Skarsvåg

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Skarsvåg, 2019
1925
Skarsvåg Church

Skarsvåg is a place in the Norwegian municipality of Nordkapp on the island of Magerøya in the province of Troms og Finnmark .

The place with about 60 inhabitants is called the northernmost fishing village in the world.

location

The village is located on the southwest side of the Risfjord about seven kilometers southeast of the North Cape and has its own port. A road leads from the south to Skarsvåg from the European route 69 for about three kilometers. Kirkeporten is located about one kilometer west of the town as the crow flies . Camping Kirkeporten Camping , which is known as the northernmost campsite in the world, is 500 meters south of the entrance to the village . To the south of the village lie the Storvatnet and Østvatnet lakes .

history

There is a report from the bailiff from 1871, in which a profitable fishery in Skarsvåg is described. The local fishing boats were larger than in other villages. It was fished deep, so that fishing was particularly favored. From 1872 there was a regular shipping connection to other ports in the region. In 1875 28 people lived in the village. From the 1890s, the residents of the place benefited from the beginning tourism to the North Cape. The women Skarsvågs operated a cafe and a gift shop in the then used as Anladungsort and climb to the North Cape Bay Hornvika . In the 1930s, fishermen were already making more money transporting tourists to the North Cape than fishing.

During the Second World War , Skarsvåg was completely destroyed by German troops on November 6, 1944 during the Northern Lights operation and the population was forcibly evacuated beforehand. Only one house remained in Mefjord near Skarsvåg. Some residents of the village avoided evacuation and lived in shelters in the area.

In 1947 a housewives' association was founded in the village. Skarsvåg was connected to the electricity grid in November 1953.

Buildings and facilities

At the southern entrance to the village is under monument protection standing Church of Skarsvåg . The place also had a school until 2012.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eva Schmutterer, Here, where the world ends , Evart Forlag 2016, ISBN 978-82-92809-03-7 , page 12 f.
  2. ^ Einar Richter-Hanssen, Nordkapp - Gate to the Arctic Ocean - , publisher: Arctic Souvenir AS, 2011, ISBN 978-82-998690-0-3 , page 11
  3. ^ Einar Richter-Hanssen, Nordkapp - Gate to the Ice Sea - , publisher: Arctic Souvenir AS, 2011, ISBN 978-82-998690-0-3 , page 5
  4. ^ Einar Richter-Hanssen, Nordkapp - Gate to the Arctic Ocean - , publisher: Arctic Souvenir AS, 2011, ISBN 978-82-998690-0-3 , page 11
  5. ↑ Einar Richter-Hanssen, Nordkapp - Gate to the Ice Sea - , publisher: Arctic Souvenir AS, 2011, ISBN 978-82-998690-0-3 , page 141
  6. ^ Einar Richter-Hanssen, Nordkapp - Gate to the Arctic Ocean - , publisher: Arctic Souvenir AS, 2011, ISBN 978-82-998690-0-3 , page 34
  7. ↑ Einar Richter-Hanssen, Nordkapp - Gate to the Arctic Ocean - , publisher: Arctic Souvenir AS, 2011, ISBN 978-82-998690-0-3 , page 64

Coordinates: 71 ° 7 '  N , 25 ° 49'  E