Varntresk is a village in the municipality of Hattfjelldal

Hattfjelldal

Hattfjelldal 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 Hattfjelldal. Other villages include Grubben, Svenskvollen, and Varntresk...

 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

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 is located on the eastern shore of the large lake Røssvatnet

Røssvatnet

Røssvatnet is a lake and reservoir in the municipalities of Hattfjelldal and Hemnes in Nordland county, Norway. It has been the site of human occupation since the Stone Age. Its area of makes it the second largest lake in Norway by surface area. Without the dam which has regulated the lake...

. The lake Famnvatnet

Famnvatnet

Famnvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Hattfjelldal in Nordland county, Norway. The lake is located about east of Røssvatnet and about west of the border with Sweden. The nearby lake Krutvatnet lies about to the south....

 lies about 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of the village. Varntresk Church

Varntresk Church

Varntresk Church is a parish church in the municipality of Hattfjelldal in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Varntresk. The church is part of the Hattfjelldal parish in the Indre Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The church was built in 1986 to serve...

is located in this village, and it serves the northern part of the municipality. There is also a small school in Varntresk.