Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Saksenvika |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
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 Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 8250 Rognan |
Coordinates: | 67.1078°N 15.4528°W |
Elevation M: | 22 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
or [2] is a village and basic statistical unit in the Nedre Saltdal area of Saltdal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. European route E6 passes through Saksenvika and the nearby Saksenvik Tunnel on its way to Langset to the north. Since 2012, the Saksenvik Hydroelectric Power Station has produced electricity in the region.[3]
Saksenvika is known for several quernstone quarries from earlier times,[4] including on the nearby mountain Vassliheia at an elevation of 465m (1,526feet).[5] Quernstone production in Saltdal has been documented since the Middle Ages; in 1432 Aslak Bolt's cadastre recorded a quarry at Setså. Such old written sources do not exist for Saksenvika, and it has been suggested that in earlier times quernstones from Saksenvika were delivered to Setså as a central purchasing and shipping station.[6]
A heritage project is being funded in cooperation between landowners and Saltdal Municipality, and it has documented quarries for tourists with information boards, signage, and picnic areas.[7] [8]