Skallelv ( fkv, Kallijoki; sme, Gállojohka) is a village in

Vadsø Municipality Vadsø (; sme, Čáhcesuolu; fkv, Vesisaari) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vadsø, which was the administrative centre of the former Finnmark county. Oth ...

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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. It is located on the southeastern coast of the

Varanger Peninsula The Varanger Peninsula ( no, Varangerhalvøya; sme, Várnjárga; fkv, Varenkinniemi) is a peninsula in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the northeasternmost part of Norway, along the Barents Sea. The peninsula has the Tanafjorden to ...

, along the

Varangerfjorden The Varangerfjord ( en, Varanger Fjord; russian: Варангер-фьорд, Варяжский залив; fi, Varanginvuono; sme, Várjavuonna) is the easternmost fjord in Norway, north of Finland. The fjord is located in Troms og Finnmark co ...

. The

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highway runs through the village, about halfway between the villages of Komagvær and

Krampenes Krampenes is a village in Vadsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Varangerfjorden on the eastern shore of the Varanger Peninsula. It lies along the European route E75 highway, about no ...

. Skallelv Church is located in the village. Historically, Skallelv has been inhabited by the

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and the

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populations, and more recently by newcomers from the more southern parts of Norway and

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. Skallelv is one of the very few villages in Finnmark county that wasn't burned to the ground by the German troops at the end of

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. Some of the wooden buildings there date back to 1860 or older. Skallelv in 1989

References

Vadsø Villages in Finnmark Populated places of Arctic Norway {{Finnmark-geo-stub