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Tovik is a 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...

. Its population (2001) is 151. The village is located along the Astafjorden on the main road about 3 km (1.9 mi) east of the larger village 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...

 and just west of the village of Renså
Renså
Renså is a minor village in the municipality of Skånland in Troms county, Norway. It's located just east of the slightly larger village of Tovik, and about east of Sandstrand. The population of Renså is 69. The village is located next to the Rensåelva river which flows into the Astafjorden...

. It lies in the middle of Skånland municipality roughly halfway between the two main towns of Evenskjer
Evenskjer
Evenskjer is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Skånland in Troms county, Norway. Its population is 575. The village is located along the Tjeldsundet strait about south of the city of Harstad...

 and 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...

. Tovik's main attraction is the Ebbestua. It is also home to a gas station and a church.
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