Rødøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vågaholmen. Other villages include Gjerøy, Jektvika, Kilboghamn, Melfjordbotn, Oldervika, Sørfjorden, and Tjong. The municipality consists of many islands to the west of Norway's second biggest glacier, Svartisen.
Flakstad is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of the island group Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ramberg. Other villages include Fredvang, Napp, Nusfjord, and Vareid.
Moskenes is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality comprises the southern part of the island of Moskenesøya in the traditional district of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Reine. Other villages include Sørvågen, Hamnøy, and Å.
Leknes (help·info) is a town in Nordland county, Norway. The town is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Vestvågøy. Leknes was designated a "town" in 2002. The 2.52-square-kilometre (620-acre) town has a population (2018) of 3,556 which gives the town a population density of 1,411 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,650/sq mi).
Sørvågen is a fishing village in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Moskenesøya in the Lofoten archipelago. The village of Å lies just to the south. Moskenes Church is located just north of the village along European route E10.
Hill-Marta Solberg is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. During her career, she was a parliamentary representative for Nordland county from 1993-2009. She was the Minister of Health and Social Affairs for three years and then was the County Governor of Nordland county for nearly ten years. She retired on 15 November 2018.
Sørvågen may refer to the following locations in Norway:
Reine is the administrative centre of Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The fishing village is located on the island of Moskenesøya in the Lofoten archipelago, above the Arctic Circle, about 300 kilometres (190 mi) southwest of the town of Tromsø. Reine Church is located here and it serves the northern part of the municipality.
Hamnøy or Hamnøya is a small fishing village in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the eastern side of the island of Moskenesøya, about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) northeast of the village of Reine, along the Vestfjorden. Hamnøy was previously connected to Reine by ferry, but this was replaced by bridges on the European route E10 highway as part of the Lofoten Mainland Connection.
Å is a village in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southwest of the village of Sørvågen on the island of Moskenesøya, towards the southern end of the Lofoten archipelago. It is connected to the rest of the archipelago by the European route E10 highway, which ends here. This part of the highway is also called King Olav's Road.
Rolf Bendiksen is a Norwegian politician of the Norwegian Labour Party (Ap). He was a representative in the Storting for Nordland from 1989.
Moskenesøya is an island at the southern end of the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The 186-square-kilometre (72 sq mi) island is shared between Moskenes Municipality and Flakstad Municipality.
Hermannsdalstinden is the highest mountain on the island of Moskenesøya. It is located in the Lofoten archipelago in the municipality of Moskenes in Nordland county, Norway. The 1,029-metre (3,376 ft) tall mountain lies on the west side of the island, about 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) west of the municipal centre of Reine. There's a cabin, Munkebu Hut, that is used as an overnight base camp for summiting Hermannsdalstinden. The hike from Munkebu Hut to the Hermannsdalstinden summit takes about six to eight hours round trip.
Sigurd Lund Hamran was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Geir-Ketil Hansen is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.
Ingeborg Haug Steinholt is a Norwegian politician for the Red Party, and since 2007 a member of Nordland County Council. Steinholt was a member of the Central Committee of Red Youth (RU) from 2006 to 2010. She was also a member of the Central Board of Directors of Red Youth.
The 2005 Sámi parliamentary election was held in Norway on September 12, 2005. Voters elected 43 members for the Sámi Parliament of Norway.
Moskenes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in on the small Moskenes peninsula, located immediately north of the village of Sørvågen. It is one of the two churches for the Moskenes parish which is part of the Lofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1819 by the architect Kirsten Wleügel Knutssøn. The church seats about 280 people.
Klokketind or Klokktinden is a mountain in Nordland county, Norway. The 863-metre (2,831 ft) tall mountain is located on the island of Moskenesøya, on the border of the municipalities of Flakstad and Moskenes, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of the village of Reine. The mountain was first ascended in 1910 by Alf Bonnevie Bryn and Ferdinand Schjelderup.
Lofoten District Court is a district court located in the town of Bodø in Nordland county, Norway. The court serves the Lofoten district in the western island part of the county which includes the municipalities of Flakstad, Moskenes, Vestvågøy, and Vågan. The court is subordinate to the Hålogaland Court of Appeal. The court is led by the chief judge Ingrid Johanne Lillevik. This court employs a chief judge, one other judge, and two prosecutors.
