Flakstadøya is an island in the

Lofoten Lofoten () is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Lofoten has distinctive scenery with dramatic mountains and peaks, open sea and sheltered bays, beaches and untouched lands. There are two towns, Svolvær ...

archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archi ...

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 Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The entire island lies within

Flakstad Municipality Flakstad is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of the island group Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ramberg. Other villages include Fredvang, Napp, Nusfjord ...

with the

Vestfjorden Vestfjorden is a long fjord or oceanic sea in Nordland county, Norway. The name literally means "the west fjord", although it is called a fjord, it could best be described as a firth or an open bight of sea. The "fjord" lies between the Lofote ...

on the east side of the island and the

Norwegian Sea The Norwegian Sea ( no, Norskehavet; is, Noregshaf; fo, Norskahavið) is a marginal sea, grouped with either the Atlantic Ocean or the Arctic Ocean, northwest of Norway between the North Sea and the Greenland Sea, adjoining the Barents Sea to ...

on the west side of the island.

Geography

The island is connected to the neighboring island of

Moskenesøya Moskenesøya (lit. ''Moskenes Island'') is an island at the southern end of the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The island is shared between Moskenes Municipality and Flakstad Municipality. The tidal whirlpool system known as Mos ...

(to the south and west) by the

Kåkern Bridge The Kåkern Bridge ( no, Kåkern bru) is a cantilever road bridge that crosses the Kåkernsundet strait between the islands of Flakstadøya and Moskenesøya in the municipality of Flakstad in Nordland county, Norway. The long Kåkern Bridge was ...

and

Fredvang Bridges The Fredvang Bridges ( no, Fredvangbruene) are two cantilever bridges that connect the fishing village of Fredvang on the island of Moskenesøya with the neighboring island of Flakstadøya. The bridges are located in Flakstad Municipality in No ...

. It is connected to the island of

Vestvågøya Vestvågøya or Vest-Vågøy is an island in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The island is located within Vestvågøy Municipality. The island lies between the islands of Austvågøya and Gimsøya to the northeast and Flakst ...

(to the northeast) through the undersea

Nappstraum Tunnel The Nappstraum Tunnel ( no, Nappstraumtunnelen) is an undersea road tunnel in Nordland county, Norway. The long tunnel is located on the European route E10 highway, connecting the islands of Flakstadøya (in Flakstad Municipality) and Vestvåg� ...

. The

European route E10 European route E10 is the second shortest Class A road which is part of the International E-road network. It begins in Å, Norway and ends in Luleå, Sweden. The road is about 850 km (530 mi) in length. The Norwegian part of the ...

highway crosses the island and connecting to the neighboring islands. There are several villages on the island including 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, Ramberg, and others such as

Fredvang Fredvang is a village in Flakstad Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Moskenesøya in the Lofoten archipelago. The village is fairly isolated with the Fredvang Bridges The Fredvang Bridges ( no, Fr ...

Nusfjord Nusfjord is a fishing village in Flakstad Municipality in Lofoten in Nordland county, Norway. The village lies on the southern shore of the island of Flakstadøya, along the Vestfjorden. In 2017, Uwe Rosenberg designed and published a board gam ...

, Sund, Vikten, and Napp.

Gallery

File:Nusfjord road, 2010 09.jpg, A mountain massif of Flakstadøya island backgrounding the road to Nusfjord village. File:Stabben, Stortinden & Moltinden, 2010 September.JPG, The eastfaces of Stabben, Stortinden and Moltinden in the island of Flakstadøya File:Vue de Sund (Flakstad).jpg, View of the village of Sund Nusfjord-26-Landhandel-2019-gje.jpg, Store in Nusfjord Nusfjord-58-Hafen-2019-gje.jpg, Port of Nusfjord

References

External links

* Flakstad Lofoten {{Nordland-island-stub