Dverberg

Village in Andøy Municipality, Norway

Village in Northern Norway, Norway

69°06′23″N 15°57′50″E / 69.1064°N 15.9640°E / 69.1064; 15.9640CountryNorwayRegionNorthern NorwayCountyNordlandDistrictVesterålen Municipality Andøy MunicipalityElevation

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6 m (20 ft)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Post Code

8485 Dverberg

Dverberg or Myre (Norwegian)^[2] or Dearka (Northern Sami)^[3] is a small village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the east coast of the island of Andøya, along the Andfjorden, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the large village of Andenes. Dverberg Church is a wooden, octagonal church built in 1843, located on the north end of the village.^[4]

As of 2010, the village of Dverberg/Myre had around 250 inhabitants.^[5]

Notable residents

Torstein Raaby (1918-1964), a Norwegian resistance fighter and explorer

References

^ "Dverberg, Andøy (Nordland)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
^ "Informasjon om stadnamn Myre". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
^ "Informasjon om stadnamn Dverberg". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2016-09-10). "Dverberg – tettbebyggelse i Andøy". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
^ Jacobsen, Billy. "Dverberg". In Hans-Tore Bjerkaas (ed.). NRK Nordland Fylkesleksikon (in Norwegian). NRK. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.