Lakså, Evenes

Lakså (Northern Sami: Lakso)[2] is a village in the municipality of Evenes in Nordland county, Norway. It is located at the mouth of the Lakså River (Norwegian: Laksåa, Laksåga, or Lakselva), about 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) west of the municipal center Bogen.[3]

This article is about the village in the municipality of Evenes. For the village in the municipality of Fauske, see Lakså, Fauske.
Lakså
Village
Lakså
Location in Nordland
Lakså
Lakså (Norway)
Coordinates: 68°30′16″N 16°54′58″E
CountryNorway
RegionNorthern Norway
CountyNordland
DistrictOfoten
MunicipalityEvenes
Elevation49 m (161 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
8539 Bogen i Ofoten

References
  1. "Lakså, Evenes (Nordland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  2. Qvigstad, Just. 1935. De lappiske stedsnavn i Troms fylke. Oslo: Aschehoug, p. 112.
  3. Lysvold, Susanne. 2009. Hva, isfiske med torsk på kroken? NRK (April 4).
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