Nuvsvåg is a village in

Loppa Municipality Loppa ( and ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Øksfjord. Other villages in Loppa include Andsnes, Bergsfjord, Lan ...

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county,

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. The village is located on the mainland, along the Nuvsfjorden. This part of Loppa is a peninsula that has one road along the fjord, but it is only accessible by a

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from the village of

Øksfjord , , or is the administrative centre of Loppa Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the east side of the Øksfjorden (Finnmark), Øksfjorden, just south of the mouth of the fjord. Øksfjord Church is located in the v ...

. In 2015, there are 66 inhabitants in the village (Loppa municipality had 989 at that time). Nuvsvåg Chapel is located in this village. Nuvsvåg's primary industry is

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History

For a time, there was a

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-farm here, but due to a lack of funding, it closed after a short time. On 25 May 2012, the municipal politicians decided to close the public school in Nuvsvåg. Then, in 2015, the one shop in Nuvsvåg closed. In June 2015 another food store was scheduled to open in its place, according to

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Name

The name is from the Norwegian word ''nuv,'' meaning rounded hump or mountain, which is also the name of the rounded mountain ''Nuven'' at the mouth of the fjord. The word derives from the Old Norse word ''hnúfa'', which either means hump, but it's also a name alternately meaning "snub" or snub-nosed. The word "'hnufa' also refers to a bondmaid whose nose has been cut off for theft thrice repeated. Nuvsvåg's old name was Nuvsfjord () or sometimes spelled Nusfjord, and due to confusion with a village in Lofoten with the same name it was changed to Nuvsvåg.

Geography

About to the south of Nuvsvåg is

county's tallest mountain, Loppatinden, and the large

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Øksfjordjøkelen or is the ninth largest glacier in mainland Norway. The glacier is located in Troms and Finnmark counties. The glacier lies on the border of Loppa Municipality (in Finnmark) and Kvænangen Municipality (in Troms). The highest point was earlie ...

. About to the southwest of Nuvsvåg lies the mountain Svartfjellet and the glacier

Svartfjelljøkelen Svartfjelljøkelen is a glacier located in Loppa Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The glacier covers an area of approximately , making it one of the smaller glaciers in the region. The glacier reaches a maximum elevation of a ...

Commerce

In 2015, one fishing boat was based out of this village. Another fishing boat became inoperable due to fire, that year.

References

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