Bjerkaker is a neighborhood in the
city of Tromsø in
Tromsø Municipality
Tromsø Municipality is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. Other notable settlements in the municipality include the vi ...
in
Troms
Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with ...
county,
Norway
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. It is located on the southern tip of the island of
Tromsøya
or is an island in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It lies in the Tromsøysundet strait between the mainland and the larger island of Kvaløya. The city of Tromsø is located on the island, which has 39,882 residents. The isla ...
. Before 1 July 1955, Bjerkaker was part of the former
Tromsøysund Municipality
Tromsøysund is a Former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed most of what is now Tromsø Muni ...
. Each summer, the
Bukta Tromsø Open Air Festival is held at
Telegrafbukta in Bjerkaker.
In April 2003, about 40 people met up at Bjerkaker school and founded an informal Sør-Tromsøya Borough Council. A list of the members can be found on their Web pages.
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The German battleship was sunk by British bombers between Bjerkaker and Håkøya in 1944.
Media gallery
File:Telegrafbukta tromso.jpg, View of Telegrafbukta in southern Bjerkaker
File:Midnattssolindrehavn.gif, Midnight sun over Bjerkaker
References
Villages in Troms
Tromsø
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