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 t ...
, located off the coast of
Alta
Alta or ALTA may refer to:
Acronyms
* Alt-A, short for Alternative A-paper, is a type of U.S. mortgage
* American Land Title Association, a national trade association representing the land title industry
* American Literary Translators Associatio ...
, 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 language, English), is a Counties of Norway, county in Northern Norway, northern Norway that was established ...
county. It covers an area of and contains the remains of
Altenhus Fortress
Altenhus Fortress ( no, Altenhus festning; also Kongshus Fortress) was a fortification built on the island of Årøya in the Alta, Norway, Alta area of Finnmark, Norway in 1610.
Altenhus Fortress was intended to prevent Swedish incursions into t ...
(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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