Bjørnskinn
Village in Andøy Municipality, Norway
Village in Northern Norway, Norway
69°00′02″N 15°37′46″E / 69.00056°N 15.62944°E / 69.00056; 15.62944[1]
8484 Risøyhamn
Bjørnskinn[2] 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 Andøy Municipality.[3]
History
The village was the administrative centre of the old Bjørnskinn Municipality which existed from 1924 until its dissolution in 1964.[3]
Notable residents
Notable people that were born or lived in Bjørnskinn include:
- Helmer Hanssen (1870–1956), a Polar explorer who was on the expedition of Roald Amundsen to the South Pole
- Johan Kleppe, a member of Norwegian Parliament from Nordland (1969–1973) and defense minister in Korvald's Cabinet (1972–1973)
- Finn Myrvang (born 1937), a historian
- Augustinus Johannessøn Sellevold (1803–1893), a fisherman-farmer who was twice elected as member of the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland (1845–1848)[4]
References
- ^ "Bjørnskinn, Andøy" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
- ^ a b 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)
External links
- Picture portfolio of Bjørnskinn
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