Klakksjorda (or ''Klakkjorda'' or ''Klaksjord'')) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in Bø Municipality in

Nordland Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The village is located along the

Jørnfjorden Jørnfjorden is a fjord in Bø Municipality (Nordland), Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The long fjord is an arm of Eidsfjorden (Nordland), Eidsfjorden, cutting into the large island of Langøya in the Vesterålen archipelago. The ...

in the southeastern part of the island of

Langøya Langøya is the third largest island of Norway (outside of Svalbard), with an area of . The island is a part of the Vesterålen archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The island includes Bø Municipality and Øksnes Municipality as well as pa ...

. Historically, the name was also spelled ''Klagsjord'', ''Klachsiord'', and ''Klachsjord''. The road leading out of Klakksjorda (called ''Klakksjordveien'' or "Klakksjord Road"), connects to Norwegian County Road 911 which connects it to other settlements on

.''Vegliste 2016: Fylkes- og kommunale veger. Nordland''. 2016. Bodø: Statens vegvesen Region nord, p. 30.

References

External links

Klakksjorda at Norgeskart
{{authority control Bø, Nordland Villages in Nordland