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Skaland

Village in Senja Municipality, Norway

Field	Value
official_name
settlement_type	Village
image_caption	View of the village
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	11
mapframe-marker	village
pushpin_map	Troms#Norway
pushpin_label	Skaland
pushpin_label_position	left
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	Senja Municipality
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+01:00
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+02:00
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	0.38
population_as_of	2003
population_footnotes
population_total	225
population_density_km2	auto
postal_code_type	Post Code
postal_code	9385 Skaland
coordinates
elevation_m	4
elevation_footnotes

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no or se is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village is located on the shores of the Bergsfjorden on the northwest side of the island of Senja, about 15 km to the southwest of the village of Senjahopen and about 70 km southwest of the city of Tromsø. The village of Finnsæter is located about 4 km across the fjord to the south.

The 0.38 km2 village had a population (2003) of 225 and a population density of 592 PD/km2. Since 2003, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway.

The main employer in the area is the graphite factory, Skaland Grafitverk which was founded in 1917. Berg Church is also located in the village. The village was the administrative center of the old Berg Municipality until 1 January 2020 when it was merged into Senja Municipality.

Media gallery

File:Finnsæter.JPG|Finnsæter File:Solnedgang.jpg|Solnedgang File:Bergsøyan.JPG|Bergsøyan File:Bergsøyan (2).jpg|Bergsøyan

References

"Skaland". [[yr.no]].
"Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
Statistisk sentralbyrå. (2022-04-03). "04859: Area and population of urban settlements (US) 2000 - 2021".
Store norske leksikon. "Skaland".
Pål Thonstad Sandvik. "Skaland Grafitverk".
"Berg kirkested". Kulturminnesøk.

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