Kvenvik
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| Country | Norway | ||||
| Province (fylke) | Troms and Finnmark | ||||
| Municipality (commune) : | Alta | ||||
| Coordinates : | 69 ° 56 ' N , 23 ° 6' E | ||||
| Residents : | 202 (2014) | ||||
| Height : | 20 moh. | ||||
Kvenvik ( North Sami : Covošluovta ) is a small village on the Altafjord in the Alta municipality in the Fylke (province) of Troms og Finnmark , Norway .
Kvenvik is on the European route 6 (E6), approximately nine kilometers west of the town of Alta . 202 people live in Kvenvik.
The place was first mentioned in 1567 under the name Kvænangen . In 1744 Major Schnitler described it as a village that was abandoned by its residents. However, residents later settled in Kvenvik again.
The village is near the village of Kåfjord , where the German battleship Tirpitz was temporarily anchored during the Second World War .
literature
- Henrik Thomassen: Kvenvik - Kåfjord: Historie 1603-1900 , 1999, ISBN 82-995418-0-8
- Altas history. 1: De glemte århundrene 1520-1826 , pp. 62–63
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kvenvik ( Norwegian ) yr.no . Retrieved January 18, 2013.
- ↑ statistics sentralbyrå (population statistics Kvenvik) ( Norwegian ) In: ssb.no . Statistics Norway. Retrieved on February 21, 2014. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
