Skibotn (Northern Sami: Ivgubahta, Kven: Yykeänperä) is a village in Storfjord Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located on the southeastern shore of the Lyngen fjord in Northern Norway. The village area is located at the crossroads of the European route E6 and European route E8 highways. The distance by road to Kilpisjärvi, the northernmost community in the western "arm" of Finland, is approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi). Skibotn Chapel is located in the village.[3]
The 0.95-square-kilometre (230-acre) village has a population (2017) of 524 which gives the village a population density of 552 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,430/sq mi).[1] The modern day residents of Skibotn are mostly either descendants of the Kven people and Sami people, or immigrants—and their descendants—from Southern and Central Norway.
^ abcStatistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2017). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
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^Berg-Nordlie, Mikkel, ed. (2018-06-11). "Skibotn". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
Skibotn (Northern Sami: Ivgubahta, Kven: Yykeänperä) is a village in Storfjord Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located on the southeastern...
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Army out of Finland to take up new defensive positions around Lyngen and Skibotn just to the north of Tromsø—a new operation which came to be called "Operation...
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of Kirkenes. Another proposal has been to build a line from Kolari to Skibotn and Tromsø, even if connecting to the existing line to Narvik is the main...
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Skarberget. It then runs through on via Narvik, Setermoen, Nordkjosbotn, Skibotn and Alta to Olderfjord, where European route E69 continues north towards...
1987, and has about 700 members. The organization has local branches in Skibotn, Børselv, Nord-Varanger, Tana, Lakselv, Alta, northern Troms, Tromsø, and...
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