Official Name: | Forvika |
Other Name: | Forvik |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nordland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Nordland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Helgeland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Vevelstad |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 8978 Vevelstad |
Coordinates: | 65.7153°N 12.4629°W |
Elevation M: | 2 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Forvika or Forvik is the administrative centre of the municipality of Vevelstad in Nordland county, Norway. Forsvika sits on the coastline along the Vevelstadsundet strait, just north of Vevelstad Church. Forvika is the southern terminus of the Tjøtta-Forvika ferry line which is part of the Norwegian County Road 17.[2]