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Jacobsen, Alf R., & J. Basil Cowlishaw. 2016. ''Death at Dawn: Captain Warburton-Lee VC and the Battle of Narvik, April 1940''. Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. ( or ) is a fjord in Narvik Municipality in
Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...
county, Norway. It is a fjord arm that branches off of the main Ofotfjorden, on the south side of the town of Narvik. The
Beisfjord Bridge The Beisfjord Bridge ( no, Beisfjordbrua) is a girder bridge in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The concrete bridge crosses the Beisfjorden on the west side of the town of Narvik. The bridge connects Ankenes, a residential are ...
on the European route E06 highway crosses the fjord between Ankenesstranda and
Narvik ( se, Áhkanjárga) is the third-largest municipality in Nordland county, Norway, by population. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Narvik. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Ankenesstranda, Ball ...
. The village of
Beisfjord Beisfjord is a village in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located about southeast of the town of Narvik, at the southeastern end of the long Beisfjorden (an arm off of the large Ofotfjorden). The village sits i ...
is located at the end of the long fjord. The maximum depth of the fjord reaches below sea level.


History

A temporary bridge was set up over the fjord in July 1943 and a ferry connection was set up between Fagernes and Ankenesstranda.


See also

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List of Norwegian fjords This list of Norwegian fjords shows many of the fjords in Norway. In total, there are about 1,190 fjords in Norway and the Svalbard islands. The sortable list includes the lengths and locations of those fjords. Fjords See also * List of gla ...


References

Narvik Fjords of Nordland {{Nordland-geo-stub