Lakselva
Lakselva is a river in Finnmark county in northern Norway. It begins in Karasjok Municipality runs north through Porsanger Municipality into the Porsangerfjorden, a fjord off of the Barents Sea.Photo: Thor Thorsson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Karasjok and Porsanger, Finnmark, Norway
- Also known as: “Lakselv”, “Lakselvo”, “Leavdnjajohka”, and “Lemmijoki”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lakselv Airport and Lakselv bru.
Lakselv Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Thor Thorsson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lakselv Airport is an international airport located at Banak, 1.5 kilometers north of the village of Lakselv in Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.
Lakselv Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Lakselv Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Lakselv. Lakselv Church is situated 3½ km south of Lakselva.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lakselv.
Lakselv
Photo: BishkekRocks, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lakselv, Leavdnja or Lemmijoki is the largest village and administrative centre of Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies at the southern end of the large Porsangerfjorden.
Lakselva
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Porsanger, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Lakselva” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Lakselva”
- Bavarian: “Lakselva”
- Cebuano: “Lakselva”
- Danish: “Lakselven”
- Dutch: “Lakselva”
- Egyptian Arabic: “لاكسيلفا”
- French: “Lakselva”
- German: “Lakselva”
- Irish: “Lakselva”
- Italian: “Lakselva”
- Kven Finnish: “Lemmijoki”
- Kven Finnish: “Luostijoki”
- Northern Sami: “Leavdnjajohka”
- Northern Sami: “Luostejohka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lakselva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Leavdnjajohka”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lakselva”
- Norwegian: “Lakselva”
- Swedish: “Lakselva”
- Swedish: “Leavdnjajohka”
- Swedish: “Luostejohka”
- “Lakselva”
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