Talk:Honningsvåg

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According to my knowledge of Norwegian, Honningsvåg means "honey wave". Is this correct, and if so, why is it named so? — JIP | Talk 19:07, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

It is right, that honning means "honey", but in this case the word is changed during lingvistic history, probably from horn, that in Norwegean can mean a steep mountain top. The last part of Honningsvåg is not the female word, that means "wave", but the male word, that means "bay". --89.107.212.106 18:59, 16 April 2007 (UTC) (User nn:Anders Ellingsen)

about clam to most norten city, the local town consul said;" we are the northernmost city in Norway" Hammerfest by defenisen and age ARE the northernmost city in Norway and even in the world

Honningsvåg (help·info) at 70° 58' N, in Nordkapp municipality, claims to be the northernmost city in Norway and even in the world. Legislation effective from 1997 states that a Norwegian city must have 5,000 inhabitants, but Honningsvåg with its population of 2,575 was declared a city in 1996

It' like saying santa is from finnland when we all now he from the north pole