ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the rural gap in the immigrant entrepreneurship literature by analyzing the stories of international newcomers who currently run a business in Finnmark, northernmost Norway. The total number of immigrants living in Finnmark in 2012 was 6,773, constituting 9.2 percent of the total population. In terms of numbers, the immigrants originate primarily from Russia and Finland, secondly from Poland, Lithuania and Sweden, and thirdly from Thailand, Somalia and Afghanistan. Immigrant entrepreneurship has emerged as an important topic of research in recent years. The informants were selected via a strategy designed to include male and female immigrant entrepreneurs active in different businesses and coming from different parts of the world and through different modes of entry. Despite potential hindrances such as remoteness, harsh climate during the winter, and relatively high costs, the immigrant entrepreneurs in Finnmark were involved in different kinds of mobile practices while living and working in the peripheral North.
