Lensvik is a village in

Orkland Municipality Orkland is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Orkdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Orkang ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county,

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. The village is located on the western shore of the

Trondheimsfjorden The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's List of Norwegian fjords, third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from Ørl ...

, just north of the village of

Selbekken Selbekken is a village in Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located directly south of the village of Lensvik along the Trondheimsfjorden and the Norwegian County Road 710. The village has a population (2024) of 44 ...

. Lensvik is the site of

Lensvik Church Lensvik Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Lensvik, along the Trondheimsfjord, just north of Selbekken. It is one of the three churches for t ...

, and it lies about north of the village of

Ingdalen Ingdalen is a village in Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village lies along the western shore of the Trondheimsfjord about south of the villages of Lensvik and Selbekken. Ingdal Chapel is located in the village. The lake ...

. The lake

Øyangsvatnet Øyangsvatnet is a lake in Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies in the north central part of the municipality. The lake is about west of the villages of Lensvik and Selbekken and about west of the village of Ingdalen ...

is located about to the west of Lensvik.

History

The village was the

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of the old

Lensvik Municipality Lensvik is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1905 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality was located along the western shore of the Trondheimsfjorden and it encompassed the ...

which existed from 1905-1964 when it became part of

Agdenes Municipality Agdenes is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1896 until its dissolution in 2020 when it became part of Orkland Municipality. It was part ...

. In 2020, it became part of

Attractions

Lensvik is often called the

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capital of Norway. The strawberries are sought after as far as the

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and

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. The strawberry season runs from July to August. The first week of July also holds the annual strawberry festival. Bi-annually, Lensvik holds "Street-Meets" bolstering the largest engines driven by the largest egos. It's not uncommon to see a large plume of smoke hovering over one of the main parking lots in the village's center. Families come out and bring the young to see the festivities which include smoking tires from street rods to ATVs. There are even a couple of Arctic Ramblers pushing several hundred horsepower that can turn the tires to the tune of a loud squeal.

Media gallery

Lensvik Agdenes 2016 1.jpg, View of the shoreline Norwegen - 2010-08-04 - Lensvik bei Trondheim - panoramio.jpg, View of the village 2010-08-04 - Kirche bei Lendsvik-Agdnes - panoramio.jpg, View of the

References

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