Stokmarknes
Town in Hadsel, Norway
title: "Stokmarknes" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hadsel-municipality", "populated-places-in-nordland", "cities-and-towns-in-norway", "populated-places-of-arctic-norway", "2000-establishments-in-norway", "populated-places-established-in-2000"] description: "Town in Hadsel, Norway" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokmarknes" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Town in Hadsel, Norway ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| native_name | |
| settlement_type | Town/City |
| image_skyline | Stokmarknes winter.jpg |
| image_caption | View of the town in winter |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 9 |
| mapframe-marker | town |
| pushpin_map | Nordland#Norway |
| pushpin_label | Stokmarknes |
| pushpin_label_position | left |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Norway |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Northern Norway |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Nordland |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Vesterålen |
| subdivision_type4 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name4 | Hadsel Municipality |
| timezone1 | CET |
| utc_offset1 | +01:00 |
| timezone1_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset1_DST | +02:00 |
| established_title | Established as |
| established_date | |
| established_title1 | Town (By) |
| established_date1 | 2000 |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 2.57 |
| population_as_of | 2023 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 3496 |
| population_density_km2 | 1360 |
| postal_code_type | Post Code |
| postal_code | 8450 Stokmarknes |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 18 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| :: |
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|settlement_type = Town/City
|image_skyline = Stokmarknes winter.jpg
|image_caption = View of the town in winter
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no or se is a town and the administrative centre of Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the northern coast of the island of Hadseløya and on the small, neighboring island of Børøya. The 2.57 km2 town has a population (2023) of 3,496 and a population density of 1360 PD/km2. In 2000, Stokmarknes received "town status".
Stokmarknes is the headquarters to the Hurtigruten coastal express company and also the Coastal Express Museum. The local hospital for the whole Vesterålen region (Nordland Hospital Vesterålen) is located in the town as well. Stokmarknes is the home town of Norwegian band Madrugada. The historic Hadsel Church is located about 5 km east of Stokmarknes.
The Børøy Bridge and Hadsel Bridge connect Stokmarknes to the islands of Børøya and Langøya to the north. Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen is located on Langøya, just over the bridges from Stokmarknes.
Media gallery
Hadsel, Norway - panoramio.jpg|View of the town Stokmarknes sett fra fly.JPG|Aerial view of the town Stokmarknes from Mountains.jpg|Another view of the town Nordlandssykehuset Vesterålen 01.jpg|Local hospital Hurtigruten MS Finnmarken.jpg|View of the Coastal Express Museum with the museum ship Town of Stokmarknes - 2013.08.jpg|Port of Stokmarknes
References
References
- In the Norwegian language, the word ''by'' can be translated as "town" or "city".
- "Stokmarknes, Hadsel (Nordland)". [[yr.no]].
- "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
- Statistisk sentralbyrå. (2023-12-23). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
- Store norske leksikon. "Stokmarknes".
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