Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Finnmark#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Skallelv |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Finnmark |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Øst-Finnmark |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Vadsø Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 9800 Vadsø |
Coordinates: | 70.1892°N 30.335°W |
Elevation M: | 18 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
,, or [2] is a village in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the southeastern coast of the Varanger Peninsula, along the Varangerfjorden. The European route E75 highway runs through the village, about halfway between the villages of Komagvær and Krampenes. Skallelv Church is located in the village.
Historically, Skallelv has been inhabited by the Sami and the Kven populations, and more recently by newcomers from the more southern parts of Norway and Finland. Skallelv is one of the very few villages in Finnmark county that wasn't burned to the ground by the German troops at the end of World War II. Some of the wooden buildings there date back to 1860 or older.