Bjørnskinn

Village in Northern Norway, Norway

69°00′02″N 15°37′46″E / 69.00056°N 15.62944°E / 69.00056; 15.62944CountryNorwayRegionNorthern NorwayCountyNordlandDistrictVesterålen Municipality Andøy MunicipalityElevation

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26 m (85 ft)Post Code

8484 Risøyhamn

Bjørnskinn is a village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village of Bjørnskinn lies along the southern part of the island of Andøya, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of the larger village of Risøyhamn. The village is the site of Bjørnskinn Church which serves the southern part of the municipality. The village was also the administrative centre of the old municipality of Bjørnskinn which existed from 1924 until its dissolution in 1964.^[2]

Notable residents

Notable people that were born or lived in Bjørnskinn include:

Helmer Hanssen (1870–1956), Polar explorer who was on the expedition of Roald Amundsen to the South Pole
Johan Kleppe, member of Norwegian Parliament from Nordland (1969–1973) and defense minister in Korvald's Cabinet (1972–1973)
Finn Myrvang (born 1937), historian
Augustinus Johannessøn Sellevold (1803–1893), fisherman-farmer who was twice elected as member of the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland (1845–1848)^[3]

References

^ "Bjørnskinn, Andøy" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2016-09-10). "Bjørnskinn – bebyggelse i Andøy". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
^ Augustinus Johannesen Sellevold (Tilbake til Andøy)