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0541
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Nordland
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Ofoten
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Bogen i Ofoten
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Jardar Jensen ( H )
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300
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374
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003
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-121
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Bokmål
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wwweveneskommuneno
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is a municipality in the county of Nordland,
Norway .
Evenes is located on the northern shore of
Ofotfjord , and borders
Skånland municipality in
Troms county to the north,
Narvik municipality to the east, and
Tjeldsund to the west.
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There are lowland in the western part of the municipality (Liland and Evenes area), while in the eastern part (Bogen), the mountains goes almost straight up from the fjord. The highest mountain is ''Lilletinden'' (1137 m), which can be climbed without climbing equipment, even with
Ski s in the winter and early spring. The view is stunning. The most noticeable mountain when driving the
E10 , which crosses through Evenes, is perhaps the steep ''Niingen'' (1090 m) just east of Bogen. The large
Cave ''Trollkirka'' (the Troll Church) is located in the western part of the municipality (near Tårstad). German fortifications from
World War II can be seen at Evenestangen, which is also a good place for fishing in the fjord.
Most people work in Public service, there are also some small scale agriculture.
Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes is located in the western part of the municipality, with daily flights to
Oslo ,
Trondheim ,
Bodø and
Tromsø , as well as charter flights to
Southern Europe with sun-hungry tourists. The
Royal Norwegian Air Force has a substantial infrastructure at Evenes, but the base is closed following the end of the Cold War, but are often used by other
NATO allies during their winter training. The large
C-5 Galaxy from the
United States Air Force has made several landings at the airport. A mobile hospital was built inside a small mountain at Osmarka, 5km east of the airport, using NATO infrastructure funds. The
United States Navy moved the hospital to Kuwait before the Gulf War started in 1991. To achieve this, a large transport ship used the deep water harbour near Bogen, 13km east of the airport. This harbour was also built with funds from NATO, to enable heavy equipment to be moved north to
Troms by road.
The church at Evenes was the first
Church in Ofoten, built in the late
Middle Ages . The original church has been lost, the present church is a wooden church inspired by
Danish mansion building style.
During the
Second World War , the Germans found the wide and fairly deep Bogen bay, with mostly hard rock bottom well suited for anchoring, to be perfect for a naval base.
Narvik is only 10 nautical miles to the east (further into the fjord). The
German Battleship Tirpitz and the cruiser
Admiral Hipper was stationed in Bogen for some time during the war (July 8 - October 23 1942, returned March 11 1943). The
German Battlecruiser Scharnhorst and
Lützow was based at the base in Bogen for a shorter time. In addition, several
Destroyer s and submarines also used Bogen as a base for shorter periods. Thus, this bay was one of Germanys most powerful naval bases during parts of the war, and constituted a very real threat to the
Arctic Convoys . The
Allied had an obvious need for intelligence about these powerful German warships, and the British provided a radio set to the local resistance group. This radio was set up at
Liland , 9 km west of Bogen, and codenamned ''Lyra''.
