Welcome to Kjerringøy and our site on the Internet
Welcome to Kjerringøy and our site on the Internet, which is meant to be enlightening both to the local population and to guests. We will add information as it comes to us. You will find an activity-calendar and a “breaking news”- section where you will find updated information. If you have any special subjects you want us to publish, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Kjerringøy is a small village in Nordland about 40 km. North of Bodø, and is part of Bodø Local Community. In the period of 1906-1964, Kjerringøy was a local community of it’s own. We have approximately 300 inhabitants.
Kjerringøy is well known for a very beautiful and
varied scenery, the well kept old trading centre, an active population
and a wide aspect of societies. Every second year the so-called
Kjerringøy-days are arranged.
The landscape, and especially the old trading centre, has been used as background in several movies.
Kjerringøy achieved a European village-development price in the year 2000.
The
possibilities for fishing and outdoor life are good the whole year
through. The village do have a postal-function, general store, school
for pupils up to 16 years old, kindergarten and a spare-time
arrangement for kids who don’t get their parents home before they have
finished school. The distance to Bodø allows the possibility of working
in the city, and get back again in a reasonable hour.
There is a ferry and the boat takes approximately 10 minutes.
We
are occupied with the idea of having people visit us, yes, even move
here. Our vision is to get the population up to 400 by the end of 2010.
