Bergsfjord is a village in
Loppa Municipality
Loppa ( sme, Láhppi and fkv, Lappea) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Øksfjord. Other villages in Loppa include Andsnes, Bergsfjord, Langfjordhamn, Loppa, ...
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,
Norway
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. The village is located on the mainland part of Loppa Municipality, along the Bergsfjorden, across from the island of
Silda. The village of
Sør-Tverrfjord lies about to the southwest, across the fjord. The
Svartfjellet mountain lies about straight east of the village, alongside the
glacier
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.
Bergsfjord has no road connections to the rest of Norway. It is only accessible by
ferry from the nearby villages of
Sør-Tverrfjord and
Øksfjord
Øksfjord ( sme, Ákšovuotna) is a village in Norway.
Øksfjord is visited by the coastal service Hurtigruten boat daily, stopping here between stops at Skjervøy and Hammerfest. Since most of Loppa municipality is inaccessible by car, Øksfjord ...
.
Bergsfjord Church is located in this village.
In 2013, the fish processing factory in the village closed down.
References
Villages in Finnmark
Loppa
Populated places of Arctic Norway
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