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Jurisdiction County of Nordland including Jan Mayen, County of Troms including Svalbard, County of Finnmark Website www.domstol.no/halogaland Similar Bladet Nordlys AS, SpareBank 1 Nord‑Nor, Hålogala Teater, Rorbua Pub, Northern Norway Art Museum | ||
The Hålogaland Court of Appeal (Norwegian: Hålogaland lagmannsrett) is one of six courts of appeal in the Kingdom of Norway. The Court is located in Tromsø. It covers the counties Nordland, Troms, and Finnmark as well as Jan Mayen and Svalbard.
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The Hålogaland Court of Appeal covers the County of Nordland including Jan Mayen, the County of Troms including Svalbard, and the County of Finnmark—and their approximately 470,000 inhabitants. Together these counties and territories constitute the Juridical District of Hålogaland (Norwegian: Hålogaland lagdømme).
The Court has its seat in Tromsø, the capital of Troms and the largest city in Northern Norway (Hålogaland). In addition the Court arranges court meetings in the city of Bodø, the capital of Nordland and the second largest city in Northern Norway, and in the town of Mosjøen, also in Nordland.
The Court is headed by a lawspeaker (Norwegian: førstelagmann), currently by Arild Oskar Eidesen. The administration of the Court is managed by the Norwegian National Courts Administration.
Because of the great distances both at land and at sea in Northern Norway, the Court deals with many cases related to fishery and land rights. Northern Norway is also where the 'three peoples' meet, i.e. Norwegians, Samis, and Kvens. The cultural variations demand bigger efforts of the Court's judges, among other the ability to understand different ways of living and thinking. Also lingual variations represent a challenge.
Since the Middle Ages the old Thing of Hålogaland met at Steigen in Nordland. This assembly was dissolved in 1797. When re-established in 1890 it was moved to Tromsø in Troms.