Bjerkaker Explained

Official Name:Bjerkaker
Settlement Type:Neighborhood in Tromsø
Pushpin Map:Troms#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Northern Norway
Subdivision Name2:Troms
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Midt-Troms
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Tromsø Municipality
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:9006 Tromsø
Coordinates:69.6322°N 18.9203°W
Elevation M:9
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Bjerkaker is a neighborhood in the city of Tromsø in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Tromsøya. Before 1 July 1955, Bjerkaker was part of the former Tromsøysund Municipality. Each summer, the Bukta Tromsø Open Air Festival is held at Telegrafbukta in Bjerkaker.

In April 2003, about 40 people met up at Bjerkaker school and founded an informal Sør-Tromsøya Borough Council.[2] A list of the members can be found on their Web pages.[3]

The German battleship was sunk by British bombers between Bjerkaker and Håkøya in 1944.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bjerkaker. yr.no. Norwegian. 2012-12-14.
  2. Web site: Sør-Tromsøya bydelsråd etablert. Tromsø Kommune. April 2003. 2012-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20140811105947/http://www.tromso.kommune.no/soer-tromsoeya-bydelsraad-etablert.4543460-120972.html. 2014-08-11. dead.
  3. http://www.sortromsoya.org/aarsmoetet/protokoll-2012 Protokoll 2012