Skaland is a village in
Senja Municipality
Senja is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020 when the municipalities of Berg, Lenvik, Torsken, and Tranøy were merged into one municipality. It is located in the traditional district of Hå ...
in
Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English), is a county in northern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform. ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located on the shores of the
Bergsfjorden on the northwest side of the
island of Senja, about to the southwest of the village of
Senjahopen and about southwest of the
city of Tromsø. The village of
Finnsæter is located about across the fjord to the south. The population (2001) was 236.
The main employer in the area is the
graphite
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factory, Skaland Grafitverk which was founded in 1917.
Berg Church is also located in the village.
The village was the
administrative center
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
Berg Municipality
Berg Municipality (, ) is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its administrative centre, seat is located in Svenstavik.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 when "old" Berg Municipality was amal ...
until 1 January 2020 when it was merged into
Senja Municipality
Senja is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020 when the municipalities of Berg, Lenvik, Torsken, and Tranøy were merged into one municipality. It is located in the traditional district of Hå ...
.
Media gallery
File:Finnsæter.JPG, Finnsæter
File:Solnedgang.jpg, Solnedgang
File:Bergsøyan.JPG, Bergsøyan
File:Bergsøyan (2).jpg, Bergsøyan
References
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Villages in Troms
Populated places of Arctic Norway
Senja