Elvenes, Finnmark

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = {{native name|no|Elvenes}}

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|native_name = {{native name list|tag1=sms|name1=Jokknjargg|tag2=se|name2=Johkanjárga|tag3=fkv|name3=Jokiniemi}}

|nickname =

|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = Elvenes, Norway1.JPG

|image_caption = View of the village

|image_map = {{Infobox mapframe|zoom=12|marker=village}}

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|pushpin_label_position = left

|pushpin_label = Elvenes

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Norway

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Northern Norway

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Finnmark

|subdivision_type3 = District

|subdivision_name3 = Øst-Finnmark

|subdivision_type4 = Municipality

|subdivision_name4 = Sør-Varanger Municipality

|timezone1 = CET

|utc_offset1 = +01:00

|timezone1_DST = CEST

|utc_offset1_DST = +02:00

|postal_code_type = Post Code

|postal_code = 9900 Kirkenes

|coordinates = {{coord|69|40|45|N|30|06|20|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_m = 20

|elevation_footnotes = {{Cite web |title=Elvenes |url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Finnmark/S%C3%B8r-Varanger/Elvenes/ |access-date=14 March 2013 |publisher=yr.no |language=Norwegian}}

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{{native name|no|Elvenes}}, {{native name|sms|Jokknjargg}}, {{native name|se|Johkanjárga}}, or {{native name|fkv|Jokiniemi}}{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/626801 |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}} is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located at the mouth of the river Pasvikelva where it flows into the Bøkfjorden, a southern branch of the Varangerfjorden. The village lies about {{convert|6|km}} east of the village of Hesseng, along the European route E105. The town of Kirkenes lies about a {{convert|10|km|adj=on}} drive to the northwest.{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Elvenes |url=http://snl.no/Elvenes |access-date=14 March 2013 |language=Norwegian}}

History

During the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany a camp for Soviet prisoners-of-war was located in Elvenes, and in 1942 about six hundred Norwegian teachers were sent to Elvenes for slave labour.{{Cite book |last=Hoprekstad |first=Olav |title=Frå lærarstriden |publisher=J.W.Eides Forlag |year=1946 |location=Bergen |language=Norwegian |authorlink=Olav Hoprekstad}}{{Cite book |last=Steffenak |first=Einar Kr. |title=Russerfangene |publisher=Humanist Forlag |year=2008 |isbn=978-82-92622-36-0 |location=Oslo |language=Norwegian}}

Road bypass

As part of an {{NOK|875 million|link=yes}} programme of improvements to European route E105, work started in 2014 on a bypass route to the north of the village comprising a {{convert|284|m|adj=on}} long new Bøkfjord Bridge and a new {{convert|690|m|adj=on}} tunnel through the adjacent Trifonhøgda mountain.{{Cite web |date=22 September 2014 |title=Starter vegbygging mellom Trifonhøgda og Elvenes |url=http://www.vegvesen.no/Europaveg/e105/Nyhetsarkiv/starter-vegbygging-mellom-trifonhøgda-og-elvenes |access-date=5 January 2017 |website=vegvesen.no |publisher=Statens Vegvesen |language=Norwegian}} The bridge has a {{convert|500|tonne|lk=on}} steel central arch span of {{convert|120|m}}, which was constructed in Wilhelmshaven, Germany and will be transported by barge along the entire west and north coast of Norway into the fjord. The section of road between Elvenes and the Russian border at Storskog was constructed in 2013, while the bridge and tunnel opened in September 2017.{{Cite web |date=27 September 2016 |title=Bøkfjordbrua er i rute |url=http://www.vegvesen.no/Europaveg/e105/Nyhetsarkiv/bøkfjordbrua-er-i-rute |access-date=5 January 2017 |website=vegvesen.no |publisher=Statens Vegvesen |language=Norwegian}}

References

Category:Villages in Finnmark

Category:Sør-Varanger

Category:Populated places of Arctic Norway

Category:Norway–Russia border