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Elsfjord is a village in
Vefsn Municipality Vefsn ( sma, Vaapste) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Mosjøen (population: 9,843). Some of the notable villages in Vefsn i ...
in
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 village is located at the end of the Elsfjorden, about northeast of the town of Mosjøen. The European route E06 highway is accessed about south of the village. Elsfjord Church is located in the village. The village was the
administrative centre 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 municipality of Elsfjord during its existence from 1929 to 1964. The Nordlandsbanen railway line passes through the village, stopping at Elsfjord Station.


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* Prison camps in North Norway during World War Two, including at Elsfjord Villages in Nordland Vefsn Populated places of Arctic Norway {{Nordland-geo-stub