The Vardø Tunnel ( no, Vardøtunnelen) is a
subsea road tunnel in
Vardø Municipality in
Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English), is a county in northern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform. ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. The long two-lane tunnel under the
Bussesundet strait connects the island of
Vardøya to the village of
Svartnes
Svartnes is a small village and port in Vardø Municipality, Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the mainland of the Varanger Peninsula across the Bussesundet strait from the island of Vardøya where the town of Vardø is located ...
on the
Varanger Peninsula
The Varanger Peninsula ( no, Varangerhalvøya; sme, Várnjárga; fkv, Varenkinniemi) is a peninsula in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the northeasternmost part of Norway, along the Barents Sea. The peninsula has the Tanafjorden to ...
on the mainland. The tunnel is part of the
European Route E75
European route E 75 is part of the International E-road network, which is a series of main roads in Europe.
The E 75 starts at the town of Vardø in Norway by the Barents Sea and it runs south through Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, ...
highway and it reaches a depth of below sea level. The tunnel opened in 1982 and was the first subsea tunnel in Norway.
King Olav V
Olav V (; born Prince Alexander of Denmark; 2 July 1903 – 17 January 1991) was the King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.
Olav was the only child of King Haakon VII of Norway and Maud of Wales. He became heir apparent to the Nor ...
officially opened the tunnel on 16 August 1983.
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Road tunnels in Troms og Finnmark
Subsea tunnels in Norway
Vardø
1982 establishments in Norway
Tunnels completed in 1982
Roads within the Arctic Circle