Kjerringøy is a village in

Bodø Municipality Bodø (; , ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Bodø (town ...

Nordland Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...

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 about north of the town of Bodø, along the Karlsøyfjorden, just south of the entrance to the Folda fjord. The

Kjerringøy Church Kjerringøy Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kjerringøy. It is one of the two churches for the ''Kjerringøy og Rønvik'' parish which is part ...

is located in the village. The

Kjerringøy trading post Kjerringøy trading post (''Kjerringøy handelssted'') is an open-air museum at Kjerringøy in Nordland, Norway. It is operated as part of the Nordland Museum of cultural history. History Kjerringøy trading post was established in the late 1 ...

, a part of the

Nordland Museum Nordland Museum () is a museum located in the center of Bodø in Nordland, Norway. The museum is a central part of a larger consortium of 18 museum units in nine municipalities with the county of Nordland. Background The museum was established ...

, is located in the village. The trading post is well-preserved, with around 15 authentic buildings with interior. It is a popular tourist destination and is often used as a location for movies.iMDb: Filming Location Matching "Kjerringøy"
/ref> Historically, the village was the

administrative centre An administrative centre 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 the administrative language, such as Belgi ...

of the old

Kjerringøy Municipality Kjerringøy is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1906 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality included the coastal and island areas around the entranc ...

which existed from 1906 until 1964.

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*http://www.kjerringoy.no *http://www.kjerringoy.info Bodø Villages in Nordland Populated places of Arctic Norway {{Nordland-geo-stub