Kalvøya is situated in the inner
OslofjordThe Oslofjord is a bay in the south-east of Norway, stretching from an imaginary line between the Torbjørnskjær and Færder lighthouses and down to Langesund in the south to Oslo in the north. The bay is divided into the inner and outer Oslofjord at the point of the 17 km long and narrow...
. The island is right outside of
Sandvikais the administrative centre of the municipality of Bærum in Norway. It was declared a city by the municipal council in Bærum on 4 June 2003.Sandvika is situated approximately west of Oslo. It is the main transportation hub for Western Bærum, and has a combined bus and railway station. Sandvika is...
in
Bærumis a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the coast west of the city...
. The island has been connected to the mainland by a suspension bridge to
KadettangenKadettangen is a small peninsula outside of Sandvika in Bærum, Norway. Originally named Sandvikstangen, it got its current name from the cadet training conducted by the Norwegian Military Academy for the better part of the nineteenth century...
since 1963.
Kalvøya is one of the most popular bathing spots in Bærum. On the far east side of the island there is a nude beach.
Kalvøya plays host to an annual soccer tournament for kids and a children's festival.
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Kalvøya is situated in the inner
OslofjordThe Oslofjord is a bay in the south-east of Norway, stretching from an imaginary line between the Torbjørnskjær and Færder lighthouses and down to Langesund in the south to Oslo in the north. The bay is divided into the inner and outer Oslofjord at the point of the 17 km long and narrow...
. The island is right outside of
Sandvikais the administrative centre of the municipality of Bærum in Norway. It was declared a city by the municipal council in Bærum on 4 June 2003.Sandvika is situated approximately west of Oslo. It is the main transportation hub for Western Bærum, and has a combined bus and railway station. Sandvika is...
in
Bærumis a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the coast west of the city...
. The island has been connected to the mainland by a suspension bridge to
KadettangenKadettangen is a small peninsula outside of Sandvika in Bærum, Norway. Originally named Sandvikstangen, it got its current name from the cadet training conducted by the Norwegian Military Academy for the better part of the nineteenth century...
since 1963.
Kalvøya is one of the most popular bathing spots in Bærum. On the far east side of the island there is a nude beach.
Kalvøya plays host to an annual soccer tournament for kids and a children's festival. The festival
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also has its roots there.
Kalvøya is also host to an annual music festival where several national acts have performed live over the years including
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