Alta is the most populated municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Alta. Some of the main villages in the municipality include Kåfjord, Komagfjord, Kvenvik, Langfjordbotn, Leirbotn, Rafsbotn, Talvik, and Tverrelvdalen.
The Northern light cathedral and part of town
Alta Sentrum
Alta River
Alta Airport
Northern or North Sámi is the most widely spoken of all Sámi languages. The area where Northern Sámi is spoken covers the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland. The number of Northern Sámi speakers is estimated to be somewhere between 15,000 and 25,000. About 2,000 of these live in Finland and between 5,000 and 6,000 in Sweden, with the remaining portions being in Norway.
Trilingual international border sign (Finnish, Swedish and Northern Sámi) on the E8 road at the border between Norway and Finland, at Kilpisjärvi, Finland
A page from the 1638 edition of Swenske och Lappeske ABC Book with the Lord's Prayer in what is believed to be Northern Sámi