Utskarpen is a village located 37 km from Mo i Rana

Mo i Rana

Mo i Rana is a town in the municipality of Rana, Nordland, Norway, located just south of the Arctic Circle and in the region Helgeland. The town is called "Mo i Rana" to distinquish it from other places named Mo - most notably the town of Mosjøen, also in Helgeland - though locally the town is...

 in the Rana

Rana, Norway

Rana is the second largest municipality in Nordland county – and the third largest in North Norway – by population. By area, Rana is largest in Norway south of Finnmark , taking in large areas of mountains and forested valleys. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region...

 municipality, on the coast of Helgeland

Helgeland

Helgeland is the most southerly district in Northern Norway. Generally speaking, Helgeland refers to the part of Nordland county that is located south of the Arctic Circle. The district covers an area of about , with nearly 79,000 inhabitants...

 in Nordland county in northern 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...

. The village center is located at the head of the Utskarpen Fjord which is part of Ranfjord

Ranfjord

The Ranfjord is a fjord in the Helgeland district. The largest part of the fjord is in Rana municipality, Nordland county, Norway. The Ranelva meets the Ranfjord in Mo i Rana at the head of the fjord....

. Highway 12 passes through the village.

Utskarpen has a kindergarten, a primary and secondary school, and an old folks home. The Utskarpen Museum was opened on 23 October 1999.

The village has been in the three municipalities. In 1839 it was part of Hemnes District Municipality; in 1929 belonged Utskarpen the former municipality of Sør-Rana, and the local state in 1964, the village part of Rana.