or is a village and basic statistical unit in the ''Nedre Saltdal'' ('Lower Saltdal') area of

Saltdal Municipality Saltdal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of ...

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 A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

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 area is located north of Rognan and Saksenvika and south of Setså on the east side of

Saltdal Fjord Saltdal Fjord (; ) is a fjord arm of Skjerstadfjorden in Saltdal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The fjord extends south to the village of Rognan at the bottom of the fjord. The inlet of the fjord lies between Hjelbunes, a headland t ...

(). The

European route E6 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 and the

Nordland Line The Nordland Line (, ) is a railway line between Trondheim and Bodø, Norway. It is the longest in Norway and lacks electrification. The route runs through Trøndelag and Nordland counties, carrying a combination of commuter, long-haul passenge ...

railway both pass through the area. During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

the

Blood Road The Blood Road () is a route northeast of Rognan in Saltdal Municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway that was built by prisoners during the German occupation of Norway, Second World War. The route was a new section of Europea ...

was built through the area. It was constructed as a new segment of Norwegian National Road 50 between Rognan and Langset, where there was ferry service before the war.

References

Saltdal Villages in Nordland {{Nordland-geo-stub