Fossen (literally, 'the waterfall') is a waterfall along the

Sjønstå River The Sjønstå River ( no, Sjønståelva, known as the ''Langvasselva'' in its upper course) is a river in the municipality of Fauske in Nordland county, Norway. The river is located in the valley between the town of Fauske and the village of ...

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

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 ...

. It is about upriver from the Sjønstå farm in the municipality of

Fauske or is a municipality located in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Fauske. Some of the villages in Fauske include Nystad, Venset, Straumsn ...

. In 1892, the

Sulitjelma Line The Sulitjelma Line ( no, Sulitjelmabanen) was a railway line that ran between Finneid in the town of Fauske to the village of Sulitjelma near the border with Sweden.For a history of the line see Bjerke, Thor, "Sulitjelmabanen" (1983, Norsk Jer ...

was built between Sjønstå and Fossen, replacing an unimproved road from 1888.Ingvaldsen, Jan-Olav. 2012. Førte siste tog fra Sulis. ''an.no'' (June 20).
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Sulitjelma Mines Sulitjelma Mines ( no, Sulitjelma gruber) was a Norwegian mining company that extracted copper, pyrite, and zinc at Sulitjelma in the municipality of Fauske, Norway. Operations started with a test mine in 1887. From 1891 to 1933, the business wa ...

was transported by boat across '' Langvatnet'' (Long Lake) from Sulitjelma to Fossen, and then by rail from Fossen to Sjønstå to be taken by boat via ''Øvervatnet'' (Upper Lake) and ''Nedrevatnet'' (Lower Lake), so that it could be sent by ship from

Finneid Finneid is a small town with a population of 210 (2016 census) that lies southeast of Fauske in Nordland county, Norway. Finneid was the port for shipping out the ore that came from the mine in Sulitjelma , , or is a village in the municip ...

along

Skjerstad Fjord Skjerstad FjordWelle-Strand, Erling. 1988. ''2500 Miles on the Coastal Steamer''. Narvik: Notrabooks, p. 31. ( no, Skjerstadfjorden) is a fjord in the municipalities of Bodø, Fauske, and Saltdal in Nordland county, Norway. It is a long arm off ...

. The line was extended from Fossen to Hellarmo a year later. The Sulitjelma Line was discontinued on July 23, 1972 and the station at Fossen is no longer used.Fossen stasjon. ''skinnelangs.no''.
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