The highest mountain in Northern Norway is found here in the Okstindan range south of Mo i Rana with Oksskolten reaching 1,915 metres (6,283 ft) above sea level, and with the glacier Okstindbreen. The inland is covered with dense spruce forests and mountains near the Swedish border some of the biggest rivers in the region are the Vefsna and the Ranelva. Here there is a multitude of islands and skerries on the outside of the coastal range, some flat, some with impressive shapes, like Mount Torghatten, which has a hole through it, and the Seven Sisters near Sandnessjøen. The southernmost part, roughly the part south of the Arctic Circle, is called Helgeland. Northern Norway covers about a third of Norway. Geography Some of the major islands in Northern Norway
Finnish is spoken in only a few communities in the east of Finnmark. The Norwegian language dominates in most of the area Sami speakers are mainly found inland and in some of the fjord areas of Nordland, Troms and particularly Finnmark – though ethnic Sámi who do not speak the language are found more or less everywhere in the region. The region is multi-cultural, housing not just Norwegians but also the indigenous Sami people, Norwegian Finns (known as Kvens, distinct from the " Forest Finns" of Southern Norway) and Russian populations (mostly in Kirkenes). Further north, halfway to the North Pole, is the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, traditionally not regarded as part of Northern Norway.
Northern Norway is often described as the land of the midnight sun and the land of the northern lights. Some of the largest towns in Northern Norway (from south to north) are Mo i Rana, Bodø, Narvik, Harstad, Tromsø and Alta. Northern Norway ( Bokmål: Nord-Norge, Urban East Norwegian:, Nynorsk: Nord-Noreg Northern Sami: Davvi-Norga) is a geographical region of Norway, consisting of the two northernmost counties Nordland and Troms og Finnmark, in total about 35% of the Norwegian mainland.
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