| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Finnmark#Norway |
| Pushpin Label: | Vestre Jakobselv |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Norway |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
| Subdivision Name2: | Finnmark |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Øst-Finnmark |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Vadsø Municipality |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.77 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 475 |
| Population Density Km2: | 617 |
| Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
| Postal Code: | 9802 Vestre Jakobselv |
| Elevation M: | 9 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Coordinates: | 70.1114°N 29.3333°W |
,, or [2] is a village in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, in extreme northeastern Norway. The village lies along the European route E75 highway about west of the town of Vadsø and the same distance east of the village of Nesseby in neighboring Nesseby Municipality.[3]
The village is located on the southern shore of the large mainland Varanger Peninsula at the mouth of the river Jakobselva, which is where the village gets its name. The river empties into the Varangerfjorden at this village. Upstream from the village, the Jakobselva river is known to be a superb sport fishing river, with a lot of big salmon. The river winds its way down from the mountains through a lush birch wood valley all the way to the fjord.
The 0.77km2 village has a population (2023) of 475 which gives the village a population density of .[4]
Vestre Jakobselv is home to the Third Division soccer club, IL Polarstjernen. The Vestre Jakobselv Church is located in the village, serving the western part of the municipality.
The local elementary school, Vestre Jakobselv oppvekstsenter, no longer has (as of Q4 2022) an order that tells the school to close.