Lebesby

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Lebesby commune coat of arms
Lebesby (Norway)
Lebesby
Lebesby
Basic data
Commune number : 5438
Province  (county) : Troms and Finnmark
Administrative headquarters: Kjøllefjord
Coordinates : 70 ° 55 '  N , 27 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 70 ° 55 '  N , 27 ° 14'  E
Surface: 3,459.42 km²
Residents: 1,290  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 0.37 inhabitants per km²
Language form : Bokmål
Website:
politics
Mayor : Sigurd Rafaelsen  ( Ap ) (2019)
Located in the province of Troms and Finnmark
Location of the municipality in the province of Troms og Finnmark
The Fjellgebiet Ifjordfjellet in Lebesby

Lebesby ( Sami Davvesiidda ) is a Norwegian municipality in the province ( Fylke ) Troms og Finnmark .

The municipality comprises the western half of the Nordkyn peninsula and some areas on the Laksefjord , including the eastern part of the Sværholt peninsula .

The main town and administrative seat is Kjøllefjord , where Norwegians make up the majority of the population. In the settlements by the Laksefjord, however, mainly Sami live .

In the commune of Lebesby, a sensational treasure was found in a field in the 1920s: The find consists of one large and five smaller gold spiral rings, a flat gold ring and a braided silver bracelet. It has so far been dated to the time 500–600 AD and assigned to West European origin. In the meantime, this dating has been questioned because of the braided silver bracelet, which is typical of the Viking Age in western Scandinavia.

coat of arms

Description : Divided into gold and black by a stepped gable cut.

Web links

Commons : Kvalsund  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Lebesby  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
  2. T. Sjøvold: The Iron Age settlement of Arctic Norway I. Tromsø Museum skrifter X (2). Tromsø 1974. p. 178.
  3. ^ B. Hård: Silver in the Viking Age: a regional-economic study. Acta archäologica Lundensia 8 No. 25. Stockholm 1996.