Skogn is a village in Levanger Municipality in

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county,

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. The village is located on the eastern shore of the

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, about southwest of the town of Levanger. The European route E06 highway runs through the village, just past the Fiborgtangen industrial area located along the shore. There is a Norske Skog Skogn paper mill at Fiborgtangen. The Nordlandsbanen railway line stops in the village at Skogn Station. The village has a population (2024) of 1,935 and a

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of . The village of Skogn was the

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of the old Skogn Municipality from 1838 until the municipality was dissolved in 1962.

Notable people

* Marit Breivik, a

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coach * Arne Falstad, a politician (Conservative) * Snorre Gundersen, a politician (Conservative) * Nils Hallan, a

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* Idar Kjølsvik, a

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* Andreas Lunnan, a

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* Olav Norberg, a politician (Conservative) * Peter August Poppe, an engineer * Eldar Rønning, a Cross Country skier * Per Sandberg, a politician (Progress) * Egil Sjaastad, a writer * Gustav Sjaastad, a politician (Labour) * Robert Svarva, a politician (Labour)

References

{{authority control Villages in Trøndelag Levanger