Valan may refer to:
Finnmark was a county in the northern part of Norway. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighboring county of Troms to form the new Troms og Finnmark county. On 28 October 2021, the Norwegian government confirmed that work had started in regard to Finnmark becoming a separate county again.
Måsøy is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Havøysund. Other villages include Ingøy, Måsøy, Slåtten, and Gunnarnes. The municipality is located on the mainland as well as several islands.
Nordkapp is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Honningsvåg, where most residents live. Other settlements in Nordkapp include the villages of Gjesvær, Kåfjord, Kamøyvær, Kjelvik, Nordvågen, Repvåg, Skarsvåg, and Valan.
Honningsvåg (help·info) is the northernmost city in mainland Norway. It is located in Nordkapp Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county. Honningsvåg was declared a city in 1996, despite its small population. The 1.05-square-kilometre (260-acre) town has a population of 2,484 (2017) which gives the town a population density of 2,366 inhabitants per square kilometre (6,130/sq mi).
Oldervik may refer to the following locations:
Honningsvåg Airport, Valan is a regional airport serving Honningsvåg in Nordkapp, Norway. The airport is located at Valan, on the south side of Skipsfjorden, 4 kilometers north of the town, and 31 km from the North Cape. The airport has a 880-by-30-meter asphalt runway which is operated by the state-owned Avinor. Flights are operated by Widerøe to Tromsø with connecting flights to Oslo. The airline also fly to other communities within Finnmark, who serve the airport with Dash 8-100 and Q200 aircraft. The airport handled 13,487 passengers in 2014.
Kjelvik is an abandoned fishing village in Nordkapp Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the island of Magerøya, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of the town of Honningsvåg and about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) northeast of the village of Nordvågen. It sits near the mouth of the Porsangerfjorden. The village has no permanent residents any longer, but the homes are still used as vacation homes in the summer.
Kåfjord or Kåfjorden may refer to these places in Norway:
Valan is a small coastal village on the island of Magerøya in Nordkapp Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county in far northern Norway. Valan is the site of Honningsvåg Airport, the local airport for the town of Honningsvåg which is located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Valan. The European route E69 highway runs through the village.
Gjesvær is an old fishing village in Nordkapp Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is the only place in Finnmark known from the Viking Age and is mentioned in the Heimskringla saga as Geirsver. The name comes from the man's name Geir, which means "spear".
Gjesvær Chapel is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Nordkapp Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gjesvær on the western end of the island of Magerøya. It is an annex chapel for the Nordkapp parish which is part of the Hammerfest prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1960 and it is privately owned. The church seats about 70 people.
Skipsfjorden is the southern arm of the Kamøyfjorden, a fjord on the eastern side of the island of Magerøya in Nordkapp Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway.
Store Kamøya or Store Kamøy may refer to the following places in Norway:
Kaldfjorden may refer to several different places:
Repvåg Church is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Nordkapp Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Repvåg. It is an annex chapel for the Nordkapp parish which is part of the Hammerfest prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The red, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1967 using plans drawn up by the architect Trond Dancke. The church seats about 50 people. The church is only used a couple of times per year for worship services.
Repvåg is a small fishing village in Nordkapp Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the western shore of the Porsangerfjorden on the mainland Porsanger Peninsula.
Honningsvåg may refer to:
Valen may refer to:
Troms og Finnmark is a county in northern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform. It is the largest county by area in Norway, encompassing about 75,000 square kilometres (29,000 sq mi). It was formed by the merger of the former Finnmark and Troms counties in addition to Tjeldsund Municipality from Nordland county.