Årøya is an island of northern
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
, located off the coast of
Alta, in
Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English), is a county in northern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform. ...
county. It covers an area of and contains the remains of
Altenhus Fortress (Kongshus), built in 1610.
There is a ferry connection between the village of
Kongshus on Årøya and
Mikkelsby on the mainland.
References
Islands of Troms og Finnmark
Alta, Norway
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