Svolvær

Lofoten is a group of islands in the northern part of . With its postcard-looking small fishing villages nestled in fjords dotting a very rugged coast with abrupt peaks rising directly from the ocean, the archipelago is often described as one of the most scenic parts of Norway.
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  • Type: Town with 4,810 residents
  • Description: town in Vågan Municipality, Norway
  • Also known as: “Spålavuolle” and “Suolvearra”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lofoten War Memorial Museum and Svolvær Church.

Museum
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The is a World War II museum located in Svolvær, Norway. It focuses on providing informative content about the Second World War, with a particular emphasis on events that took place in the area and during the German occupation of Norway.

Church
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is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vågan Municipality in county, . It is located in the town of Svolvær on the island of .

Peak
Photo: David Torras, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Geita or is a 150-metre tall pinnacle at the southwest face of the mountain Fløyfjellet on the island of in the archipelago.

Svolvær

Latitude
68.23217° or 68° 13′ 56″ north
Longitude
14.5646° or 14° 33′ 53″ east
Population
4,810
IATA airport code
SVJ
United Nations Location Code
NO SVJ
Open location code
9FWP6HJ7+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31264147
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3135020
Wiki­data ID
Q145948
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Urdu—“Svolvær” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սվոլյեր”
  • Armenian: “Սվոլվեր”
  • Asturian: “Svolvær”
  • Bulgarian: “Сволвер”
  • Catalan: “Svolvær”
  • Cebuano: “Svolvær”
  • Chinese: “斯沃尔韦尔”
  • Chinese: “斯沃爾韋爾”
  • Czech: “Svolvær”
  • Danish: “Svolvær”
  • Dutch: “Svolvaer”
  • Dutch: “Svolvær”
  • Finnish: “Svolvaer”
  • Finnish: “Svolvær”
  • French: “Svolvaer”
  • French: “Svolvær”
  • German: “Svolvaer”
  • German: “Svolvær”
  • Hebrew: “סבולבר”
  • Hungarian: “Svolvær”
  • Italian: “Svolvaer”
  • Italian: “Svolvær”
  • Japanese: “スヴォルヴァール”
  • Japanese: “スボルベル”
  • Luxembourgish: “Svolvær”
  • Macedonian: “Сволвер”
  • Northern Sami: “Svolvær”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Svolvær”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Svolvær”
  • Norwegian: “Svolvær”
  • Persian: “اسولور”
  • Romanian: “Svolvær”
  • Russian: “Свольвер”
  • Serbian: “Svolvær”
  • Serbian: “Svolver”
  • Serbian: “Сволвер”
  • Slovak: “Svolvær”
  • Slovenian: “Svolvear”
  • Spanish: “Svolvaer”
  • Spanish: “Svolvær”
  • Swedish: “Svolvaer”
  • Swedish: “Svolvær”
  • Turkish: “Svolvær”
  • Ukrainian: “Сволвер”
  • Urdu: “سوولویر”
  • “Svolvær”

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