Øksfjord is the administrative centre of Loppa

Loppa

Loppa is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Øksfjord. Loppa 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...

. Its population (2006) is 510. Visited by Hurtigruten

Hurtigruten

Hurtigruten or Hurtigruta is a Norwegian passenger and freight line with daily sailings along Norway's western and northern coast. Sometimes referred to in English as Norwegian Coastal Express, Hurtigruten ships sail almost the entire length of the country, completing the roundtrip journey in 11...

 daily, it is located between Skjervøy

Skjervøy

Skjervøy is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skjervøy on the island of Skjervøya, where most of the inhabitants live. The main industries are fishing and ship building....

 and Hammerfest

Hammerfest

is a city and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The municipality encompasses parts of three islands: Kvaløya, Sørøya, and Seiland. Hammerfest was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...

. There is a car ferry connection to Hasvik

Hasvik

Hasvik is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Breivikbotn. Hasvik was separated from the municipality of Loppa on 1 January 1858....

 on Sørøya

Sørøya

Sørøya is a large island in western Finnmark, Norway. It is Norway's fourth largest island in terms of area, and is divided between the municipalities of Hasvik and Hammerfest...

, and to Sør-Tverrfjord

Sør-Tverrfjord

Sør-Tverrfjord is a village in the municipality of Loppa, Norway....

 and Bergsfjord

Bergsfjord

Bergsfjord is a village in the municipality of Loppa, Norway....

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Pop culture

Øksfjord is the setting of the 2009 film Død snø

Dead Snow

Dead Snow is a 2009 Norwegian horror film directed by Tommy Wirkola, starring Charlotte Frogner, Stig Frode Henriksen, Bjørn Sundquist, Ane Dahl Torp and Jenny Skavlan.- Plot :A woman, Sara, is being chased through the snows of Norway...

(Dead Snow)

Hallgeir Pedersen is a internationally well known guitarist that lives in Øksfjord. Official homepage


July 21, 2012 there will be a "Øksfjordtreff" with a concert and ball-hall dance where also xfjordinger who live other places in the world will come back to party for a weekend.