Mehamn

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Mehamn
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CountryNorway
RegionNorthern Norway
CountyFinnmark
DistrictØst-Finnmark
MunicipalityGamvik Municipality
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Mehamn (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Archaic Russian: Sjestopalikha[3]) is the administrative centre of Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the small Vedvik peninsula, itself part of the greater Nordkinn Peninsula, at the southern end of the Mehamnfjorden, a bay off of the Barents Sea. The village of Gamvik lies about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) to the east and the village of Kjøllefjord (in Lebesby Municipality) lies about 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the southwest. Mehamn Chapel is located in this village. The 0.59-square-kilometre (150-acre) village has a population (2023) of 703 which gives the village a population density of 1,198 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,100/sq mi).[1]

History

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Mehamnfjorden during polar night, with Normannsethfjorden and Vedvikneset just north of Mehamn. Reipnakktinden as well as a sugarhead of Kinnarodden − the northernmost point on the Nordkinn Peninsula − are visible at the far end.

Whaling

Svend Foyn established the whaling station in Mehamn that was built in 1884-1885. It was put into use starting in the spring of 1885, and it became the largest of its kind in Finnmark County. After Foyn’s death in 1894, the whaling station was run by Foyn’s whaling company. Svend Foyn also established the Svend Foyn Chapel, in Mehamn starting in 1887.[4]

Mehamn Rebellion

The background for the Mehamn rebellion was a period of miserable cod and capelin fishing. The fishermen blamed the local whaling. They believed that the whales chased the fish toward the shore. With few whales left, the fish stayed out of reach. Frustrations were growing by the day during the spring of 1903. By Whitsunday, about 2000 angry fishermen were in the harbor in Mehamn. At the time, the village had 123 permanent residents.[5]

When the new manager of the whaling station denied help to a fishing boat that came from the sea with a broken helm, the fishermen had had enough. On 2 June 1903, a large number of them gathered outside the factory. During the following two days, machinery was destroyed, chimneys were torn down, and the large steam boilers were sunk. The guard and single police officer could do nothing but watch. Military forces from Vardø and Harstad were mobilized, but did not reach Mehamn before the factory was completely destroyed and the situation was calm again.[5]

Some of the vandals were caught and convicted. They received very light sentences in jail and then the following autumn, general elections were held, and the Labour Party, which had fought for the protection of the whales, entered parliament for the first time with four MPs. They all represented the three northernmost counties of Norway. They were said to have "ridden to Parliament on a whale’s back." In December, a law was passed ensuring the preservation of the whales in Norwegian waters off the coast of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark.[5]

1982 air crash

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Climate

Mehamn has a boreal (subarctic) climate (Köppen: Dsc), with short and cool summers. The winters are long and sometimes windy, but winter temperatures are moderated by the nearby open sea and mild for the latitude. Mehamn is also sometimes affected by heat waves, the heat waves in 2018[7] and 2022[8] both saw high temperatures above 30 °C (86 °F).

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Transportation

Norwegian County Road 888 connects Mehamn to the European route E6 highway at the base of the Nordkinn Peninsula, and from there on to the towns of Kirkenes in the east and Alta in the west. Mehamn is a port of call for the Hurtigruten coastal ship.[12] Mehamn is also connected by air via Mehamn Airport, with services by Widerøe to the nearby city of Tromsø.[13]

References

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  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Observations and weather statistics (SN96310 Mehamn Lufthavn)". Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Temperaturnormaler per måned og år (Temperature norms per month and year)" (in norsk). Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
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  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ports". Hurtigruten.us. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mehamn Airport". avinor.no. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
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