Tromsbuss AS is a bus company with operations in Tromsø

Tromsø

Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...

, Karlsøy

Karlsøy

Karlsøy is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hansnes. Karlsøy is also the name of a village on Karlsøya island in the municipality of Karlsøy. The village of Karlsøy had a population of 70.- General information :Karlsøy was...

 and Balsfjord

Balsfjord

Balsfjord is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Storsteinnes, while Nordkjosbotn at the head of the fjord is another village....

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, on contract with Troms county municipality

Troms County Municipality

Troms County Municipality is the regional governing administration of Troms, Norway. It has its administration in Tromsø and consists of a county council and a county cabinet....

. The company is a subsidiary of TIRB

TIRB

TIRB is a Norwegian transport company based in Finnsnes, Troms. The corporation has six subsidiaries performing cargo- and passenger transport, and service and maintenance of heavy vehicles. The company operates in Troms, Nordland, Finnmark, Oslo and Østfold...

, that is controlled by Hurtigruten Group

Hurtigruten Group

Hurtigruten Group is a Norwegian transport corporation with headquarters in Narvik, Norway. The group provides services within bus transport, car ferry transport, tourism in addition to operating the Coastal Express along the Norwegian Coast...

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History

Bus transport in Tromsø started in 1946 by the municipal owned ferry company Tromsøya Buss- og Ferjeselskap. After the Tromsø Bridge

Tromsø Bridge

The Tromsø Bridge is a cantilever road bridge in the city of Tromsø, Norway. It crosses the strait of Tromsøysundet between Tromsdalen on the mainland and Tromsøya. Construction began in 1958, and the bridge was opened in 1960. At the time of its opening, it was the longest bridge in Northern...

opened in 1960 the company withdrew from ferry transport and changed its name to Tromsbuss.