Malnes is a small village 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 mouth of Malnesfjorden in the northwest part 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 ...

. Malnes is now considered the southwestern part of the village of Hovden, but it was formerly a separate farming settlement.

Geography

The hill Malnesberget () rises south of Malnes. Norwegian County Road 915 connects Malnes to Hovden in the north and to the village of

Nykvåg Nykvåg is a fishing village in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is one of the largest fishing villages on the west coast of the large island of Langøya in the Vesterålen archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called a ...

to the southwest.

History

Malnes Church was established at Malnes in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...

, and Malnes served as the clerical center of the former parish of Malnes in the Bø ecclesiastical district (''Bø herred''). In 1829, Malnes Church was moved from Malnes to the village of Eidet,''Aarsberetning for 1904''. 1905. Oslo: Carl C. Werner & Comp.s Bogtrykkeri, p. 198. but it is still known as Malnes Church.''Kirkesøk'': Malnes kirke.
/ref> Today it is part of parish of Bø og Malnes.

References

{{authority control Bø, Nordland Villages in Nordland