Place:Kvæfjord, Troms, Norway

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NameKvæfjord
Alt namesKvedfjordsource: Family History Library Catalog
Qvafjordsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeMunicipality
Located inTroms, Norway
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Kvæfjord is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Central Hålogaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Borkenes. Other villages include Hundstad, Langvassbukta, and Revsnes.

Together with Harstad, the two municipalities cover a large part of the island of Hinnøya in the southern part of the Troms county. Kvæfjord consists mostly of mountains and fjords. The municipality centers on the Kvæfjorden and Gullesfjorden.

Kvæfjord is also where the Norwegian national cake, Kvæfjord cake, originally comes from.

The municipality is the 208th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Kvæfjord is the 237th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,839. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 6.9% over the previous 10-year period.

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