Langset (Saltdal)

This article is about the village in Nordland county. For the village in Akershus county, see Langset.
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Langset is located in Nordland
Langset
Langset
Langset is located in Norway
Langset
Langset
Coordinates: 67°08′12″N 15°27′06″E / 67.13667°N 15.45167°E / 67.13667; 15.45167
CountryNorway
RegionNorthern Norway
CountyNordland
DistrictSalten
MunicipalitySaltdal Municipality
Elevation
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44 m (144 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
8250 Rognan

Langset (Norwegian) or Laŋsæhtta (Lule Sami)[2] is a village and basic statistical unit in the Nedre Saltdal ('Lower Saltdal') area of Saltdal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The area is located north of Rognan and Saksenvika and south of Setså on the east side of Saltdal Fjord (Norwegian: Saltdalsfjorden). The European route E6 highway and the Nordland Line railway both pass through the area.[3][4]

During the Second World War the Blood Road was built through the area.[5] It was constructed as a new segment of Norwegian National Road 50 between Rognan and Langset, where there was ferry service before the war.[4]

  1. ^ "Langset, Saltdal (Nordland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  3. ^ Andreassen, Tore John (12 April 2016). "Regn med ventetid på E6". Avisa Nordland (in Norwegian).
  4. ^ a b Det Norske naeringsliv (in Norwegian). Vol. 17. 1954. p. 357.
  5. ^ Veum, Eirik; Lien, Jørn Andre; Helljesen, Vilde (14 June 2008). "Norge bryter Genevekonvensjonene". NRK Nordland (in Norwegian).