What is Nesseby?
[[Image:Nesseby komm.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Nesseby''', or ''Unjárga'', is a municipality in [[Norway]]'s northernmost county, [[Finnmark]]. Settlements include [[Nesseby (settlement)]]. ==History== Until 1915, skeletons (of c. 130 humans) were dug up (and taken) from where they were buried, and sold;<ref>https://www.nrk.no/sapmi/onsker-a-gjenbegrave-130-levninger-i-samisk-kommune-1.16629532. Retrieved 2024-03-22</ref> Some of those skeletons were used for research. During [[WW II]], a prison camp was started (at [[Vesterelv]]) for [foreign] prisoners; The [[Nazi government of Germany]] ruled over Norway. During [[WW II]], a prison camp was started (at [[Vesterelv]]) for [foreign] prisoners; The [[Nazi government of Germany]] ruled over Norway. The last fighting in Norway, between Soviet forces and German forces, happened (in [[Varangerbotn]] [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4129770 map]) in November 1944.<ref>[https://nordnorskdebatt.no/article/frigjoringen-ost-finnmark-hosten Uten russisk representasjon er 75-årsmarkeringen meningsløs og bør avlyses] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021230104/https://nordnorskdebatt.no/article/frigjoringen-ost-finnmark-hosten |date=2019-10-21 }}. [[Avisa Nordlys|Nordlys]]. Retrieved 15 August 2018. Quote: «Bård A. Berg - UIT NORGES ARKTISKE UNIVERSITET [...] 611 russiske soldater mistet livet på norsk jord i felttoget som jaget tyskerne bort, og 1501 ble såret. De siste kampene mellom sovjetiske og tyske styrker sto i Varangerbotn 6. november 1944. Russerne stoppet framrykningen i Rustefjelbma [...], og tyskerne flyktet videre mot Troms. Ingen norske soldater deltok i felttoget.»</ref> ==Administration== The municipal council is elected until late 2027. *7 council members are from ''Felleslista i Nesseby''<ref>https://www.nrk.no/valg/2023/resultat/fylke/56/5636. [[NRK]].no. Retrieved 2023-09-26</ref> *7 from [[Norwegian Labour Party|Labour party]] *1 from [[Socialist Left Party|Socialist Left party]] (The 15 council members were elected during t