Sortland
Videos
Page
(Norwegian) or Suortá (Northern Sami) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vesterålen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sortland. Other population centres in Sortland include Bø, Holand, Holmstad, Liland, Sigerfjord, Strand, and Vik. The Norwegian Coast Guard has its northern base in Sortland, called Kystvaktskvadron Nord.
View of Sortland from Strandheia mountain
The "blue city" of Sortland.
Sortlandsbrua bridge with Strand at Hinnøya island, from Hurtigruten in Sortland
The market square in downtown Sortland a day in June 2013.
Nordland
Videos
Page
Nordland is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the south-east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is in the town of Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995. In the southern part of the county is Vega, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
Ballstad in Lofoten
Autumn near Trollfjord in Hadsel. Nordland is home to innumerable fjords and fjord branches.
The majority of the population is located at the Strandflaten lowland. Berg in Sømna.
The largest rivers follow the longest inland valleys. Ranelva at the confluence with Langvassåga, Rana.