Official Name: | Bjørnskinn |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Bjørnskinn |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Nordland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Vesterålen |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Andøy Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 8484 Risøyhamn |
Elevation M: | 26 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 69.0006°N 15.6294°W |
Bjørnskinn[2] is a village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village of Bjørnskinn lies along the southern part of the island of Andøya, about northwest of the larger village of Risøyhamn. The village is the site of Bjørnskinn Church which serves the southern part of Andøy Municipality.
The village was the administrative centre of the old Bjørnskinn Municipality which existed from 1924 until its dissolution in 1964.[3]
Notable people that were born or lived in Bjørnskinn include: