Løding is a village in

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county,

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. It is located about east of the town of Bodø, and is connected to the town by the Tverlandet Bridge. The village is mostly referred to as ''Tverlandet'', which also encompasses the areas Hopen, Vatne, Heggmoen, Mjønes, Vågan, Holand, Skålbunes, Elstad, Oddan, Allmenningen, Godøynes (Gaunes), and Naurstad, all of which lies around the village. The village has a population (2023) of 3,332 and a

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of . The village lies at the northern terminus of

Norwegian County Road 17 County Road 17 (), also known as the Coastal Highway (), is a Norwegian highway that runs from the town of Bodø in Nordland county (in the north) to the town of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county (in the south). It is long and includes six ferry ...

and along the

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railway. The

Tverlandet Church Tverlandet Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Løding. It is one of the two churches for the Saltstraumen parish which is part of the Bodø domp ...

is located in Løding, and the local sports club is Tverlandet IL. In the centre of the village, there is a doctor's office, dentist office, and grocery stores, along with the country's first Nikita hair salon. There is a building material store and a specialist store within caravan and equipment. Within the village there is a retirement home, several kindergartens, and a school up and until ungdomsskole. The lake Vatnvatnet lies north of the village.

Notable residents

Tore Johansen Tore Johansen (born 23 December 1977) is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter and the younger brother of drummer Roger Johansen. He has worked with Chick Corea, Karin Krog, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Swallow, Lars Jansson, Hal Galper, Siri Gellein, and Jan Gunn ...

(b. 1977), a jazz artist. * Marie Blokhus (b. 1982), an actress.

References

Bodø Villages in Nordland Populated places of Arctic Norway {{Nordland-geo-stub