Kjelvik is an abandoned
fishing village in
Nordkapp Municipality in
Troms og Finnmark county,
Norway. It is located on the island of
Magerøya, about northeast of the town of
Honningsvåg and about northeast of the village of
Nordvågen. It sits near the mouth of the
Porsangerfjorden. The village no longer has any permanent residents, but the homes are still used as vacation homes in the summer.
Kjelvik was the original name of Nordkapp municipality since Kjelvik was one of the largest settlements in the municipality, larger even than Honningsvåg. However, during
World War II, the village was destroyed by
German forces in 1944, and it never recovered. As a consequence of this, in 1950 the name of the municipality was changed to Nordkapp to recognize the importance of the nearby
North Cape.
Name
The village is first mentioned in 1518 ("Kedelwigh"), but it is probably from older times (
Old Norse: ''Ketilvík''). The first element is ''ketill'' which means "kettle" and the last element is ''vík'' which means "inlet". The meaning of the name is then: "the inlet formed like a kettle".
References
External links
Kjelvik - det gamle kommunesentret
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Nordkapp
Villages in Finnmark
Former populated places in Finnmark