Lakselv

Lakselv is a small town in , at the southern end of Porsangerfjorden by the Barents Sea. As could be guessed from its name, the area is popular for fishing and there are great hiking opportunities in the surrounding arctic wilderness, including in Stabbursdalen National Park.
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  • Town with about 2,260 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (60 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code LKL
  • Description: settlement in Porsanger Municipality, Norway
  • Also known as
    “Lakeselv”
    “Leavdnja”
    “Lemmijoki”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lakselv Airport and Lakselv Church.
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is an international located…
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is a parish church of the Church…
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is a bridge.

Lakselv

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Latitude
70.0525° or 70° 3′ 9″ north
Longitude
24.9607° or 24° 57′ 38″ east
UN/LOCODE
NO LKL
Open location code
CG263X26+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 433318874
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
779082
Wiki­data ID
Q531041

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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Urdu—“Lakselv” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Lakselv”
  • Belarusian: “Лаксэльв”
  • Bulgarian: “Лакселв”
  • Catalan: “Lakselv”
  • Cebuano: “Lakselv (kapital sa munisipyo sa Noruwega)”
  • Cebuano: “Lakselv”
  • Chinese: “拉克塞爾夫”
  • Danish: “Lakselv”
  • Dutch: “Lakselv”
  • Finnish: “Lemmijoki”
  • French: “Lakselv”
  • German: “Lakselv”
  • Hungarian: “Lakselv”
  • Italian: “Lakselv”
  • Japanese: “ラクセルヴ”
  • Javanese: “Lakselv”
  • Kven Finnish: “Lemmijoki”
  • Malay: “Lakselv”
  • Northern Sami: “Leavdnja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lakselv”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lakselv”
  • Norwegian: “Lakselv”
  • Polish: “Lakselv”
  • Portuguese: “Lakselv”
  • Romanian: “Lakselv”
  • Russian: “Лаксэльв”
  • Spanish: “Lakselv”
  • Swedish: “Lakselv”
  • Ukrainian: “Лаксельв”
  • Urdu: “لاکسیلو”

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