Sund, Flakstad Explained

Official Name:Sund
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Nordland#Norway
Pushpin Label:Sund
Pushpin Label Position:right
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Northern Norway
Subdivision Name2:Nordland
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Lofoten
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Flakstad Municipality
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:8384
Coordinates:68.0011°N 13.2106°W
Elevation M:4
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Sund is a fishing village in Flakstad Municipality in the Lofoten district of Nordland county, Norway.[2] The settlement, with around 100 permanent residents, is located on the southwest coast of the island of Flakstadøya. The fishing village is considered to be one of oldest in Lofoten. The privately-owned Sund Fishery Museum (Norwegian: Sund Fiskerimuseum) is located at the harbor,[3] as well as a mechanical workshop and mill.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sund, Flakstad (Nordland). yr.no. 14 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20140708035754/https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Nordland/Flakstad/Sund/. 8 July 2014. dead.
  2. Book: 105 . Lapland . James Proctor . Bradt Travel Guides . 2015 . 9781841629179.
  3. Web site: Sund Fiskerimuseum. https://web.archive.org/web/20190524133254/http://sundfiskerimuseum.no/ . 24 May 2019.