Skjærhalden is the administrative centre of
Hvaler municipality,
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 ...
. It is located on the island
Kirkeøy
Kirkeøy is the largest island in the Norwegian municipality of Hvaler. Its name means "church island" and is derived from Hvaler Church which is on the island and is also the main church of the municipality. The island covers an area of and had ...
, location of the
Ytre Hvaler National Park center. Its population (
SSB 2005) is 642.
References
Sources
*
Villages in Østfold
Hvaler
{{Østfold-geo-stub