Official Name: | Kårhamn |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Finnmark#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Finnmark |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Vest-Finnmark |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Hammerfest Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 9657 Kårhamn |
Elevation M: | 7 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 70.5444°N 23.1481°W |
Kårhamn is a small fishing village in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on an isolated peninsula on the northwestern tip of the large island of Seiland. The village has roads in it, but none of them are connected to the rest of Norway, so boat access to the village is required. Kårhamn was historically a part of the old Sørøysund Municipality, but in 1992 it has merged into Hammerfest Municipality.
Kårhamn has a population of about 50 people, where most are employed in the "LeanFish AS" fish processing plant. The village also has a small school, kindergarten, and a grocery store with a post office in it. The grocery store has also recently begun to function as a small library, taking over this service from the school.