or is an uninhabited island in
Kvænangen Municipality in
Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English), is a county in northern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform ...
county,
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 island is located in the middle of the
Kvænangen fjord, south of the island of
Spildra
or is an island in Kvænangen Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The island lies in the middle of the Kvænangen fjord, about north of the island of Skorpa. The island has a population (2021) of 23 people, with everyone living ...
. The last permanent resident of the island moved off the island around 1980, and the island has had no permanent inhabitants since then. It is only accessible by boat.
History
The island was the historical center of the municipality of Kvænangen. The municipal government and
Skorpa Church
Skorpa Church ( no, Skorpa kirke) is a historic parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvænangen Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Skorpa. It used to be the church for the Kvænangen parish ...
were located on the island. The
Skorpa prisoner of war camp
Skorpa prisoner of war camp ( no, Skorpa fangeleir) was a facility built by the Norwegian 6th Division to hold German prisoners of war during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign of the Second World War. Skorpa was the main PoW camp in Northern Norway an ...
was located on the island during
World War II
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 municipal government moved to
Burfjord on the mainland during the 20th century and the island's population continued to decline until around 1980, when the island became uninhabited.
See also
*
List of islands of Norway
This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area.
A
* Alden
* Aldra
* Algrøy
* Alsta
* Altra
* Anda
* Andabeløya
* Andørja
* Andøya, Vesterålen
* Andøya, Agder
...
References
Kvænangen
Uninhabited islands of Norway
Islands of Troms og Finnmark
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