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Berlevåg Municipality () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Øst-Finnmark. The administrative centre of the municipality is ...

Finnmark Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland (Finland), Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norweg ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The village is located on the northeastern coast of the Varanger Peninsula along the

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. The village lies along Norwegian County Road 890, just east of

Berlevåg Airport Berlevåg Airport (; ) is a regional airport serving Berlevåg Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The airport is situated northwest of the village of Berlevåg (village), Berlevåg and is owned and operated by Avinor. The airport tower is ...

. The Hurtigruten coastal express boats stop daily at Berlevåg. The village has a population (2023) of 868 and a

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

of . About 97% of the municipal residents live in this village. Berlevåg is one of the largest

fishing village A fishing village is a village, usually located near a fishing ground, with an economy based on catching fish and harvesting seafood. The continents and islands around the world have coastlines totalling around 356,000 kilometres (221,000 ...

s in Finnmark county. It has several

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plants, a large harbor, and public services. Berlevåg Church is located in the village, and Kjølnes Lighthouse is located about to the east of the village. There are four large

breakwaters A breakwater is a permanent structure constructed at a coastal area to protect against tides, currents, waves, and storm surges. Breakwaters have been built since antiquity to protect anchorages, helping isolate vessels from marine hazards ...

protecting the village from the ocean. They were built between 1913 and 1975.

is located near the village. The Hurtigruten boats also stop here.

History

Near the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, the Germans retreated from Finnmark county from September 1944 to February 1945 and they used

scorched earth A scorched-earth policy is a military strategy of destroying everything that allows an enemy military force to be able to fight a war, including the deprivation and destruction of water, food, humans, animals, plants and any kind of tools and i ...

tactics and all buildings in Berlevåg were burned down. Berlevåg became famous when the movie ''Heftig og begeistret'' about the Berlevåg Men's Choir had great success in 2001. Berlevåg is also coincidentally the name of the village where

Karen Blixen Baroness Karen Christentze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote in Danish and English. She is also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countries; Ta ...

's novel ''

Babette's Feast ''Babette's Feast'' () is a 1987 Danish drama film directed by Gabriel Axel. The screenplay, written by Axel, was based on the 1958 story by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen). It was produced by Just Betzer, Bo Christensen and Benni Korzen, with f ...

'' is set. In June 2022, a production facility to generate hydrogen opened in Berlevåg. The pilot project uses electricity from windmills to generate hydrogen through and electrolyser.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Berlevaag (village) Villages in Finnmark Berlevåg Populated places of Arctic Norway