Svolvaer: facts

At a glance

• Country: Norway
• Region: Nordland
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 4,720
• Coordinates: 68.2342° N, 14.5683° E
• Time zone: Europe/Oslo (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Krone (NOK)
• Distance to the capital, Oslo: 943 km (586 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ): 4.3 km (2.7 mi), straight line
• Leknes Airport (LKN): 41 km (25 mi), straight line
• Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN): 43 km (27 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Stokmarknes: 39 km (24 mi)
• Leknes: 41 km (25 mi)
• Oppeid: 46 km (29 mi)
• Straume: 51 km (32 mi)
• Leinesfjorden: 54 km (34 mi)