Saksenvik Explained

Official Name:Saksenvik
Settlement Type:Hamlet
Pushpin Map:Nordland#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nordland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Northern Norway
Subdivision Name2:Nordland
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Salten
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Saltdal
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:8250 Rognan
Elevation M:22
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Coordinates:67.1078°N 15.4528°W

Saksenvik is a basic statistical unit in the Nedre Saltdal subarea of the municipality of Saltdal in Nordland county, Norway. European route E6 passes through Saksenvik, part of the way via the Saksenvik Tunnel. Since 2012, the Saksenvik Hydroelectric Power Station has produced electricity in the region.[2]

Saksenvik known for several quernstone quarries from earlier times,[3] including above the settlement at Vassliheia at an elevation of 465m (1,526feet).[4] Quernstone production in Saltdal has been documented since the Middle Ages; in 1432 Aslak Bolt's cadastre recorded a quarry at Setså.[4] Such old written sources do not exist for Saksenvik, and it has been suggested that in earlier times quernstones from Saksenvik were delivered to Setså as a central purchasing and shipping station.[5]

A heritage project is being funded in cooperation between landowners and the municipality of Saltdal, and it has documented quarries for tourists with information boards, signage, and picnic areas.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saksenvik. yr.no. Norwegian. December 14, 2016.
  2. http://isiteproduction.blob.core.windows.net/www-saltdal-home-nsf/3051098063-090812/$FILE/090812.pdf Offentlig journal. August 9, 2012. Saltdal Kommune, p. 1.
  3. http://www.an.no/indre-salten/planlegger-kulturpark-i-saksenvik/s/1-33-3821094 Pettersen, Dag. 2008. Planlegger kulturpark i Saksenvik. an.no (September 30).
  4. http://www.abstract.xlibx.info/as-other/2339486-21-norsk-arkeologisk-selskap-norwegian-archaeological-society-viking.php Helberg, Bjørn Hebba. 2010. Kvernsteinsindustri i vikingtid og tidlig middelalder i Saltdal kommune, Nordland fylke. Viking. Norsk arkeologisk årbok 73: 103–120.
  5. Titland, Helge P. 2003. Kvernsteinsbruddene i Saltdal. Saltdalsboka 2002/2003, pp. 35–43. Rognan: Saltdal kommune.
  6. Titland, Helge P. 2006. Kulturminneregistreringer av kvernsteinsbruddene i Saksenvik. Unpublished report.
  7. http://www.ngu.no/upload/Publikasjoner/Rapporter/2008/2008_075.pdf Lindahl, Ingvar. 2008. Granatglimmerskifrene i Saksenvik – Setså området; tidligere brukt som kvernstein – nå til bruk som unik bygningstein, Saltdal kommune, Nordland. (= NGU rapport no. 2008.075). Trondheim: Norges geologiske undersøkelse.