Rørstad is a village in

Sørfold Municipality Sørfold is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of S ...

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 along the

Sørfolda or is a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in Sørfold Municipality and Bodø Municipality. The Sørfolda is a southeastern branch of the main Folda, Nordland, Folda fjord. Side branches include the Nevelsfjorden, Eidekjosen, Skju ...

fjord, about south of the village of

Nordfold Nordfold is a village in Steigen Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village of Nordfold lies along the Nordfolda, a northern branch of the main Folda fjord. The village lies about east of the municipal centre of Leinesfjorden. Nord ...

and about northwest of the village of Røsvika. The historic

Rørstad Church Rørstad Church () is a historic parish church of the Church of Norway in Sørfold Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the isolated village of Rørstad. It was once the main church for the Sørfold parish which is part of th ...

is located in the village, and worship services are held there twice each summer. The village area was located on a peninsula lying between the

Nordfolda The Folda is a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. The fjord is located in the waters of Bodø Municipality, Steigen Municipality, and Sørfold Municipality. The Folda empties into the Vestfjorden about northeast of the town of Bodø. The fjord ...

and

fjords, just east of the uninhabited island,

Prestmåsøya Prestmåsøya is an uninhabited island in Sørfold Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The island lies at the eastern end of the Folda fjord where it splits into the Nordfolda and Sørfolda. The now-abandoned village of Rørstad lies on t ...

History

The site was an important historical location due to the importance of boat transportation. It was the centre of the old

Folden Municipality Folden is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1887. Folden encompassed all of the areas surrounding the Folda fjord and all of the fjord branches that connect to the mai ...

since the

was located in the village. Since boat transportation gave way to automobile transportation in the 20th century, the village became more remote. There are no road connections to Rørstad, but there are

ferry A ferry is a boat or ship that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A small passenger ferry with multiple stops, like those in Venice, Italy, is sometimes referred to as a water taxi or water bus ...

connections from

Røsvika Røsvika is a village in Sørfold Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located along the southern shore of the Sørfolda fjord, about north of the municipal centre of Straumen. The village had a population (2007) of 209 and a pop ...

in the summer. The permanent residents left the village in the late-1970s, but since then the area has been used for summer

holiday cottage A holiday cottage, holiday home, vacation home, or vacation property is accommodation used for holiday vacations, corporate travel, and temporary housing often for less than 30 days. Such properties are typically small homes, such as cottage ...

References

Sørfold Villages in Nordland Villages in Norway (depopulated) {{nordland-geo-stub