Mortenhals or Mortenshals is a village in

Balsfjord Municipality Balsfjord ( sme, Báhccavuotna ; fkv, Paatsivuono) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Storsteinnes. Other villages include Mestervik, Mortenhals, and Nordkjosb ...

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 along the

Malangen Malangen ( sme, Málatvuotna or fkv, Malankivuono) is a former municipality in Troms county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1871 until its dissolution in 1964. The old municipality surrounded the Malangen fjord and today that area ...

fjord, across the fjord from

Rossfjordstraumen Rossfjordstraumen is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It serves as a community center for the areas around the Rossfjorden and the lake Rossfjordvatnet. It is located about northeast of the town of Finnsnes, ...

. The village of

Mestervik Mestervik or Meistervik is a village in Balsfjord Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located near the southeastern end of the Malangen Malangen ( sme, Málatvuotna or fkv, Malankivuono) is a former municipality ...

is located about to the south.

Malangen Church Malangen Church ( no, Malangen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Balsfjord Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Mortenhals. It is the church for the Malangen parish which is part of t ...

is located here. This 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

which existed from 1871 until 1964.

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Villages in Troms Balsfjord Populated places of Arctic Norway {{Troms-geo-stub