Lovund is a village in Lurøy

Lurøy

Lurøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lurøy. Lurøy was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...

 municipality, 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...

, located on the island Lovund west of Solvær. Its population is approximately 450.

Lovund is notable for the large Puffin

Atlantic Puffin

The Atlantic Puffin is a seabird species in the auk family. It is a pelagic bird that feeds primarily by diving for fish, but also eats other sea creatures, such as squid and crustaceans. Its most obvious characteristic during the breeding season is its brightly coloured bill...

 breeding colony located on the rocky North slope of the island.

The name

The Norse form of the name might have been *Laufund. The first element is then lauf n 'leaf

Leaf

A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves as a feature of plants....

; broad-leaved tree

Broad-leaved tree

A broad-leaved tree or broad-leaf tree or broadleaf tree is any tree that has wide leaves, rather than slim, needle-like leaves as found in conifers...

s'. (Referring to the fact that the western part of the island is covered with a forest.) The last element is the suffix -und (see Borgund

Borgund

Borgund may refer to the following:*Borgund, Sogn og Fjordane, where Borgund stave church is located*Borgund, Møre og Romsdal, where Borgund folk high school is located...

).