Sauøya is a small island located in

Froan Froan (or ''Froøyene'') is a populated archipelago of small, rocky islands in Frøya Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. Geography Froan consists of several hundred islands and islets that lie in the sea about west of the Fosen peninsul ...

archipelago in

Frøya Municipality Frøya is the westernmost List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen Districts of Norway, region and consists of the Frøya (island), island of Frøya, which lies nor ...

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,

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 island has not had a permanent settlement since Tommy Rodahl moved from the island in 2010.

Froan Chapel Froan Chapel () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Frøya Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the island of Sauøy in the Froan islands. It is one of several churches for the Frøya parish which is part of the ...

was built on the island in 1904. Farming is carried out in the area. Sauøya has some pasture and cultivated land and historically sheep were kept on the island. There is a significant influx of people to the island during the summer months. Most of the old homes on the island are now used as holiday cottages. There is no regular ferry connection to Sauøya in the winter, but there are up to several trips a week scheduled each summer.

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Islands of Trøndelag Frøya, Trøndelag Froan Uninhabited islands of Norway {{Trøndelag-island-stub

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