Sulitjelma

Sulitjelma is a village and former mining town in the Fauske municipality of , . It is a trailhead for treks to the Sulitjelmaisen and Blåmansisen glaciers and nearby fells, as well as for the 800 km Nordkalottleden trail.
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  • Type: Locality with 483 residents
  • Description: settlement in Fauske Municipality, Norway
  • Also known as: Sulečielbma”, “Sulisjielmma”, “Sulisjielmmá”, “Sulitelma”, and “Sulitjelmo

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sulitjelma Church and Fagerli Hydroelectric Power Station.

Church
is a of the Church of Norway in in county, . It is located in the village of Sulitjelma.

Power station
The is a hydroelectric power station in in county, . It utilizes a drop of 232 meters between its intake reservoir at Nedre Daja and in Sulitjelma.

Sulitjelma

Latitude
67.1376° or 67° 8′ 16″ north
Longitude
16.0449° or 16° 2′ 42″ east
Population
483
Elevation
200 metres (656 feet)
Open location code
9FVR42QV+3X
Geo­Names ID
3135503
Wiki­data ID
Q126715
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Sulitjelma” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Sulitjelma
  • Catalan: Sulitjelma
  • Cebuano: Sulisjielmmá
  • Cebuano: Sulitjelma
  • Danish: Sulitelma
  • Dutch: Sulitjelma
  • Finnish: Sulitjelma
  • French: Sulitjelma
  • German: Sulitjelma
  • Irish: Sulitjelma
  • Japanese: スリチェルマ氷河地帯
  • Javanese: Sulitjelma
  • Korean: 술리티엘마
  • Lule Sami: Sulečielbma
  • Lule Sami: Sulisjielmmá
  • Malay: Sulitjelma
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sulečielbma
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sulisjielmmá
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sulitelma
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sulitjelma
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Sulitjelma
  • Norwegian: Sulitjelma
  • Pite Sami: Sulidælbmá
  • Pite Sami: Sulisjælbmá
  • Portuguese: Sulitelma
  • Romanian: Sulitjelma
  • Spanish: Sulitjelma
  • Swedish: Sulitelma
  • Swedish: Sulitjelma

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Sulitjelma”. Photo: Frankemann, CC BY-SA 4.0.