Sortland: facts

At a glance

• Country: Norway
• Region: Nordland
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 10,468
• Coordinates: 68.6957° N, 15.4050° E
• Time zone: Europe/Oslo (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Krone (NOK)
• Distance to the capital, Oslo: 1,001 km (622 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN): 20 km (12 mi), straight line
• Harstad/Narvik Airport (EVE): 56 km (35 mi), straight line
• Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ): 59 km (36 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Stokmarknes: 25 km (15 mi)
• Myre: 28 km (17 mi)
• Borkenes: 32 km (20 mi)
• Straume: 38 km (23 mi)
• Lodingen: 40 km (25 mi)