Mo i Rana is a city, and the administrative centre of the municipality of Rana, in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the Helgeland region of Nordland, just south of the Arctic Circle. Some of the city's suburbs include Båsmoen and Ytteren in the north, Gruben in the south east, Selfors in the east, and Åga/Hauknes/Dalsgrenda in the south.
View of the town from the fjord in July 2003
Norsk Jernverk, "Jernverket", Mo i Rana 15 September 1954
Mo Industrial Park. One of Norway's largest industrial parks.
"Havmannen", a sculpture made from Arctic granite in 1995 by the English sculptor Antony Gormley.
Rana is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Mo i Rana, which houses the National Library of Norway. Other population centers in Rana include Båsmoen, Dunderland, Eiteråga, Flostrand, Hauknes, Mæla, Myklebustad, Nevernes, Røssvoll, Selfors, Skonseng, Storforshei, Utskarpen, and Ytteren.
View of Mo i Rana in late July 2003
Mo, Nord-Rana, and parts of Nesna and Sør-Rana merged in 1964 to form Rana
The Sjona fjord, western part of Rana municipality.
Ole Tobias Olsen, 1908
