| Official Name: | Kjelvik |
| Settlement Type: | Abandoned village |
| Image Alt: | A long wooden building sits on stilts driven into the shore. It, and the nearby buildings are abandoned, grey, and falling apart. A green mountain rises up in the background, flowers and grass in the foreground. |
| Pushpin Map: | Finnmark#Norway |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| 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: | Nordkapp Municipality |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
| Postal Code: | 9760 Nordvågen |
| Elevation M: | 7 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Coordinates: | 71.0019°N 26.1125°W |
Kjelvik is an abandoned fishing village in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the island of Magerøya, about northeast of the town of Honningsvåg and about northeast of the village of Nordvågen. It sits near the mouth of the Porsangerfjorden. The village no longer has any permanent residents, but the homes are still used as vacation homes in the summer.
Kjelvik was the original name of Nordkapp municipality since Kjelvik was one of the largest settlements in the municipality, larger even than Honningsvåg. However, during World War II, the village was destroyed by German forces in 1944, and it never recovered. As a consequence of this, in 1950 the name of the municipality was changed to Nordkapp to recognize the importance of the nearby North Cape.[2]
The village is named after the old Kjelvik farm (Norse, Old: Ketilvík) since the first Kjelvik Church was built there. The village name was first mentioned in existing historical records in 1518 as "Kedelwigh". The first element is which means "kettle" or helmet. The last element is which means "bay" or "cove". Thus, the meaning of the name is then: "kettle bay".[3]
. Norske gaardnavne: Finmarkens amt . 1924. W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri . 18 . Kristiania, Norge . no . Oluf Rygh . 170 .