Kjerringøy is a village in Bodø Municipality in

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 ...

. The village is located about north of the town of Bodø, along the Karlsøyfjorden, just south of the entrance to the Folda fjord. The

Kjerringøy Church Kjerringøy Church ( no, Kjerringøy kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kjerringøy. It is one of the two churches for the ''Kjerringøy og Rønvik ...

is located in the village. Kjerringøy Handelssted

The Kjerringøy trading post, a part of the Nordland Museum, is located in the village. The trading post is well-preserved, with around 15 authentic buildings with interior. It is a popular tourist destination and is often used as a location for movies.iMDb: Filming Location Matching "Kjerringøy"
/ref> Historically, the village was the

administrative centre An administrative center 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 administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of the old municipality of Kjerringøy which existed from 1906 until 1964.

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*http://www.kjerringoy.no *http://www.kjerringoy.info Bodø Villages in Nordland Populated places of Arctic Norway {{Nordland-geo-stub