Brønnøysund

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Brønnøysund

Total population

5,113

Coordinates65.47°, 12.21°

Demographic figures from Statistics Norway (SSB). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Brønnøysund is a town and the administrative centre of Brønnøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 3.38-square-kilometre (840-acre) town has a population (2024) of 5,093 and a population density of 1,507 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,900/sq mi).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

H

Harald Warholm

Norwegian politician (1920-1967)

Kyrre Grepp

Norwegian politician (1879-1922)

Ole Morten Vågan

Norwegian jazz musician

Sivert Andreas Nielsen

Norwegian politician (1823–1904)

B

Bjørn Arve Lund

Norwegian footballer

Eirin Kristin Sund

Norwegian politician

Halle Jørn Hanssen

Norwegian politician and journalist

Julius Sundsvik

Norwegian newspaper editor (1891-1971)

O

Oddvar Richardsen

Norwegian association football player (1937-1997)

O

Odd Grønmo

Norwegian politician (1922–2012)

Petter Vågan

jazz guitarist

S

Skule Storheill

Norwegian admiral (1907-1992)

Kjell Harald Trælnes

Norwegian farmer and politician

A

Alf Skille

Norwegian journalist and musician

L

Lars Laumann

B

Birger Berthils

Norwegian painter

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Nordland

• Gladstad
  15.7 mi away · pop. 307
• Majavatn - Maajehjaevrie
  39.5 mi away
• Myklebostad
  176.6 mi away · pop. 237
• Strengelvåg
  253.5 mi away
• Siikala
  504.8 mi away
• Jättölä
  506.2 mi away
• Kärkelä
  507.1 mi away
• Mustalahti
  508 mi away
• Skogböle
  508.7 mi away
• Sammatti
  509 mi away · pop. 1,334
• Niemi
  509.3 mi away
• Pipola
  509.4 mi away

Browse all places in Nordland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Official Identifiers