Industries in Finnmark, Norway – History Anja, Frida, Isabella and Adrian

Fishering  First immigrants  Rich of fish, seal small whales and seabirds  Traded fish  Dried cod and herring trading

 Increased trade in Finnmark  The fish gave food to the families  The fisheries got industrialized  Small rowboats  Large machine-boats  Many employees  Few employees

Reindeer husbandry  Always been an important resource for Norway  Exploit meat, hide and the antlers  Stone carving in Alta, Finnmark  Sami people  Marking system  Half nomadic system

Stone carving in Alta, Finnmark

Modern Industry in Hammerfest Mathias, Andrea, Maja

Facts about the industry in hammerfest  Oil and gas (petroleum industry)  Important for Hammerfest’s economy  600 employees overall  The hospital  Provides employment  Independant on the state of the petroleum industry  Hammerfest municipality  1200 people employed

Aquaculture  Fish farming and sea fishing  Leading producerof Atlantic salmon  Second largest seafood exporter in the world  Employees  5,900 people across Norway are employed directly  21,000 people are indirectly employed in aquaculture related industries

The most important industries  Cermaq  Grieg Seafood  Melkøya  Goliath oil  Snøhvit LNG

The importance of oil and gas in Norway For the economy For the workforce  the petroleum industry’s profit  78 % goes to the norwegian state  The oil fund  7000 mrd NOK = £700bn(ish)  Norway’s sovereign welfund  Norway’s welfare  Provides jobs  Comparative advantage  Specific expertise  Subsea technology  Advanced technology  Requires highly educated people  Highly skilled jobs  Produce products of high value  Equal society/good social safety net