Sandåker is a village in Dønna

Dønna

Dønna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland region.Outer Helgeland, consists of the municipalities Leirfjord, Alstahaug, Herøy as well as Dønna. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Solfjellsjøen. The municipality has a large...

 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. It is located on the island Løkta, and has the postal code 8813 Kopardal, named after the neighboring village Koppardal.

Sandåker and Løkta previously belonged to the municipality Nesna

Nesna

Nesna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Nesna....

, which is today located to the east of Løkta. On 1 January 1962 the island, which had 80 inhabitants at the time, was moved administratively to Dønna, which on that day came to existence after a merger between Dønnes

Dønnes

Dønnes was a former municipality in Nordland County, Norway.Dønnes was part of the Helgeland traditional region. Dønnes was designated to be a municipality by a split from Nesna on July 1, 1888. At that time Dønnes had a population of 1,348. On 1 January 1962 the island Tomma with 80 inhabitants...

 and Nordvik

Nordvik

Nordvik is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway.It was created by a split from Herøy on 1 July 1917. At that time Nordvik had a population of 1,530.On 1 January 1962 Nordvik became a part of the new municipality Dønna...

.