Søvik is a village and a regional service center in

Haram Municipality Haram is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative center is Brattvåg, the industrial center of Sunnmøre. Other important villages in the municipality include Austnes, Eidsvik, ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

county,

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. It is located in the mainland part of Haram Municipality, along the sea, just southeast of the islands of Bjørnøya and Terøya. The village has a population (2024) of 1,003 and a

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of . The main church for Søvik is

Hamnsund Church Hamnsund Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Haram Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Søvik. It is the church for the Hamnsund parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prost ...

, located just outside the nearby village in Hamnsund. Søvik is a service center for the population in the nearby smaller villages of Hamnsund and Gamlem, as well as the islands of Bjørnøya and Terøya. These services include the . The main industries of Søvik are

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s, and the provision of public and commercial services. Local companies are the

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, Mørenot,

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, Spar, and Mix. The village area was part of the old Borgund Municipality until 1965 when it joined

. In 2020, it became part of

Ålesund Municipality Ålesund (, sometimes spelled Aalesund in English) is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrative ce ...

. Then in 2024, it became part of

once again.

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