Sjøvegan is the

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Salangen Municipality Salangen is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sjøvegan, where most of the people in the municipality live. Other villages include Elvenes, Laberg, and Seljesk ...

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,

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. The village is located at the end of the Sagfjorden, a branch of the

Salangen Salangen is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sjøvegan, where most of the people in the municipality live. Other villages include Elvenes, Laberg, and Seljesko ...

fjord. The river

Salangselva Salangselva is a river in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The long river runs through the municipalities of Salangen and Bardu. The river originates from the lake Isvatnet, flows through the Salangsdalen valley, the waterfall Kistefoss and the ...

empties into the fjord at Sjøvegan. The river flows through the lakes Nervatnet and Øvrevatnet just to the east of the village. The village is located about east of

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. The nearby town of

Setermoen Setermoen is the administrative centre of Bardu Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the Barduelva river, about east of the village of Sjøvegan and about south of Bardufoss. The local council proclaim ...

Bardu Municipality Bardu ( sme, Bearddu suohkan, fkv, Perttulan komuuni) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms og Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Setermoen, the la ...

is east of Sjøvegan and the village of Laberget is located about southwest of Sjøvegan. The village has a population (2017) of 780 which gives the village a

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of . The home venue of the Salangen IF team is located in Sjøvegan. Salangen Church is also located in the village.

Name

The name is the plural of "Sjøveg" which means ''vei ned til sjøen'' or "the way down to the sea".

Media gallery

SalangenWinter.JPG, Sjøvegan on the right side Aurora Borealis Salangen2.jpg, Sjøvegan at night Mjosundet.JPG, Fjord leading to Sjøvegan (innermost part of the fjord)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sjovegan Villages in Troms Populated places of Arctic Norway Salangen