwegian Football League teams">Norwegian premier league</A> (<A HREF="../../2/20/2003.html" title="2003">2003</A>).<p> Famous people who come from this city include:<p> <ul><li><A HREF="../../b/bi/biosphere__band_.html" title="Biosphere (band)">Geir Jenssen</A>, musician </li><li><A HREF="../../p/pe/peter_wessel_zapffe.html" title="Peter Wessel Zapffe">Peter Wessel Zapffe</A>, author and philosopher </li><li>Erik Skjoldbjaerg, director </li><li>Jorgen Dreyer, sculptor </li><li>Einar Hoidale, lawyer and democrat<p> </li></ul>The local newspapers are named <A HREF="../../b/bl/bladet_tromso.html" title="Bladet Troms?>Bladet Troms?/A> and <A HREF="../../n/no/nordlys.html" title="Nordlys">Nordlys</A>.<p> Troms?was the starting point of many expeditions to the Arctic, and explorers like Roald Amundsen, Umberto Nobile and Fridtjof Nansen made use of the know-how in Troms?on the conditions in the Arctic, and also recruited their crew in the city.</div><br><div id=footer><table border=0><tr><td> </td></tr></table></div><br><script type="text/javascript" src="../../googlead.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script> <br><script language="javascript" src="../../footer.js"></script><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-57414-7";urchinTracker();</script></body>  </html>