| Official Name: | Utskarpen |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nordland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Norway |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nordland |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Helgeland |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Rana |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
| Postal Code: | 8725 Utskarpen |
| Coordinates: | 66.2901°N 13.5804°W |
| Elevation M: | 2 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Utskarpen is a village in the municipality of Rana in Nordland county, Norway, about west of the town of Mo i Rana. The village is located at the end of the Utskarpen fjord, an arm of the main Ranfjorden. On the western side of Utskarpen is the intersection with Norwegian County Road 17 and Norwegian County Road 12. The neighboring villages are Mæla to the north and Myklebustad to the west.[2]
Utskarpen has a kindergarten, a primary and secondary school, and a nursing home. The Utskarpen Museum was opened on 23 October 1999. The village has been in the three municipalities. Starting in 1839 it was part of the municipality of Hemnes, then in 1929 it became a part of Sør-Rana municipality, and then in 1964 it was merged into Rana.[3]