Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Finnmark#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Hasvik |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Finnmark |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Vest-Finnmark |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Hasvik Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.53 |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Total: | 358 |
Population Density Km2: | 675 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 9590 Hasvik |
Elevation M: | 14 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 70.4864°N 22.1608°W |
or [2] is a village in Hasvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the southwestern tip of the large island of Sørøya. The village lies about south of the municipal centre of Breivikbotn.
This village has Sørøya's only connections to the rest of Norway: Hasvik Airport and a car ferry to Øksfjord on the mainland. The 0.53km2 village has a population (2023) of 358 and a population density of .[3]
On 4 July 1809, Hasvik was attacked by the British Royal Navy brig HMS Snake. As the village had no defences, the crew of Snake sacked Hasvik with little resistance before withdrawing on 9 July.[4] The village's main church, Hasvik Church, was constructed at its current location during the 1700s.[5] It was burnt by retreating German occupational forces in 1944, and rebuilt in 1955.