Varanger Kraft

{{Short description|Norwegian power company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Varanger Kraft AS

| logo = Varanger Kraft logo.png

| type = Municipal owned

| foundation = 1938

| founder =

| location = Vadsø, Norway

| key_people = Åge Andresen (CEO)
Terje Kofoed (Chairman)

| area_served = Eastern Finnmark

| industry = Power

| products =

| services =

| revenue = {{profit}} NOK 314 million (2006)

| operating_income = NOK 109 million (2006)

| net_income = NOK 101 million (2006)

| num_employees = 107 (2007)

| parent =

| subsid =

| homepage = [http://www.varangerkraft.no www.varangerkraft.no]

| footnotes =

}}

Varanger Kraft is a municipally owned power company that operates four hydroelectric power stations producing 420 GWh per year through the subsidiary Pasvik Kraft, operates the power grid in the seven owner municipalities in Eastern Finnmark with {{convert|3,200|km}} of power lines and 16,000 customers, and retails power through Barents Energi. Its head offices are located in Vadsø.

The company is owned by Sør-Varanger Municipality (31.25%), Vadsø Municipality (21.88%), Tana Municipality (12.50%), Vardø Municipality (12.5%), Båtsfjord Municipality (9.38%), Berlevåg Municipality (6.25%) and Nesseby Municipality (6.25%). It operates the power grid in the same municipalities. The four power stations are {{Interlanguage link multi|Gandvik power station|no|3=Gandvik kraftverk|lt=Gandvik}}, Melkefoss, Skogfoss, and {{Interlanguage link multi|Kongsfjord power station|no|3=Kongsfjord kraftverk|lt=Kongsfjord}}.