, , or is one of the three boroughs comprising the town of Alta in

Alta Municipality Alta (; ; ; ) is the most populated List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Alta (town), town of Alta. Some of the main villages in the ...

Finnmark Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland (Finland), Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norweg ...

county,

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. It is located on the western end of the town, along the

Altafjorden The Altafjord (; ; ) is a fjord in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The long fjord stretches from the town of Alta in the south to the islands of Stjernøya and Seiland. The long river Altaelva empties into the fjord at the tow ...

, along the

European route E06 European route E6 (, , or simply E6) is the main north–south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the countr ...

highway. Bossekop is an old

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trading post and marketplace. The name comes from the Sami word meaning ''Whale Bay''. The

Rock carvings at Alta The Rock art of Alta () are located in and around Alta Municipality in Finnmark county in northern Norway. Since the first carvings were discovered in 1973, more than 6,000 carvings have been found on several sites around Alta. The largest ...

lie just west of Bossekop, near the

Juovvajávri or is a lake in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The lake lies on the Finnmarksvidda plateau about northeast of the lake Stuorajávri (Alta), Stuorajávri and about northwest of the large lake Iešjávri. See also *List of lake ...

bay. Bossekop was destroyed by the Germans during their retreat from occupying Norway in November 1944. The only building left standing in Bossekop was

Alta Church Alta Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the Bossekop area in the town of Alta. It is one of the churches for the Alta parish which is part of the Alta prosti (d ...

. The rest of the village was rebuilt after the war. In 2000, the villages of Bossekop, Alta, and Elvebakken were merged to form the town of Alta. The new

Northern Lights Cathedral The Northern Lights Cathedral - Alta Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county. It is located in the central part of the town of Alta. It is the main church for the Alta parish as well as the sea ...

was built in Bossekop as the new main church for the town.

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Alta, Norway Populated places of Arctic Norway {{Finnmark-geo-stub