Froan or Froøyene is a populated

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 Arc ...

of small, rocky islands in the municipality of Frøya in

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denma ...

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 the ...

. Froan consists of several hundred islands and islets that lie in the sea about west of the

Fosen Fosen is a traditional district in Trøndelag, consisting of the municipalities Osen, Roan Åfjord, Ørland, Indre Fosen, Orkland, Heim, Hitra and Frøya. The district is dominated by forested valleys, lakes, coastal cliffs but also shallow ar ...

peninsula. The islands run for about in a northeasterly direction, parallel to the coastline. The island village of

Halten Halten is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Halten is first mentioned in 1201 as ''Haltun''. In 1274 it was mentioned as ''Halton''. Geography Halten has an area, , of . Of th ...

lies at the northern end of the island chain. Only a few of the islands are inhabited, and in 2017, the population was only 38. The

Froan Chapel Froan Chapel ( no, Froan kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Frøya municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the island of Sauøy in the Froan islands. It is one of several churches for the Frøya parish whic ...

, built in 1904, is located on the island of Sauøya. The

Halten Lighthouse Halten Lighthouse ( no, Halten fyr) is a coastal lighthouse in the municipality of Frøya in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lighthouse is situated in the now uninhabited fishing village of Halten. It was first lit in 1875, and it is the northern ...

and others are located throughout the islands.

References

Frøya, Trøndelag Islands of Trøndelag Archipelagoes of Norway Archipelagoes of the Norwegian Sea {{Trøndelag-geo-stub