Laberg, Salangen
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Laberg or Laberget is a village in the municipality of Salangen
in Troms
county, Norway
. It is about 3.5 km (2.2 mi) southwest of the municipal centre of Sjøvegan
. Laberget is located at the end of the Sagfjorden where the Sagelva river meets the fjord
. The population (2001) of the village is 222.
Salangen
Salangen is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sjøvegan, where most of the people in the municipality live. The municipality is situated along the Sagfjord, and also includes some inland valleys...
in Troms
Troms
or Romsa is a county in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest. To the south is Norrbotten Län in Sweden and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is about 3.5 km (2.2 mi) southwest of the municipal centre of Sjøvegan
Sjøvegan
Sjøvegan is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Salangen in Troms county, Norway. The population of the village is 729. The home venue of the Salangen IF team is located in Sjøvegan....
. Laberget is located at the end of the Sagfjorden where the Sagelva river meets the fjord
Fjord
Geologically, a fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.-Formation:A fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice...
. The population (2001) of the village is 222.