Company type | Private |
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Industry | Power |
Founded | 1913 |
Headquarters | Fauske, Norway |
Area served | Norway |
Key people | Ove Sørdahl (CEO) Leif Roar Stavnes (Chairman) |
Revenue | 54 million kr (2009) |
7 million kr (2009) | |
4 million kr (2009) | |
Number of employees | 36 (2007) |
Website | www.flv.no and www.fauskelv.no |
Fauske Lysverk is a private power company that operates the power grid in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway with 6,000 customers and 440 kilometres (270 mi) of power lines. The company does not have any of its own power production. The largest owner is Fauske Municipality (44.64%), Bodø Energi (12.4%) and Salten Kraftsamband. Fauske Lysverk was founded in 1913. As of May 2004 the number of shareholders in the company were 552. The name was later changed to Indre Salten Energi. [1]
(Norwegian) or Fuossko (Lule Sami) is a municipality located in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Fauske. Some of the villages in Fauske include Nystad, Venset, Straumsnes, Sjønstå, Valnesfjord, Finneid, and Sulitjelma.
Salten is a traditional district in Nordland county, Norway. It includes the municipalities of Gildeskål, Bodø, Beiarn, Saltdal, Fauske, Sørfold, Steigen, and Hamarøy. Salten covers an area of about 9,354 square kilometres (3,612 sq mi) and has a population (2016) of about 73,375 people.
Blåmannsisen (Norwegian) or Ålmåjalosjiegŋa (Lule Sami) is the fifth-largest glacier in mainland Norway. It is located on the border of Fauske Municipality and Sørfold Municipality in Nordland county, Norway—just 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the border with Sweden.
Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk or NTE is a power company serving Nord-Trøndelag in Norway and owned by Nord-Trøndelag county municipality. NTE is one of the largest producers of electricity in Norway, with an annual production of 3,4 TWh per year (2013). In addition, the company is a provider of electrical installation and electrical application retailing as well as optic fiber broadband. The company has its headquarters in Steinkjer.
Salten Kraftsamband or SKS is a Norwegian power company that operates eight hydroelectric power stations with annual production of 1,770 GWh. Since 1997 the company has also sold power to end-users. Head offices are located in Fauske.
Skjerstad Kraftlag was a power company that operated in the former municipality of Skjerstad, Norway with about 1,000 subscribers. It was owned by the municipality.
Sulitjelma (Norwegian), Sulisjielmmá (Lule Sami), or Sulitelma (Swedish) is a village in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Sulitjelma is situated in a lush inland valley at an elevation of 140 metres (460 ft) above sea level. It is located on the shore of Langvatnet lake, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of the town of Fauske. The lakes Lomivatnet, Kjelvatnet, and Muorkkejávrre are located to the east and south of the village.
Ofotens Bilruter is a bus company based in Narvik, Norway, that operates schedules services in Ofoten. Owned by TIRB, it is part of Hurtigruten Group, and operates on contract with Nordland County Municipality. This includes the city buses in Narvik, regional buses in Ofoten, and Airport Express Coach branded buses to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes and NOR-WAY Bussekspress branded buses to Bodø.
Sulitjelma Chapel is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sulitjelma. It is an annex chapel in the Sulitjelma parish which is part of the Salten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The small, red, wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1996 on the site of the new church graveyard on the south side of the village since the old graveyard for the Sulitjelma Church had no more room to expand.
Salten District Court was a district court in Nordland county, Norway. The court was based in the town of Bodø. The court existed until 2021. It served the Salten area which included the municipalities of Beiarn, Bodø, Fauske, Gildeskål, Meløy, Røst, Saltdal, Steigen, Sørfold, and Værøy. It also held jurisdiction over the outlying territory of Jan Mayen. Cases from this court could be appealed to Hålogaland Court of Appeal. The court was led by the chief judge Ingrid Johanne Lillevik. This court employed a chief judge, four other judges, and four prosecutors.
Solbergfoss Hydroelectric Power Station is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station on the Glomma, in Indre Østfold municipality, Østfold county, Norway.
Lakså (Norwegian) or Láksoavvo (Lule Sami) is a small village in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village has no permanent residents anymore due to its lack of a road connection. Many of the existing homes in the village are now used as holiday cottages. It is located in a valley on the north shore of the lake Øvervatnet, about 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of the town of Fauske. There were two farms in the valley: Lakså on the shore of Lakså Bay and Nordal somewhat further up the valley.
The Sjønstå River is a river in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The river is located in the valley between the town of Fauske and the village of Sulitjelma.
The Lomi Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power station in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It utilizes a drop of 580 meters (1,900 ft) between its intake reservoir on Lomivatnet, which can be regulated at a level between 708 m (2,323 ft) and 649 m (2,129 ft). The reservoir is supplied by water from Storelvvatnan, a lake regulated at a level between 798 m (2,618 ft) and 792 m (2,598 ft), and also by some stream intakes. Part of the water supplying the plant is runoff from the Sulitjelma Glacier. The plant has two Francis turbines and operates at an installed capacity of 120 MW, with an average annual production of about 362 GWh. Its total catchment area is 145 square kilometers (56 sq mi). The plant is owned by Salten Kraftsamband and came into operation in 1979. The water is reused by the Sjønstå Hydroelectric Power Station further downstream in the Sulitjelma drainage system.
The Fagerli Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power station in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It utilizes a drop of 232 meters (761 ft) between its intake reservoir at Nedre Daja and Langvatnet in Sulitjelma. The plant operates at an installed capacity of 48 megawatts (64,000 hp), with an average annual production of about 252 gigawatt-hours (910 TJ). It is owned by Salten Kraftsamband and came into operation in 1975. The Fagerli plant was the first one built by Salten Kraftsamband, in cooperation with Sulitjelma Mines.
The Balmi River is a river in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It flows about 6.5 km (4.0 mi) from the lake Kjelvatnet at an elevation of 510 meters (1,670 ft) north to the lake Langvatnet at an elevation of 127 meters (417 ft). The river has a drainage basin of 439 square kilometers (169 sq mi). The river is located a short distance south of the village of Sulitjelma and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of the Fauske.
The Daja Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power station in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about 2.3 kilometers (1.4 mi) east-southeast of Jakobsbakken.
Salten og Lofoten District Court is a district court located in Nordland county, Norway. This court is based at two different courthouses which are located in Bodø and Svolvær. The court serves the Salten and Lofoten areas in the county which includes cases from 16 municipalities. The court in Bodø accepts cases from the municipalities of Beiarn, Bodø, Fauske, Gildeskål, Hamarøy, Meløy, Rødøy, Saltdal, Steigen, and Sørfold. The court in Svolvær accepts cases from the municipalities of Vågan, Vestvågøy, Flakstad, Moskenes, Værøy, and Røst. The court is subordinate to the Hålogaland Court of Appeal.
Fauske may refer to: