Renså is a minor village in the municipality of Skånland

Skånland

Skånland is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Evenskjer.- General information :...

 in Troms

Troms

or Romsa is a county in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest. To the south is Norrbotten Län in Sweden and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea...

 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...

. It's located just east of the slightly larger village of Tovik

Tovik

Tovik is a village in the municipality of Skånland in Troms county, Norway. Its population is 151. The village is located along the Astafjorden on the main road about east of the larger village of Sandstrand and just west of the village of Renså. It lies in the middle of Skånland municipality...

, and about 4 km (2.5 mi) east of Sandstrand

Sandstrand, Troms

Sandstrand is a village situated in the middle of the municipality of Skånland in Troms county, Norway. Its population is 303. The village is located along the Vagsfjorden, just west of the village of Tovik. It's about mid-way between the two main urban areas in Skånland, Evenskjer and...

. The population (2001) of Renså is 69. The village is located next to the Rensåelva river which flows into the Astafjorden from the Rensåvatnet lake. The nearest larger town is Grov

Grov, Troms

Grov or Grovfjord is a village in the municipality of Skånland in Troms county, Norway. Its population is 288. The village is located east of the village of Tovik along the Grovfjorden at a very narrow point in the fjord. It is about southeast of the city of Harstad and about west of Narvik...

, about 11 km (6.8 mi) to the east.

Agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

is the main economic activity. The football grounds of the sports club IL Santor are situated on the ridge just above the village, which is called Rensåhøgda.