Træna is a municipality 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. It is part of the

Helgeland Helgeland is the most southerly district in Northern Norway. Generally speaking, Helgeland refers to the part of Nordland county that is located south of the Arctic Circle. It is bordered in the north by the Saltfjellet mountains and Svartise ...

traditional region. 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 municipality is the island/village of

Husøya Husøya is a small island and the administrative centre of Træna Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located just east of the island of Sanna in the Trænfjorden, about northwest of the island of Lovund (in neighboring Lurøy M ...

. Other population centres include

Selvær Selvær is an island and fishing village in the municipality of Træna in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about northeast of the main island of Husøya and about west of the island of Nesøya. The 70 or so residents on the island mak ...

and Sanna. Kirkhelleren traena nordlan

Fishing is the economic mainstay of Træna. Connections to mainland Norway are by means of boat and

ferry A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...

. Routes are provided to

Sandnessjøen Sandnessjøen is a town and the administrative centre of Alstahaug Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Sandnessjøen was granted special trading privileges in the late 1600s and it received town status in 1999. Sandnessjøen is located on ...

, Nesna, and Stokkvågen. Each year Træna plays hosts a music festival called

Traena Music Festival The Traena Music Festival ( no, Trænafestivalen) is held annually in the municipality of Træna in Nordland county, Norway. The festival is held on the islands of Husøya and Sanna. The islands are only accessible by ferry boat from the mainlan ...

. The islands of Træna have been the site of a number of archeological discoveries, indicating that the island has been populated since the

Stone Age The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years, and ended between 4,000 BC and 2,000 BC, with t ...

. The municipality is the 352nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Træna is the 353rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of only 450. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 9.5% over the previous 10-year period. As of October 2020, there are two regular boat departures per day; authorities have suggested having only one regular departure per day.

General information

The municipality of Træna was established on 1 January 1872 when it was separated from the municipality of Lurøy. Initially, Træna had 289 residents. The municipal borders have not changed since that time.

Name

The municipality is named after the island group of Træna ( Old Norse: ''Þriðna''). The name is probably derived from the number ''þrír'' which means "three" and then referring to three peaks on the island. Historically, the name was spelled ''Trænen''.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 24 July 1987. The arms show a red background with three gold-colored fishhooks made of bone from the

. These hooks symbolize the importance of fishing in the municipality and the historic bone hooks found in the local Kirkhelleren cave.

Churches

The

Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...

has one parish () within the municipality of Træna. It is part of the Nord-Helgeland prosti (

deanery A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residenc ...

) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.

Geography

The municipality consists of over one thousand small islands off the coast of Norway. Four of the islands are populated:

, Sanna, and Sandøy. The islands lie along the Trænfjorden to the southeast and the Norwegian Sea to the west.

Træna Lighthouse Træna Lighthouse ( no, Træna fyr) is a coastal lighthouse in Træna Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Sørholmen in the Trænfjorden, about southwest of the main island of Husøya and about west of the i ...

is located in the southern part of the municipality. Træna

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Træna, are responsible for

primary education Primary education or elementary education is typically the first stage of formal education, coming after preschool/kindergarten and before secondary school. Primary education takes place in ''primary schools'', ''elementary schools'', or first ...

(through 10th grade), outpatient

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, senior citizen services, unemployment and other

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, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor. The municipality falls under the

Rana District Court Rana District Court ( no, Rana tingrett) was a district court in Nordland county, Norway. The court was based in the town of Mo i Rana. The court existed from 1859 until 2021. It served the central part of the county which included the municipal ...

and the Hålogaland Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council () of Træna is made up of 11 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the council is as follows:

Mayor

The mayors of Træna (incomplete list): *2019–present: Jan Helge Andersen ( Ap) *2011-2019: Per Pedersen ( KrF) *2003-2011: Aina Willumsen (Ap)

References

External links

Raser mot vindturbiner til havs i Norges eldste fiskevær: – Vi må ikke bli historieløse
nger (at proposal for) wind turbines at sea in Norway's oldest fishing village: – We must not lose our history 24 November 2020. NRK *
Municipal fact sheet
from

Statistics Norway Statistics Norway ( no, Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every yea ...

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyUtSsXspLM {{DEFAULTSORT:Traena Municipalities of Nordland 1872 establishments in Norway