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35-485: There are two settlements in the municipality of Berlevåg: the village of Berlevåg and the village of Kongsfjord . The village of Berlevåg is by far the biggest; Kongsfjord only has around 45 inhabitants. Kjølnes Lighthouse is located along the shore, east of the village of Berlevåg. The 1,122-square-kilometre (433 sq mi) municipality is the 100th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Berlevåg

70-467: A population density of 1,240 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,200/sq mi). About 97% of the municipal residents live in this village. Berlevåg is one of the largest fishing villages in Finnmark county. It has several fish processing plants, a large harbor, and public services. Berlevåg Church is located in the village, and Kjølnes Lighthouse is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to

105-402: A rayonny design with five waves with yellow over blue. The field above the line has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The color below the line has a tincture of azure (blue). The design is meant to symbolize the sun over the waves of the sea that break against the shore. This can represent both the struggle against

140-546: A local airport network and road improvements. Operating subsidies were gradually phased out, and the operators put more emphasis on tourism. New, bigger and more luxurious ships were introduced in the 1980s, with attention given to hot tubs, bars, restaurants and other comforts. However, Hurtigruten still serves important passenger and cargo needs, and operates 365 days a year. The last two independent shipping companies, Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (OVDS) and Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskap (TFDS), merged on 1 March 2006 as

175-465: A population of Steller's eiders . Berlevåg, along with the rest of Finnmark , was occupied during World War II . Berlevåg Airport was originally put into use at this time, when German occupying forces constructed it with the help of hundreds of Russian prisoners of war . From 1943 to 1944, there were nearly daily bombing raids from Russia on Berlevåg and the German airfield. In November 1944,

210-467: A smaller vessel had to unload cargo and passengers from it in the open sea and then ferry them in to the port. Berlevåg Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services , senior citizen services, welfare and other social services , zoning , economic development , and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor

245-785: A tour of the United States and were featured at Ground zero in New York City . The choir's oldest and most famous member, Einar Strand, died at the age of 98 in 2004. Berlevåg is also the place for the fictional story "Babette's Feast" by the Danish author Karen Blixen / Isak Dinesen published in the anthology Anecdotes of Destiny (1958). (See also the homonym film Babette's Feast .) The following are twin towns of Berlevåg: Berlev%C3%A5g (village) Berlevåg   ( Norwegian ) , Bearalváhki   ( Northern Sami ) , or Päärlyvooki   ( Kven )

280-606: Is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Indre og Østre Finnmark District Court and the Hålogaland Court of Appeal . The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Berlevåg is made up of 13 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party . The mayors ( Norwegian : ordfører ) of Berlevåg: The municipality

315-532: Is a Norwegian public coastal route transporting passengers that travel locally, regionally and between the ports of call, and also cargo between ports north of Tromsø . Hurtigruten provides daily, year-round and consistent traffic between Bergen and Kirkenes with 34 ports of call on northbound and 33 ports of call on southbound sailings. The Ministry of Transport and Communications in Norway has set minimum capacity requirements of 320 passengers, 120 berths and cargo for 150 Euro-pallets. The current agreement with

350-562: Is a list of ships sailing on the Hurtigruten. In order, northbound: As part of its slow television series, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation transmitted non-stop the Hurtigruten ship MS  Nordnorge 's 134-hour voyage from Bergen to Kirkenes , which started on June 16, 2011. Before World War II, a number of ships perished, usually because they ran aground in bad visibility. Most of

385-585: Is situated in the northwestern part of the Varanger Peninsula , facing the open Barents Sea to the north and the Tanafjorden to the west. It is an isolated and barren region with mostly rocks and tundra. There are no native trees in Berlevåg because of the cold and windy summers. The municipality also contains the lakes Geatnjajávri and Skonsvikvatnan . The highest point in the municipality

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420-487: Is that it derives from the name of the first settler or explorer at the bay whose name was Berle or Perle . The last theory of the name Berlevåg (which is less likely) is that the first element derives from the Norwegian word perle which means " pearl " and the last element is våg which means " bay ". On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms . Prior to this change,

455-535: Is the administrative centre of Berlevåg Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway . The village is located on the northeastern coast of the Varanger Peninsula along the Barents Sea . The village lies along Norwegian County Road 890 , just east of Berlevåg Airport . The Hurtigruten coastal express boats stop daily at Berlevåg. The 0.7-square-kilometre (170-acre) village has a population (2023) of 868 and

490-472: Is the 341st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 892. The municipality's population density is 0.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.1/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 15.6% over the previous 10-year period. The municipality of Berlevåg was established on 1 January 1914 when it was separated from Tana Municipality . Initially, there were 784 residents. The borders have remained unchanged since that time. On 1 January 2020,

525-501: Is the 619-metre (2,031 ft) tall mountain Hanglefjellet. Berlevåg's coastal location serves to moderate temperatures during winter, giving it a marine subarctic climate. Coldest month is February with mean −4.6 °C (24 °F), while warmest month is July and August, both with mean 10.4 °C (51 °F). The sea and the islands along this part of Finnmark's coastline are home for thousands of seabirds . As well as

560-548: The Hurtigruten Group , a year later becoming Hurtigruten ASA. In 2015 Hurtigruten was delisted from the Oslo stock exchange after the company was acquired by the private equity group TDR Capital . In addition to the voyages in Norway, the company operates expedition cruises to Greenland, Canada, South America, Iceland, Svalbard and Antarctica. The Ministry of Transport and Communications in Norway announced in 2017 that

595-462: The Hurtigruten contract was split into three contracts. The contracts were put up for bid and in the end, two were granted to Hurtigruten AS and one to Havila Kystruten AS, with each operating seven and four ships respectively. The two companies will alternate departure days for the entire route from Bergen to Kirkenes. Havila Kystruten AS is building four new vessels to serve the route, while Hurtigruten AS will be refitting seven of its vessels to meet

630-463: The Hurtigruten fleet was sunk during World War II. In September 1954 SS  Nordstjernen ran aground in Raftsundet at night. The ship started taking on water and eventually sank. Of the 157 passengers and 46 crew members on board, five died. On January 8, 1958, a fire broke out on board MS Erling Jarl while the vessel was docked at Bodø . Fourteen people died of smoke inhalation. Today

665-518: The east of the village. There are four large breakwaters protecting the village from the ocean. They were built between 1913 and 1975. Berlevåg Airport is located near the village. The Hurtigruten boats also stop here. Near the end of World War II , the Germans retreated from Finnmark county from September 1944 to February 1945 and they used scorched earth tactics and all buildings in Berlevåg were burned down. Berlevåg became famous when

700-403: The first round-trip journey from Trondheim on 2 July 1893 bound for Hammerfest , with calls at Rørvik , Brønnøysund , Sandnessjøen , Bodø , Svolvær , Lødingen , Harstad , Tromsø , and Skjervøy . The ship arrived at Svolvær on Monday 3 July at 8pm after 35½ hours and at Hammerfest on Wednesday 5 July after 67 hours. She was commanded by founder of the route Richard With . At that time this

735-503: The help of the wooden planks in the " tarmac " and runway of the previous German airfield. Berlevåg was brought some fame in Norway when the Norwegian film director Knut Erik Jensen made a documentary film about Berlevåg Mannsangsforening , Berlevåg's men's choir . The movie Heftig og begeistret (English: "Cool and Crazy" ) was a big hit 2001 in Norway, first shown at Tromsø International Film Festival . The choir later went on

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770-414: The large seabird colonies with thousands of nesting birds, there are also areas of unspoiled nature consisting of mountains , moorlands , and marshes . This enables birdwatching in a natural environment. A 17,855 ha area of marine waters along the coast, including supralittoral and neritic habitats, has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports

805-419: The long, dark winters. The company had for itself made detailed sailing instructions. Hurtigruten was a substantial breakthrough for communities along its path. Mail from central Norway to Hammerfest, which used to take three weeks in summer and five months in winter, could now be delivered in seven days. Encouraged by Vesteraalens' early success, several other shipping companies obtained a concession to operate

840-660: The movie Heftig og begeistret about the Berlevåg Men's Choir had great success in 2001. Berlevåg is also known for being the setting of Karen Blixen 's novel Babette's Feast . In June 2022, a production facility to generate hydrogen opened in Berlevåg. The pilot project uses electricity from windmills to generate hydrogen through and electrolyser . [REDACTED] Media related to Berlevåg (village) at Wikimedia Commons Hurtigruten Hurtigruten ( lit.   ' Express Route ' ), formally Kystruten Bergen-Kirkenes ("coastal route Bergen - Kirkenes "),

875-549: The municipality became part of the newly formed Troms og Finnmark county. Previously, it had been part of the old Finnmark county. On 1 January 2024, the Troms og Finnmark county was divided and the municipality once again became part of Finnmark county. There are different opinions of the origin of the name Berlevåg (or historically spelled Berlevaag ). The first is that it relates to an old Northern Sami language name that sounded like Berlevaggi or Perlavaggi . The second

910-401: The name was spelled Berlevaag with the digraph " aa ", and after this reform, the name was spelled Berlevåg , using the letter å instead. The coat of arms was granted on 22 July 1988. The official blazon is " Per fess rayonny Or and azure " ( Norwegian : Delt av gult og blått ved flammesnitt ). This means the arms have a field (background) that is divided by a line with

945-418: The new requirements. MS Eirik Raude , MS Trollfjord and MS Otto Sverdrup are all getting modernized and renovated with a scandinavian interior style similar to the expedition vessels MS Roald Amundsen and MS Fridtjof Nansen . The ships will be fitted with filters and LNG compatible engines in order to reduce emissions by 25%. The ships will also get hybrid motors, and battery packs. As of 2020, this

980-411: The privately held company Hurtigruten AS entered into force on 1 January 2012 and expired on 31 December 2019, with an optional 1-year extension. From 2021 the two companies Hurtigruten AS and Havila Kystruten AS will operate the route. As of April 2022, one of the ships of Havila Kystruten, MS Havila Capella, was taken out of service; because of sanctions as a result of the 2022 Invasion of Ukraine,

1015-574: The rest of Norway. Facing rough ocean conditions, the four man-made breakwaters that protect the harbor of Berlevåg have been destroyed several times due to bad weather. The current breakwaters include tetrapods that intertwine and have made for a flexible breakwater that can resist the Barents Sea. The port was completely secured with breakwaters in 1973. Since then, the Coastal Ferry has been able to dock in Berlevåg. Prior to that time,

1050-406: The route, extended to run between Bergen in the southwest and Kirkenes in the far northeast. A fleet of 11 ships visits each of the 34 ports daily, both northbound and southbound. Until the 1940s most ports north of Trondheim could not be reached by road from Oslo, so the sea was the only means of access. Beginning in the 1960s, the role of Hurtigruten changed, in part because of the construction of

1085-536: The sea as well as the dependence on it. The arms were designed by Arvid Sveen. The Church of Norway has one parish ( sokn ) within the municipality of Berlevåg. It is part of the Varanger prosti ( deanery ) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland . Berlevåg Airport is located just outside the village of Berlevåg. Norwegian County Road 890 runs through Berlevåg, connecting it to the neighboring municipalities, and

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1120-448: The ship no longer had insurance; "the 4 ships of" the company were at that time financed by a Russian company. As of March 2023, Havila Kystruten has 2 out of 4 ships in operation, Havila Capella and Havila Castor. Havila Polaris and Havila Pollux is expected to be delivered before summer 2023. Hurtigruten was established in 1893 by government contract to improve communications along Norway's long, jagged coastline. Vesteraalen began

1155-493: The stricter emissions requirements. The four new vessels from Havila will run on LNG and battery power. LNG will cut CO₂ emissions by 25 per cent, and the battery power will yield additional savings. The vessels will be named Havila Capella, Havila Castor, Havila Polaris and Havila Pollux. All four vessels were built at Tersan shipyard in Turkey. Existing vessels from Hurtigruten will be modernized and renovated in order to meet

1190-402: The village was completely burned down and the inhabitants evacuated by force as part of the scorched earth strategy of the Germans . In the aftermath, the Norwegian government wanted to relocate the inhabitants to nearby Kongsfjord because of a better harbour, but they refused, and the village was rebuilt. As there are absolutely no trees in Berlevåg, many of the houses in Berlevåg were built by

1225-543: Was the fastest route between northern and southern Norway, and this resulted in the route being named Hurtigruten (express route). As of 2008, the Trondheim–Svolvær trip took 33 hours and the Trondheim–Hammerfest trip took 41 hours 15 min. Before Hurtigruten opened, only Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab was willing to make the trip through the then poorly-charted waters; the voyage was especially difficult during

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