Sandhornøya is a mountainous island in
Gildeskål Municipality
Gildeskål is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Bodø Region and the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipali ...
in
Nordland
Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The island is located south of the
town of Bodø near the entrance to the
Saltfjorden
or is a fjord in Bodø Municipality and Gildeskål Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The long fjord begins around the Fleinvær islands; travels northeast past the islands of Sørarnøya, Sandhornøya, and Straumøya islands; along t ...
. The mainland of Norway lies to the east and the islands of
Fleina
Fleina is an island in Gildeskål Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The island lies in the Fleinværfjorden, between the islands of Fugløya and Sør-Arnøya. The island of Sandhornøya lies to the east and the mainland lies to the sou ...
,
Sør-Arnøya
Sør-Arnøya is a small island in Gildeskål Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The island is located west of the neighboring island of Sandhornøya and south of the island of Nord-Arnøya. Sør-Arnøya and Nord-Arnøya are linked with ...
, and
Nord-Arnøya
Nord-Arnøya is an island in Gildeskål Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The island had 52 residents in 2017. It lies directly north of the island of Sør-Arnøya. There is a long bridge connecting the two islands. There is a small fis ...
lie to the west. The villages of
Lekanger,
Mårnes, and
Våg are located on the island. The island is connected to the mainland by the
Sandhornøy Bridge. Sandhornøya is also the birthplace of famous Norwegian professor and hymn writer,
Elias Blix. A memorial monument of Blix can be seen by the coastline.
Salt festival
On August 29, 2014, the Salt festival was held on a western beach on Sandhornøya. It included three architectural structures that were built on the beach and were inspired by the historic fish racks of Northern Norway. The Finnish architect Sami Rintala designed them. In one of the fish rack buildings, the Chinese artist
Yang Fudong
Yang Fudong (; born 1971 in Beijing) is a Chinese contemporary artist. In the early 1990s, he began to work with film. He began creating films and videos using 35 mm film. Currently Yang directs films, creates photographs, and creates video ...
created a site specific outdoor film installation for the beach.
See also
*
List of islands of Norway
This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area.
A
* Alden
* Aldra
* Algrøy
* Alsta
* Altra
* Anda
* Andabeløya
* Andørja
* Andøya, Vesterålen
* Andøya, Agder ...
References
Gildeskål
Islands of Nordland
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