The Kingdom of Norway (Norge in Norwegian) is one of the world's most maritime nations. The country is long and narrow, with drowned valleys called fjords that bring the sea far inland in most regions. The mainland coast is estimated to be 2650 km (1650 mi) long and when all the islands and minor indentations are counted the total coastline approaches an astonishing 60,000 km (37,500 mi), long enough the go around the world one and a half times. With such a lengthy and rocky shore it's not surprising that Norway has a large number of lighthouses. Norway is divided into counties (fylker) and the counties are divided into municipalities (kommuner). This page lists lighthouses of the municipalities of Nærøysund and Leka at the northern end of Trøndelag County in northwestern Norway. This area was in Nord-Trøndelag County until that county was merged with Sør-Trøndelag in 2018. In 2020 the former municipalities of Nærøy and Vikna were merged to form Nærøysund. In Norwegian a lighthouse is a fyrtårn (fire tower) or simply a fyr; a fyrlykt is a beacon and a lyktehus is a lantern. Øy is an island, holmen is an islet, skjær is a skerry (a tiny island or rocky reef), sund is a strait (often between an island and the mainland), bukt is a bay, nes is a headland, and havn is a harbor. Aids to navigation in Norway are maintained by the Kystverket (Coast Directorate), an agency of the Ministry of Transport and Communications. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. NF numbers are from the Norsk Fyrliste. Admiralty numbers are from volume L of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 115.
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Nærøysund Kommune Lighthouses
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![]() Nærøysund Light, Vikna, June 2012 photo copyright Arno Siering; used by permission |
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![]() Veirskaftet Light, Vikna, March 2005 ex-Picasaweb Creative Commons photo by Dag Hallvard Ystgaard |
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Leka Kommune Lighthouses
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Information available on lost lighthouses:
Notable faux lighthouses:
Adjoining pages: South: Central Trøndelag | North: Southern Helgeland
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Posted August 3, 2006. Checked and revised September 26, 2024. Lighthouses: 39. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.