| Settlement Type: | Town/City[1] |
| Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
| Pushpin Label: | Sortland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Norway |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nordland |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Vesterålen |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Sortland Municipality |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Established Title: | Established as |
| Established Date: | |
| Established Title3: | Town (Norwegian: By) |
| Established Date3: | 1997 |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.79 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 5609 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1480 |
| Population Demonym: | Sortlending Sortlandssunding |
| Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
| Postal Code: | 8400 Sortland |
| Coordinates: | 68.6982°N 15.4138°W |
| Elevation M: | 12 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
or [3] is a town and the administrative centre of Sortland Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The town is located on the east coast of the island of Langøya, along the Sortlandsundet strait. In 1997, the municipality decided to declare "town status" for the urban area of Sortland. Sortland is the largest town and commercial centre in the whole Vesterålen region and is often referred to as "the blue town by the strait" (Norwegian: den blå byen ved sundet) since many of the buildings are painted blue.[4]
The 3.79km2 town has a population (2023) of 5,609 and a population density of .[5]
The Norwegian National Road 85 highway begins at Sortland and crosses the Sortland Bridge to connect the town to the nearby European route E10 highway on the neighboring island of Hinnøya.
The town has a regional high school, a cultural centre, library, cinema, Sortland Museum, and Sortland Church. The town is also a regular stop of the Hurtigruten boats.
The town (and municipality) is named after the old Sortland farm (Norse, Old: Svortuland) since the first Sortland Church was built there. The first element is Norse, Old: Svort which is the genitive case of the local river name Svorta. The river name is derived from which means "black" or "dark". The last element is which means "land" or "farm".[6]