(Norwegian) or Fuossko (Lule Sami) is a municipality located in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Fauske. Some of the villages in Fauske include Nystad, Venset, Straumsnes, and Sulitjelma.
View of Fauske sentrum
Blåmannsisen seen from the ridge up Vardetoppen in Sulitjelma
Early July and summer in the highlands at Jakobsbakken, near Sulitjelma.
Fauske marble, known as Norwegian Rose; can also be green-white ([1]).
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.
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