Kvenvær is a fishing village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The village of Kvenvær is located on the northwestern coast of the island of Hitra

Hitra

Hitra is a municipality and an island in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality covers the island of Hitra and several smaller islands, and is part of the Fosen region...

 in the present-day municipality of Hitra

Hitra

Hitra is a municipality and an island in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality covers the island of Hitra and several smaller islands, and is part of the Fosen region...

. It is just south of the Bispøyan

Bispøyan

Bispøyan is a group of islands in the municipality of Hitra in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. They are located north of Kvenvær on the island of Hitra, and northwest of the island of Helgbustadøya. The largest islands include Burøya, Olderøya, Monsøya, and Henriksøya. The rocky islands are now...

 islands.

The former municipality of Kvenvær included the western part of the island of Hitra

Hitra

Hitra is a municipality and an island in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality covers the island of Hitra and several smaller islands, and is part of the Fosen region...

 plus many surrounding islands including Bispøyan

Bispøyan

Bispøyan is a group of islands in the municipality of Hitra in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. They are located north of Kvenvær on the island of Hitra, and northwest of the island of Helgbustadøya. The largest islands include Burøya, Olderøya, Monsøya, and Henriksøya. The rocky islands are now...

. Villages in Kvenvær included Forsnes

Forsnes

Forsnes is a village in the municipality of Hitra in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the southwestern corner of the island of Hitra, along the Trondheimsleia. It is about south of Kvenvær and about west of Sandstad. The mountain Mørkdalstuva lies northeast of Forsnes...

, Andersskogan, and Kvenvær.

History

The municipality of Kvenvær was established on 1 January 1913 when it was separated from Hitra

Hitra

Hitra is a municipality and an island in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality covers the island of Hitra and several smaller islands, and is part of the Fosen region...

 to form a municipality of its own. The initial population of Kvenvær was 1,157. On 1 January 1964, the municipalities of Kvenvær, Hitra

Hitra

Hitra is a municipality and an island in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality covers the island of Hitra and several smaller islands, and is part of the Fosen region...

, Sandstad

Sandstad

Sandstad is a village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Hitra. The village of Sandstad lies on along the Trondheimsleia on the southeastern coast of the island of Hitra, about southwest of Hestvika. The north entrance to...

, and Fillan

Fillan, Norway

Fillan is a village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is also the municipal center of the present-day municipality of Hitra. It is located on the northeastern shore of Hitra island, about south of Ansnes...

were merged together to form a new, larger municipality of Hitra. Prior to the merger, Kvenvær had a population of 840.