Mefjordvær (historic spelling: ''Medfjordvær'') is a

fishing village A fishing village is a village, usually located near a fishing ground, with an economy based on catching fish and harvesting seafood. The continents and islands around the world have coastlines totalling around 356,000 kilometres (221,000 ...

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. ...

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 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 about northwest of the village of

Senjahopen Senjahopen or Senjehopen is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. Senjahopen is located along the Medfjorden on the northwest part of the large island of Senja, where it is one of the most important fishing villages on the isl ...

, along the

Medfjorden or is a fjord in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The long fjord cuts into the large island of Senja from northwest. The villages of Mefjordvær Mefjordvær (historic spelling: ''Medfjordvær'') is a fishing village in Senja Mu ...

on the northwest coast of the large island of Senja. In 2001, there were 179 residents of the village.

Mefjordvær Chapel Mefjordvær Chapel () is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Mefjordvær on the northern coast of the island of Senja (island), Senja. It is an annex chapel for the Berg ...

is located in this village.

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Senja Villages in Troms {{Troms-geo-stub