Medby is a village in
Senja Municipality
Senja is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020 when the municipalities of Berg, Lenvik, Torsken, and Tranøy were merged into one municipality. It is located in the traditional district of Hålogaland. ...
in
Troms
Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with ...
county,
Norway
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. It is located along the
Veidmannsfjorden on the southwestern part of the
island of Senja. The village lies along a highway that connects the villages of
Grunnfarnes and
Sifjord. The Kaldfarnes area lies just to the west of Medby and
Ã…nderdalen National Park
Ã…nderdalen National Park () is located on the large island of Senja in Troms county, Norway. The park lies within Senja Municipality. The park was established by royal decree on 6 February 1970 and it was enlarged in 2004. The national park p ...
lies about to the east of the village.
Medby Chapel is located in this village.
References
Villages in Troms
Senja
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