Kjelvik

Kjelvik is a small fishing village in Nordkapp municipality, Norway. It is located on the island of Magerøya at approx. coord|71|0|0|N|26|7|0|E a few miles east of Honningsvåg and near the estuary of the Porsangerfjord.

Kjelvik was the original name of Nordkapp municipality. However, the village was totally destroyed by German forces in 1944, never recovering. As a consequence of this the name of the municipality was changed to Nordkapp in 1950. Fact|date=February 2007

The name

The village is first mentioned in 1518 ("Kedelwigh"), but it is probably from Norse times. The first element is "ketill" m 'kettle', the last element is "vík" f 'inlet'. The meaning of the name is then: 'the inlet formed like a kettle'.

References

*cite web | author=Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.| year=2004| title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Kjelvik, Norway | format= | work=Global Gazetteer Version 2.1 | url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NO/5/Kjelvik2.html | accessdate=2006-10-06
*cite paper | author=Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway | title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen | date=1999 | url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf