is a city and municipality in the county of
Finnmark,
Norway. The municipality encompasses parts of three islands;
Kvaløya,
Sørøya and
Seiland. Hammerfest was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt). The law required that all cities should be separated from their rural districts, but because of low population, and very few voters, this was impossible to carry out for Hammerfest in 1838. (See also
Vadsø and
Vardø.)
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