Langset ( smj, Laŋsæhtta) is a basic statistical unit in the sub-area of ''Nedre Saltdal'' ('Lower Saltdal') in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

Saltdal Saltdal ( sme, Sálát) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rognan. Other villages in Saltdal include Røkland and Løn ...

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, ...

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

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 area is located north of

Rognan Rognan is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Saltdal in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located at the innermost part of Skjerstad Fjord, called Saltdal Fjord. It is located about north of the village of R� ...

and

Saksenvik Saksenvik is a basic statistical unit in the Nedre Saltdal subarea of the municipality of Saltdal in Nordland county, Norway. European route E6 passes through Saksenvik, part of the way via the Saksenvik Tunnel. Since 2012, the Saksenvik Hydro ...

and south of Setså on the east side of

Saltdal Fjord Saltdal Fjord ( no, Saltdalsfjorden) is a fjord arm of Skjerstad Fjord in the municipality of Saltdal in Nordland county, Norway. The fjord extends south to the village of Rognan at the bottom of the fjord. The inlet of the fjord lies between Hj ...

(''Saltdalsfjorden'').

European route E6 European route E6 ( no, Europavei 6, sv, Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north-south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and ...

and the

Nordland Line The Nordland Line ( no, Nordlandsbanen, ) is a railway line between Trondheim and Bodø, Norway. It is the longest in Norway and lacks electrification. The route runs through the counties of Trøndelag (formerly Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndel ...

pass through the area.''Det Norske naeringsliv'' 17 (1954): 357. During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

the

Blood Road The Blood Road ( no, Blodveien) is a route northeast of Rognan in the municipality of Saltdal in Nordland county, Norway that was built by prisoners during the Second World War. The route was a new section of Norwegian National Road 50 betwee ...

was built through the area.Veum, Eirik, et al. 2008. Norge bryter Genevekonvensjonene. ''NRK'' (June 14).
/ref> It was constructed as a new segment of Norwegian National Road 50 between Rognan and Langset, where there was ferry service before the war.

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