Laksefjorden ( en, Lakse Fjord; sme, Lágesvuotna) is a

fjord In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Förden and East Jutland Fjorde, Germany, ...

located entirely in Lebesby Municipality in Troms og Finnmark 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 ...

. At long, it is the third-longest fjord in Finnmark county after the

Porsangerfjorden The Porsangerfjorden ( en, Porsanger Fjord; sme, Porsáŋgguvuotna; fkv, Porsanginvuono) is a fjord in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. Name The fjord is officially named ''Porsangerfjorden'' in Norwegian. It is also known informally as ''Pors ...

and

Varangerfjorden The Varangerfjord ( en, Varanger Fjord; russian: Варангер-фьорд, Варяжский залив; fi, Varanginvuono; sme, Várjavuonna) is the easternmost fjord in Norway, north of Finland. The fjord is located in Troms og Finnmark co ...

. The fjord is situated in a sparsely populated area, with only few and small settlements along the fjord, including

Lebesby Lebesby ( sme, Davvesiida and fkv, Lebespyy) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kjøllefjord. Other villages in the municipality include Ifjord, Kunes, Lebesb ...

, Kunes,

Ifjord Ifjord ( se, Idjavuotna) is a village in the municipality of Lebesby in Finnmark, Norway. It is located at the bottom of Ifjorden, a branch of Laksefjorden Laksefjorden ( en, Lakse Fjord; sme, Lágesvuotna) is a fjord located entirely in Lebesb ...

, and Veidnes. The fjord is surrounded by the

Sværholt Peninsula The Sværholt Peninsula ( no, Sværholthalvøya) is a peninsula in Finnmark county, Norway. The peninsula lies between the Porsangerfjorden and Laksefjorden in the municipalities of Nordkapp, Lebesby, and Porsanger Porsanger ( se, Porsáŋg ...

to the west and the Nordkinn Peninsula to the east, and it empties to the north into the

Barents Sea The Barents Sea ( , also ; no, Barentshavet, ; russian: Баренцево море, Barentsevo More) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territo ...

. Norwegian County Road 888 follows the southern and eastern shoreline of the fjord.

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Fjords of Troms og Finnmark Lebesby {{Norway-fjord-stub

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