Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Skjerstad |
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: | Bodø Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 8102 Skjerstad |
Coordinates: | 67.2331°N 15.0257°W |
Elevation M: | 28 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
(Norwegian; pronounced as /no/) or [2] is a village in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The small village of Skjerstad sits at the mouth of the Misværfjorden, where it joins Skjerstadfjorden. The village is also the location of Skjerstad Church. The village was the namesake of the old Skjerstad Municipality which existed from 1838 until 2005.
Skjerstad is possibly the place of execution of Norse chieftain Raud den Rame by King Olaf Tryggvason, and the location of the annual historical hoax play called "Ragnhilds Drøm" .[3] [4]