The Hårskolten Tunnel ( no, Hårskolttunnelen) is a road tunnel that is part of

Norwegian County Road 830 County Road 830 ( no, Fylkesvei 830) is a road in the municipality of Fauske in Nordland County, Norway. It runs between Finneid, where it branches off from European route E6, and the village of Sulitjelma, where it continues as County Road 543. ...

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 ...

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,

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 located between

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 ...

in the town of Fauske and the village of Sulitjelma. This tunnel is the middle tunnel in a series of three tunnels on this road. The

Grønnlifjell Tunnel The Grønnlifjell Tunnel ( no, Grønnlifjelltunnelen) is a road tunnel that is part of Norwegian County Road 830 in the municipality of Fauske in Nordland county, Norway. It is located between Finneid in the town of Fauske and the village of ...

lies immediately to the east of this tunnel and the Sjønståfjell Tunnel lies immediately to the west of this tunnel. The long tunnel was originally built in 1956 as part of an expansion of 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 ...

between Finneid and Sulitjelma. The railway line was closed and dismantled in 1972. The tunnel was rebuilt soon after when the old railway line was converted into a highway which opened in 1975.

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Fauske Road tunnels in Nordland Railway tunnels in Nordland 1956 establishments in Norway Tunnels completed in 1956 Tunnels on the Sulitjelma Line Roads within the Arctic Circle {{norway-rail-transport-stub

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