Asmaløy is an island in

Hvaler Hvaler is a municipality that is a group of islands in the southern part of Østfold County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skjærhalden, on the island of Kirkeøy. The only police station in the munici ...

municipality of

Østfold Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...

county, Norway. Asmaløy is one of the larger islands in the archipelago of Hvaler which consists of over 800 islands, islets, skerries and reefs located in the outer

Oslofjord The Oslofjord (, ; ) is an inlet in southeastern Norway. The fjord begins at the small village of Bonn in Frogn, Frogn Municipality and stretching northwards to the city of Oslo, and then curving to the east and then south again. It then flows s ...

Hvaler tunnel The Hvaler Tunnel () is a subsea road tunnel which connects the island of Kirkøy to the rest of Hvaler in Østfold County, Norway. The tunnel opened in 1989 and is long and deep with an incline of 10% at its steepest point, located on Norwegi ...

() joins Asmaløy with

Kirkeøy Kirkeøy is the largest island in the Norwegian municipality of Hvaler. Its name means "church island" and is derived from Hvaler Church which is on the island and is also the main church of the municipality. The island covers an area of and had ...

, the largest island in the municipality and the site of the administrative centre at

Skjærhalden Skjærhalden is the administrative centre of Hvaler municipality, Norway. It is located on the island Kirkeøy Kirkeøy is the largest island in the Norwegian municipality of Hvaler. Its name means "church island" and is derived from Hvaler Chu ...

. Hvaler tunnel is an underwater tunnel on Highway 108 (''Rv108''). The tunnel goes under the strait between Asmaløy and Kirkeøy. The long tunnel was opened on 2 October 1989. Hvaler tunnel is closed to pedestrians and cyclists. ''Hvaler blir bomfri'' (Fredriksstad Blad)
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Vikerhavn Vikerhavn is a small fishing harbour and village on the southern part of the island Asmaløy in the Hvaler municipality of Østfold county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on th ...

is a small fishing harbour and village on the southern part of the island. The author

Johan Borgen Johan Collett Müller Borgen (28 April 1902 – 16 October 1979) was a Norwegian writer, journalist and critic. His best-known work is the novel ''Lillelord'' for which he was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1955. He wa ...

lived on Asmaløy for many years at a site known as Knatten.

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Hvaler Islands of Østfold {{Østfold-geo-stub

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