Talvik, Norway
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Template:Native name, Template:Native name, or Template:Native name[1] is a village in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county in Norway. It is located on the western shore of the Altafjorden, along the European route E6 highway.[2] The Template:Convert village has a population (2023) of 291 and a population density of Template:Convert.[3]
History
The village is an old Norwegian trading centre since the 1600s. Talvik Church is located in the village. The village of Talvik was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Talvik from 1863 until 1964 when it was merged into Alta municipality.[2]
Name
The village is named after the old Talvik farm since the first Talvik Church was built there. The first element of the name is rather uncertain. If the first element was of Old Norse origin then it is derived from the word Script error: No such module "Lang". which means "pine" (due to the large number of pine trees in the area). The other explanation is that it is a corruption of the Northern Sami word Script error: No such module "Lang". or the longer name Script error: No such module "Lang". (historic spelling) which translates as "fog" or "fog bay". The early Norwegian settlers would have translated that as Script error: No such module "Lang". (meaning "fog bay") and this could have been corrupted from Template:Wikt-lang to Template:Wikt-lang. The last element of the name is Template:Wikt-lang which means "inlet" or "cove". Historically, the name was spelled Talvig using the old Danish spelling, and later it was "Norwegianized" to Talvik.[2][4]
Media gallery
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Winter view of the village
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View of the village in 2006
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Summer view of the harbor
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View of the local church
