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Skogn is a village in Levanger municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the Trondheimsfjorden, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southwest of the town of Levanger. The European route E06 highway runs through the village, just past the Fiborgtangen industrial area located along the shore. There is a Norske Skog Skogn paper mill at Fiborgtangen. The Nordlandsbanen railway line stops in the village at Skogn Station.
The 1.12-square-kilometre (280-acre) village has a population (2022) of 1,960 and a population density of 1,751 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,540/sq mi).
The village of Skogn was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Skogn from 1838 until the municipality was dissolved in 1962.
Notable residents
Marit Breivik, a handball coach
Arne Falstad, a politician (Conservative)
Snorre Gundersen, a politician (Conservative)
Nils Hallan, a historian
Idar Kjølsvik, a theologian
Andreas Lunnan, a journalist
Olav Norberg, a politician (Conservative)
Peter August Poppe, an engineer
Eldar Rønning, a Cross Country skier
Per Sandberg, a politician (Progress)
Egil Sjaastad, a writer
Gustav Sjaastad, a politician (Labour)
Robert Svarva, a politician (Labour)
References
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- Daftar desa di Nord-Trøndelag
- Skogn
- Norske Skog Skogn
- Skogn (disambiguation)
- Skogn Municipality
- Skogn Station
- Levanger
- Falstad concentration camp
- Nord-Trøndelag
- Counties of Norway
- Norske Skog
