Portør

{{Short description|Village in Kragerø, Norway}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Portør

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|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = Sailing out of Portør while the fog is lifting - panoramio.jpg

|image_caption = View of the village seen from the ocean

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Norway

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Eastern Norway

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Telemark

|subdivision_type3 = District

|subdivision_name3 = Vestmar

|subdivision_type4 = Municipality

|subdivision_name4 = Kragerø Municipality

|timezone1 = CET

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|postal_code_type = Post Code

|postal_code = 3788 Stabbestad

|coordinates = {{coord|58.8057|9.43288|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_m = 5

|elevation_footnotes = {{Cite web |title=Portør, Kragerø |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/1-22848/Norge/Vestfold%20og%20Telemark/Krager%C3%B8/Port%C3%B8r |access-date=2023-09-09 |publisher=yr.no}}}}

Portør is a village in Kragerø Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located on the southern Skaggerak coast of the municipality, about {{convert|7|km}} straight south of the town of Kragerø. The Jomfruland National Park lies just off shore from Portør.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Portør |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Port%C3%B8r |date=2023-07-11 |editor1-last=Thorsnæs |editor1-first=Geir |language=no |accessdate=2023-09-09}}

The Stølefjorden inlet extends inland just north of Portør. Until the mid-1960s, Portør harbor had a pilot station and customs station. Today, the village has a small harbor surrounded by old buildings. Norwegian county road 254 runs from Portør to the village of Levang where it meets Norwegian county road 351.{{Cite web |title=Portør and Levang |url=http://en.visitkragero.no/pages/port%C3%B8r-and-levang |publisher=Reisemål Kragerø |language=no}}

File:Portør sea.jpg

In 1137, Portør was the base for Sigurd Slembe's Viking expeditions, until he himself was taken by surprise here and had to flee.