Dverberg
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Dverberg is a small village in Andøya
municipality in Nordland
county, Norway
.
Dverberg was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt
). Andenes
and Bjørnskinn
were separated from Dverberg January 1, 1924. These three were again united January 1, 1964 - to create the new municipality of Andøy
.Before the merger Dverberg had a population of 1,719.
Dverberg church (Dverberg kirke) is an octagonal timber church. It was inaugurated on 17 October 1843 and has 350 seats. The architect of the church was Christian H. Grosch. In 1930, there was a major restoration. Augustinus Johannessøn Sellevold (1803-1893) who was a minister to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland and Artic explorer Torstein Raaby were both buried in the church cemetery.
Andøya
Andøya is the northernmost island in the archipelago of Vesterålen. Andøya is located in the Andøy municipality in Nordland county, Norway.The island has an area of 489 km², making it the tenth largest island in Norway. The island is connected to the neighboring island of Hinnøya using the...
municipality in Nordland
Nordland
is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
.
Dverberg was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...
). Andenes
Andenes
is a town and former municipality in Vesterålen district in Nordland county, Norway.Andenes was separated from Dverberg January 1, 1924. It was merged with Dverberg and Bjørnskinn to create the new municipality of Andøy January 1, 1964....
and Bjørnskinn
Bjørnskinn
Bjørnskinn is a former municipality in the Andøy municipality of Nordland county, Norway.-History:Bjørnskinn is located on Andøya, a few km northwest of the village of Risøyhamn. Andenes and Bjørnskinn were separated from Dverberg on January 1, 1924. At that point Bjørnskinn had a population of...
were separated from Dverberg January 1, 1924. These three were again united January 1, 1964 - to create the new municipality of Andøy
Andøy
Andøy is the northernmost municipality in Nordland county, Norway, and it belongs to the Vesterålen archipelago. The largest island in the municipality is Andøya. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Andenes....
.Before the merger Dverberg had a population of 1,719.
Dverberg church (Dverberg kirke) is an octagonal timber church. It was inaugurated on 17 October 1843 and has 350 seats. The architect of the church was Christian H. Grosch. In 1930, there was a major restoration. Augustinus Johannessøn Sellevold (1803-1893) who was a minister to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland and Artic explorer Torstein Raaby were both buried in the church cemetery.