Sørkjosen is a village in the municipality of Nordreisa

Nordreisa

Nordreisa is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Storslett.The municipality consists of the valley of Reisadalen, with the Reisa river and deep pine forests, surrounded by mountains and high plateaus. Most people live in...

 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...

. Its population (2009) is 841. The village is located along the shores of the Reisafjorden about 5 km (3.1 mi) northwest of the municipal center of Storslett

Storslett

Storslett is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Nordreisa in Troms county, Norway. Its population is 1,583. The village is located at the southern end of the Reisafjorden along the mouth of the Reisaelva ....

. Sørkjosen has many industries including fishing, dairy production, and a sawmill

Sawmill

A sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into boards.-Sawmill process:A sawmill's basic operation is much like those of hundreds of years ago; a log enters on one end and dimensional lumber exits on the other end....

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Transport

The European route E6

European route E6

European route E 6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. The route ends close to the Norwegian border with Russia...

 connects the village with Alta

Alta, Norway

-Birdlife:For those interested in bird watching, the river outlet, known locally as Altaosen is well worth a visit. This tidal area is used as a stopover for many wetland species.-Transportation:...

 and the rest of Finnmark

Finnmark

or Finnmárku is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast.The county was formerly known as Finmarkens...

 in the east, and Tromsø

Tromsø

Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...

 in the west. Sørkjosen Airport

Sørkjosen Airport

Sørkjosen Airport , is an airport in Sørkjosen in the municipality of Nordreisa, Troms in Northern Norway, about from the municipal center of Storslett...

 is located within the urban area of the village, on the shore of Reisafjord, at its southern end. Widerøe provides air services to Tromsø, Hammerfest

Hammerfest

is a city and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The municipality encompasses parts of three islands: Kvaløya, Sørøya, and Seiland. Hammerfest was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...

, and Kirkenes

Kirkenes

is a town in the municipality of Sør-Varanger in the county of Finnmark in the far northeast of Norway...

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Nord-Troms Museum

Sørkjosen hosts several preserved historical buildings of the Nord-Troms Museum. The other exhibitions are in neighboring municipalities of Lyngen

Lyngen

Lyngen is a municipality and a fjord in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lyngseidet.- General information :...

, Storfjord

Storfjord

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

, Kåfjord

Kåfjord

Gáivuotna or Kåfjord , is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Olderdalen.- General information :...

, Skjervøy

Skjervøy

Skjervøy is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skjervøy on the island of Skjervøya, where most of the inhabitants live. The main industries are fishing and ship building....

 and Kvænangen

Kvænangen

Kvænangen is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Burfjord. The European route E6 highway goes through the municipality and over the Sørstraumen Bridge, and most people stop at the mountain pass of Kvænangsfjellet to view the...

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