Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Troms#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Soløy |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Troms |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Hålogaland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Lavangen Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 9357 Tennevoll |
Coordinates: | 68.7746°N 17.8009°W |
Elevation M: | 19 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
or [2] is a village in Lavangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the Lavangen fjord, about north of the administrative centre of Tennevoll and about east of the town of Harstad. The small village of Å lies immediately north of Soløy, forming one large village area through conurbation.
Lavangen Church is located in the southern part of the village. Historically, the village of Soløy was the administrative centre of Lavangen Municipality, from 1907 when the municipality was established until 1964 when it was merged into Salangen Municipality. On 1 January 1977, Lavangen Municipality was re-established and Tennevoll was chosen as the new administrative centre instead of Soløy.[3]