Gratangen
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| County | Troms | |
| Landscape | Hålogaland | |
| Municipality | NO-1919 | |
| Administrative centre | Gratangen | |
| Mayor (2003) | Eva Helene Ottesen (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 271 313 km² 306 km² 0.10 % | |
| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 387 1,282 0.03 % -13.2 % 4/km² | |
| Coordinates | Template:Coor dm | |
| www.gratangen.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/1919) | ||
Gratangen is a municipality in the county of Troms, Norway.
Site of some of the first battles between the German 3rd Mountain Division under Eduard Dietl and the Norwegian 6th Division under General Carl Gustav Fleischer after the German invasion of Norway April 9th 1940.
After initial German success in surprising and routing a batallion fra Mid-Norway the tide turned as the Norwegians got used to the whole concept of war.
Shortly after seeing their comrades from I/IR12 suffer heavy casulties from the German assault the men from Finnmark of the soon to be highly respected Alta Battalion under lt. colonel Arne Dagfin Dahl counter-attacked and drove the Germans back from Gratangen.
| Municipalities of Troms | Missing image Troms_vapen.png Troms coat of arms |
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Balsfjord | Bardu | Berg | Bjarkøy | Dyrøy | Gratangen | Harstad | Ibestad | Karlsøy | Kvæfjord | Kvænangen | Kåfjord | Lavangen | Lenvik | Lyngen | Målselv | Nordreisa | Salangen | Skjervøy | Skånland | Storfjord | Sørreisa | Torsken | Tranøy | Tromsø | |