Skjold or Øverbygd is a village in

Målselv Municipality Målselv () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Moen, Troms, Moen. The main commercial centre of the municipality is the ...

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county,

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. Skjold is located at the

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of the

Målselva The Målselva is a river in Målselv Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The long river flows through the Målselvdalen valley and then empties into the Målselvfjorden, an arm of the Malangen fjord. The municipality and the valley through ...

and Fjellfrøselva rivers, about east of the town of

Bardufoss or is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and commercial centre in Målselv Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The urban area was formally established as a town under Norwegian law in 2021 when the three villages of Andselv, Andslimo ...

. The village of Holmen lies just east of Skjold. The village has a population (2023) of 243 and a

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of . The Skjold army base is located just north of the village of Skjold. It is home to the

Brigade Nord Brigade Nord (Brig. N.; Northern Brigade) is the major combat formation and only brigade of the Norwegian Army, consisting of eight battalions and one military police company. It is mostly based in Troms (Bardu Municipality and Målselv Municipalit ...

() of the

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. The village of Skjold was the

administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...

of the old Øverbygd Municipality which existed from 1925 until its dissolution in 1964. The village area is also known as ''Øverbygd'' since it was the centre of the old municipality. Målselv, Øverbygd - no-nb digifoto 20141216 00081 NB MIT FNR 18386 (cropped).jpg, View of Øverbygd (c. 1958) Øverbygd kyrkje.jpg, Øverbygd Church

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