Portør is a village in
Kragerø Municipality
Kragerø () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Grenland and the smaller Vestmar. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kragerø. Villages in Kragerø include Hell ...
in
Telemark
Telemark () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway. Telemark borders the counties of Vestfold, Buskerud, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder. In 2020, Telemark merged with the county of Vestfold to form the county o ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located on the southern
Skaggerak
The Skagerrak (; , , ) is a strait running between the North Jutlandic Island of Denmark, the east coast of Norway and the west coast of Sweden, connecting the North Sea and the Kattegat sea.
The Skagerrak contains some of the busiest shipping ...
coast of the municipality, about straight south of the
town of Kragerø. The
Jomfruland National Park lies just off shore from Portør.
The Stølefjorden inlet extends inland just north of Portør. Until the mid-1960s, Portør harbor had a
pilot station
A pilot station is an onshore headquarters for maritime pilots, or a place where pilots can be hired from. To get from a pilot station to an approaching ship, pilots need to use fast vessels to arrive in time, i.e. a pilot boat.
History
Histor ...
and
customs station. Today, the village has a small harbor surrounded by old buildings.
Norwegian county road
A Norwegian county road ( or ) is a highway in Norway owned and maintained by the local county municipality. Some of the roads have road signs. The signs are white with black numbers.
History
In 1931, a system of national roads ''(Riksvei)'', ...
254 runs from Portør to the village of
Levang where it meets
Norwegian county road
A Norwegian county road ( or ) is a highway in Norway owned and maintained by the local county municipality. Some of the roads have road signs. The signs are white with black numbers.
History
In 1931, a system of national roads ''(Riksvei)'', ...
351.
In 1137, Portør was the base for
Sigurd Slembe
Sigurd Magnusson Slembe (or Slembedjakn) (died 12 November 1139) was a Norwegian pretender to the throne.
He was the subject of '' Sigurd Slembe'', the historical drama written by the Norwegian playwright Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson in 1862.
Biogr ...
's Viking expeditions, until he himself was taken by surprise here and had to flee.
References
Kragerø
Villages in Telemark
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