Skjerstad () is a village in

Bodø Municipality Bodø (; smj, Bådåddjo, sv, Bodö) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Bodø (which is also the capital of Nordland count ...

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

county, Norway. The small village of Skjerstad sits at the mouth of the Misværfjorden, where it joins

Skjerstadfjorden Skjerstad FjordWelle-Strand, Erling. 1988. ''2500 Miles on the Coastal Steamer''. Narvik: Notrabooks, p. 31. ( no, Skjerstadfjorden) is a fjord in the municipalities of Bodø, Fauske, and Saltdal in Nordland county, Norway. It is a long arm off ...

. The village is also the location of

Skjerstad Church Skjerstad Church ( no, Skjerstad kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skjerstad, along Skjerstadfjorden. It is one of two churches for the ''Misvær og ...

. The village was the namesake of the old Skjerstad Municipality which existed prior to 2005.

History

Skjerstad is possibly the place of execution of ''Raud den Rame'' by Olaf Tryggvason, and the location of the annual

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

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play called "Ragnhilds Drøm" ''(Ragnhild's Dream)''.

Notable people

Gudmund Grimstad Gudmund Grimstad (8 April 1898 – 12 August 1970) was a Norwegian wrestler. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and ...

, an Olympic wrestler (1898–1970)

References

Bodø Villages in Nordland Populated places of Arctic Norway {{nordland-geo-stub