Skjold
Skjold or Øverbygd is a village in Målselv Municipality in Troms county, Norway. Skjold is located at the confluence of the Målselva and Fjellfrøselva rivers, about 30 km east of the town of Bardufoss.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Village with 228 residents
- Description: settlement in Målselv Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Øverbygd” and “Skjold, Troms”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Skjold and Camp Viking.
Skjold
Military installation
Skjold is an army camp in the small village Øverbygd in Målselv Municipality in Troms county, Norway. This camp is part of the Northern Brigade of the Norwegian Army and is where the 2nd Battalion Mechanized Infantry and Combat and Construction Engineers are based.
Camp Viking
Military installation
Camp Viking is a British military facility located in Øverbygd, northern Norway which opened in March 2023 to support military operations in the High North. It primarily hosts the Royal Marines and Army Commandos.
Skjold
- Categories: urban area in Norway, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Målselv Municipality, Troms, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
69.02447° or 69° 1′ 28″ north
Longitude
19.29686° or 19° 17′ 49″ east
Population
228
Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)
Open location code
9FXX27FW+QP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Skjold” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Skjold”
- Cebuano: “Skjold”
- Danish: “Skjold”
- Dutch: “Skjold”
- Finnish: “Skjold”
- French: “Skjold”
- Irish: “Skjold”
- Malay: “Skjold, Troms”
- Malay: “Skjold”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skjold, Troms”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skjold”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skjold”
- Norwegian: “Skjold”
- Russian: “Шолль”
- Spanish: “Skjold”
- Swedish: “Skjold, Troms”
- Swedish: “Skjold”
- Ukrainian: “Шолль”
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