Storfjord is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hatteng. Other villages in Storfjord include Elvevoll, Oteren, and Skibotn.The 1543km2 municipality is the 49th largest by area out of the 426 municipalities in Norway. Storfjord is the 337th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,890. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 1.1% over the last decade.General informationThe municipality of Storfjord was established in 1929 when it was separated from the municipality of Lyngen. The initial population was 1,499. On 1 January 1964, the Elvebakken farm of Balsfjord was transferred to Storfjord. Then on 1 January 1992, one uninhabited farm in the Nordnes area of Lyngen was transferred to Storfjord.NameThe municipality is named after the Storfjorden. The first element is stor which means "great" or "big".Coat-of-armsThe coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 9 February 1990. The arms show three poppies of the very rare species Papaver laestadianum (a subspecies of Papaver radicatum). The meeting of the three poppies also represents the meeting point (Treriksrøysa) of the three countries Norway, Sweden, and Finland, that lies on the edge of the municipality.
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