| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Finnmark#Norway |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Label: | Bjørnevatn |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Norway |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Finnmark |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Øst-Finnmark |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Sør-Varanger Municipality |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.99 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 2536 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1274 |
| Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
| Postal Code: | 9910 Bjørnevatn |
| Coordinates: | 69.6672°N 29.9878°W |
| Elevation M: | 53 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
,,, or [2] is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies about south of the town of Kirkenes and about west of the Norway-Russia border. The village has a couple of suburbs including Hesseng to the north and Sandnes to the west. The Bjørnevatn IL is the local sports team. The name Bjørnevatn translates to "Bear Lake" in English.
The 1.99km2 village has a population (2023) of 2,536 and a population density of .[3]
The bedrock below Bjørnevatn is located in the East Finnmark mountain formation (Øst-Finnmarks grunnfjellsområde). Iron ore deposits were originally discovered in the area during 1868 with commercial production of iron ore by 1910. The Sydvaranger iron ore mines are located just south of Bjørnevatn. The Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn Line is a short railway line that runs from the mines to the town and port at Kirkenes to the north.[4] [5]
The village used to be located near the shores of the lake Bjørnevatnet, but the lake was drained in 1958 so that the iron ore under the lake could be mined. During the liberation in 1944 at the end of World War II, a large number of people lived inside the mines during the fighting; estimates vary between 1,000 and 3,500.[6] Their story is portrayed in the 1974 film Under a Stone Sky.