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Svolvær

town in Vågan Municipality, Norway
Place urban_area_in_norway Q145948

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
urban area in Norway, town[3]
Inception
1918[7]
Country
Norway[2]
Official website
vagan.kommune.no[9]
Part of
Lofoten[6]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 68.233°, 14.567°
Capital of
Vågan Municipality, Svolvær Municipality[18]
Area
+2.37, +2.43[21][22]
Demonym
svolværing, svolværing[19]
Elevation above sea level
+3[20]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Vågan Municipality[1]
Located in/on physical feature
Austvågøya[8]
Population
4.8k (4.2k–4.8k, n=9)[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Postal code
8300[5]
Twinned administrative body
Ancona[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en Spålavuolle en Suolvearra en Svolvær de Svolvaer es Svolvaer fa اسولور fi Svolvaer fr Svolvaer he סבולבר it Svolvaer ja スヴォルヴァール ja スボルベル nl Svolvaer ru Свольвер sv Svolvaer uk Сволвер zh 斯沃尔韦尔 zh-hant 斯沃爾韋爾
🔖 Identifiers · 19
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Svolvaer, Lofoten, Norway.JPG ↗
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4844
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Svolvaer
Freebase ID
/m/05bc5z
GNS Unique Feature ID
-283206
GeoNames ID
3135020
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
svolvaer
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0472372
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Svolvær_-_tettsted_og_administrasjonssenter, Svolvær
Lex ID
Svolvær
NE.se ID
svolvaer
NL CR AUT ID
ge1173687
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OpenWeatherMap city ID
3135020
RKD thesaurus ID
32661
SSB urban settlement number
7814
SSR place name number
320274
UN/LOCODE
NOSVJ
Who's on First ID
101814605
YSO ID
508489

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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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Bronze
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🔗 Connections
People born here 9
Mathias Normann, Kari Bremnes, Gunnar Berg, Ellen Einan, Maria Strømme, Marit Andreassen, Thor Listau, Stein Berg Johansen +1 more
People who died here 2
Håkon Kyllingmark, Dagfinn Bakke
Capital of 1
Vågan Municipality
Country 1
Norway
Instance of 1
town
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Vågan Municipality
Located in this place 1
Svolvær Church
Located in/on physical feature 1
Austvågøya
Named after 1
Svolvær Airport
Part of 1
Lofoten
Twinned administrative body 1
Ancona
← Capital 1
Vågan Municipality
← Place of publication 1
Lofotposten
← Place served by transport hub 1
Svolvær Airport
← SNARC ID 1
Harvey Mudd College
← Twinned administrative body 1
Ancona
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Svolvær include Svolvær Airport[23], an airport[24], in Norway[25], founded in 1972[26].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Svolvær include Svolvær Airport[23], an airport[24], in Norway[25], founded in 1972[26].

Related Entities

Ancona Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [10] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  12. [12] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  14. [14] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . sprakradet.no. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 24w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Population → —
    Part of → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2.37'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2.43'}
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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