Bardufoss
Town in Målselv Municipality, Norway
title: "Bardufoss" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["målselv-municipality", "populated-places-of-arctic-norway", "cities-and-towns-in-norway", "populated-places-in-troms", "2021-establishments-in-norway", "populated-places-established-in-2021"] description: "Town in Målselv Municipality, Norway" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardufoss" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Town in Målselv Municipality, Norway ::
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| image_caption | View of the Bardufoss area |
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| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Norway |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Northern Norway |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Troms |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Midt-Troms |
| subdivision_type4 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name4 | Målselv Municipality |
| timezone1 | CET |
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| timezone1_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset1_DST | +02:00 |
| established_title | Established as |
| established_date | |
| established_title1 | Town (By) |
| established_date1 | 2021 |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 3.71 |
| population_as_of | 2023 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 2752 |
| population_density_km2 | 742 |
| postal_code_type | Post Code |
| postal_code | 9325 Bardufoss |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 68 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
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no or se is a town and commercial centre in Målselv Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The urban area was formally established as a town under Norwegian law in 2021 when the three villages of Andselv, Andslimoen, and Heggelia were merged together to form the new town of Bardufoss. The three neighboring villages are now considered as boroughs or neighborhoods within the larger town.
Bardufoss is located in the Målselvdalen valley near the confluence of the Barduelva and Målselva rivers. It is located about 82 km north of the town of Narvik and about 70 km south of the city of Tromsø. Bardufoss Airport is located here. The 3.71 km2 town has a population (2023) of 2,752 and a population density of 742 PD/km2.
Military
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Bardufoss_lufthamn.jpg" caption="Runway at Bardufoss airport, Bardufoss."] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Heggelia.jpg" caption="Heggelia is the southern part of Bardufoss. View from a ski jump."] ::
Bardufoss has a civilian and military airport, Bardufoss Air Station, suitable for landing bomber aircraft, fighter jets such as F-16s, and other heavy planes. Bardufoss was also the home of the Norwegian Army's 6th division (dissolved in 2009).
There is a street in Bardufoss that is named General Fleischers Veg in honour of Carl Gustav Fleischer.
The airport was renamed Snowman International on 19 March 2011 by a Norwegian Minister after a commercial flight landed from Manchester, England, to join the celebrations.
Nature
Bardufoss is covered in flora. The natural forest is mostly made up of Downy birch, Scots pine, aspen and Grey alder. However, Norway spruce has been planted in plantations since the middle part of the 20th century for economic reasons (timber). Bardufoss and its airport are used as settings in the TV drama Outlier (2020).
Climate
Although not far from the coast, Bardufoss and the larger Målselvdalen valley are known for a continental climate, and hence, colder winters (but with less humidity and little wind) compared to the coastal areas. There is very reliable snow cover in winter, while summer days often are warmer than in Tromsø.
There is on average 93 days each winter with daily low -10 C or colder, and 28 days with low -20 C or colder. The winter season sees on average 68 days with at least 50 cm snow cover on the ground, 126 days with at least 25 cm snow cover, and 179 days with at least 5 cm snow cover. In the warm season there is on average 116 days per year when the daily average high reaches 10 C or warmer and 22 days with daily average high above 20 C. Precipitation is fairly moderate, there is on average 75 days each year with at least 3 mm precipitation and 15 days per year with at least 10 mm precipitation. This is based on data from Met.no with 1971-2000 as base period.
Recent years have seen warming. Six of the monthly record highs are from after 2000. The November record low is from 2019.
|metric first = yes |single line = yes |location = Bardufoss 1991-2020 (76 m, extremes 1940-2025) |Jan record high C = 8.9 | Jan record low C = -36.2 |Feb record high C = 9.5 | Feb record low C = -34.8 |Mar record high C = 11.9 | Mar record low C = -31.7 |Apr record high C = 17.5 | Apr record low C = -25.1 |May record high C = 27.7 | May record low C = -11.2 |Jun record high C = 31.4 | Jun record low C = -2 |Jul record high C = 33.5 | Jul record low C = 0.6 |Aug record high C = 32.2 | Aug record low C = -4 |Sep record high C = 24.8 | Sep record low C = -12.4 |Oct record high C = 20 | Oct record low C = -25.5 |Nov record high C = 12.6 | Nov record low C = -29.8 |Dec record high C = 10.1 | Dec record low C = -38.1 |Jan high C = -4.1 |Feb high C = -3.5 |Mar high C = 0.4 |Apr high C = 4.9 |May high C = 10.1 |Jun high C = 14.9 |Jul high C = 18.2 |Aug high C = 16.7 |Sep high C = 11.9 |Oct high C = 4.6 |Nov high C = -0.5 |Dec high C = -2.7 |year high C = |Jan mean C = -9.7 |Feb mean C = -9.1 |Mar mean C = -5.1 |Apr mean C = 0.6 |May mean C = 6 |Jun mean C = 10.7 |Jul mean C = 13.7 |Aug mean C = 12.3 |Sep mean C = 7.4 |Oct mean C = 0.8 |Nov mean C = -4.7 |Dec mean C = -7.8 |year mean C = |Jan low C = -13.1 |Feb low C = -12.6 |Mar low C = -9.3 |Apr low C = -3.8 |May low C = 1.8 |Jun low C = 6.9 |Jul low C = 9.7 |Aug low C = 8.1 |Sep low C = 3.9 |Oct low C = -2.2 |Nov low C = -8.1 |Dec low C = -11.3 |year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 68.9 |Feb precipitation mm = 58.5 |Mar precipitation mm = 62.4 |Apr precipitation mm = 34.2 |May precipitation mm = 34.4 |Jun precipitation mm = 45.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 62.7 |Aug precipitation mm = 64.5 |Sep precipitation mm = 71.4 |Oct precipitation mm = 72 |Nov precipitation mm = 56.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 72.5 |year precipitation mm = |unit precipitation days = 1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 12 |Feb precipitation days = 11 |Mar precipitation days = 11 |Apr precipitation days = 9 |May precipitation days = 9 |Jun precipitation days = 9 |Jul precipitation days = 11 |Aug precipitation days = 11 |Sep precipitation days = 13 |Oct precipitation days = 13 |Nov precipitation days = 11 |Dec precipitation days = 13 |year precipitation days = |source = NOAA}}
References
References
- In the Norwegian language, the word ''by'' can be translated as "town" or "city".
- "Bardufoss, Målselv (Troms)". [[yr.no]].
- "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
- (2021-09-22). "Bardufoss får bystatus". [[NRK]].
- Statistisk sentralbyrå. (2023-12-23). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
- Keslassy, Elsa. (15 June 2020). "Reinvent Kicks Off Pre-Sales on Hot New Scandi Drama ''Outlier''". [[Variety (magazine).
- Gunleik. (26 November 2020). "Shuuto Arctic: ''Outlier'' – 'Here's to the crazy ones...'". Quine.
- "Vanlig Vær Bardufoss". [[met.no]].
- "Index of archive".
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