Lakselv: facts

At a glance

• Country: Norway
• Region: Finnmark
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 2,283
• Coordinates: 70.0513° N, 24.9718° E
• Time zone: Europe/Oslo (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Krone (NOK)
• Distance to the capital, Oslo: 1,304 km (810 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Lakselv Airport, Banak (LKL): 1.9 km (1.2 mi), straight line
• Alta Airport (ALF): 61 km (38 mi), straight line
• Hammerfest Airport (HFT): 85 km (53 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Gorbovuotna: 34 km (21 mi)
• Vasskogen: 55 km (34 mi)
• Turelv: 60 km (37 mi)
• Energjerdet: 63 km (39 mi)
• Stallogarggu: 64 km (40 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Murmansk, 338 km (210 mi)