Skjervøy

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Skjervøy ( Sami: Skiervá, kvenisch: Kierua ) is a municipality in northern Norway in the province (county ) Troms.

It is spread over several islands in the North Sea, the largest of which is Arnoya. However, the vast majority of the population lives on the eponymous pretty small island Skjervøy ( about 2000 inhabitants). The town is dominated by the fishing and shipping. Skjervøy is constant Hurtigruten ships.

Its history can be traced on the basis of finds to the Stone Age. The trading place Skjervøy was in the past a long time in the possession of a family, which completed the trade with the city of Bergen. The writer has described the Petter Dass. The village church was built Skjervøy 1721 and is the oldest wooden church of Fylke Troms. The city at the end of the 19th century became famous. , By placing the Fram with Fridtjof Nansen in 1896 after a three -year expedition in the Arctic Ocean

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