Finnsæter is a small village in

Senja Municipality Senja is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020 when the municipalities of Berg, Lenvik, Torsken, and Tranøy were merged into one municipality. It is located in the traditional district of Hå ...

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,

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 ...

. The village is located on the western coast of the island of Senja, about across the Bergsfjorden from the municipal centre of

Skaland Skaland is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the shores of the Bergsfjorden on the northwest side of the island of Senja, about to the southwest of the village of Senjahopen and abo ...

Finnsæter Chapel Finnsæter Chapel ( no, Finnsæter kapell) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Finnsæter. It is an annex chapel for the Berg parish which is part of the Senja prost ...

is located here, just off

Norwegian County Road 86 County Road 86 ( no, Fylkesvei 86) is a highway in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The eastern end of the road begins in the village of Andselv (in the Bardufoss area of Målselv Municipality). It then heads west to the Gisund Bridge connecti ...

as it passes through the village. The village is also the location of the Hulderheimen cultural centre with the

Senja Troll The Senja Troll ( no, Senjatrollet) was a tourist attraction in Finnsæter on the island of Senja in northern Norway. It was completely destroyed in a fire on March 28, 2019. The largest troll statue in the world, it was the centerpiece of a famil ...

family park.

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Senja Villages in Troms {{Troms-geo-stub