Official Name: | Bjørn |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Nordland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Helgeland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Dønna Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 8820 Dønna |
Coordinates: | 66.0817°N 12.5854°W |
Elevation M: | 2 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Bjørn is a village in Dønna Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the east coast of the island of Dønna, about northeast of the village of Hestad. The village has a regular ferry connection to the nearby island of Lukta and to the mainland town of Sandnessjøen. The village is the junction of the Norwegian County Road 828 and Norwegian County Road 809.
In 1754, a royal decree was made to grant Bjørn permission to hold an annual market, called the Norwegian: Bjørnsmartnan. It was considered the country's second largest market after the Grundset market at Elverum. In the 1870s, there were up to 3,000 visitors in boats and about 160 buildings in use as shops during the market. The markets were held as late as the early 1900s. The tradition has been taken up again from 1981 with a market every two years.[2]