Skogn is a village in
Levanger municipality in
Trøndelag county,
Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the
Trondheimsfjorden
The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from the municipality of Ørland ...
, 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 (2018) of 1,961 and a
population density of .
The village of Skogn was the
administrative centre
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of the old
municipality of Skogn from 1838 until the municipality was dissolved in 1962.
Notable residents
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Marit Breivik, a
handball
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coach
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Guidance/instruction
* Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities
* Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process
** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers
Transportation
* Co ...
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Arne Falstad, a politician (Conservative)
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Snorre Gundersen, a politician (Conservative)
*
Nils Hallan, a
historian
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Idar Kjølsvik, a
theologian
*
Andreas Lunnan, a
journalist
*
Olav Norberg, a politician (Conservative)
*
Peter August Poppe
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, an engineer
*
Eldar Rønning, a
Cross Country skier
*
Per Sandberg, a politician (Progress)
*
Egil Sjaastad
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Characters
*Egil (Hymiskvida), farmer in the poem ''Hymiskvida''
*Egil, brother of Volund, hero of Völundarkviða and the Thidreks saga
*Egil One-Hand, hero from the ...
, a writer
*
Gustav Sjaastad
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, a politician (Labour)
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Robert Svarva
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, a politician (Labour)
References
Villages in Trøndelag
Levanger
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