Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Troms#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Skaland |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Troms |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Midt-Troms |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Senja Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.38 |
Population As Of: | 2003 |
Population Total: | 225 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 9385 Skaland |
Coordinates: | 69.4444°N 17.2981°W |
Elevation M: | 4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
or [2] is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village is located on the shores of the Bergsfjorden on the northwest side of the island of Senja, about 15km (09miles) to the southwest of the village of Senjahopen and about 70km (40miles) southwest of the city of Tromsø. The village of Finnsæter is located about across the fjord to the south.
The 0.38km2 village had a population (2003) of 225 and a population density of . Since 2003, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway.[3]
The main employer in the area is the graphite factory, Skaland Grafitverk which was founded in 1917. Berg Church is also located in the village.[4] [5] [6] The village was the administrative center of the old Berg Municipality until 1 January 2020 when it was merged into Senja Municipality.