Hasvik Municipality

Hasvik (Northern Sami: Ákŋoluovtta gielda; Kven: Hasviikan komuuni) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

The population of Hasvik has generally been in steady decline due to problems within the fishing industry.

Hasvik Airport is served with regular connections to Tromsø and Hammerfest, and there is a two-hour ferry crossing to the village of Øksfjord on the mainland, providing access by car.

[7] On 1 January 2020, the municipality became part of the newly formed Troms og Finnmark county.

The official blazon is "Azure, a gull argent rising" (Norwegian: I blått en oppflygende hvit make).

The seagull has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used.

The design of the arms was proposed by Martha Gamst from Breivikbotn, and it was refined and finalized by Arvid Sveen.

[15] (138 PBN-1s produced by Naval Aircraft Factory served with the Soviet Navy, after the NAF transferred ownership via Project ZEBRA).

In the sea off the village of Sørvær, the decommissioned Soviet cruiser Murmansk ran aground on Christmas Eve in 1994.

[19] In 2021, a plaque was unveiled in the presence of minister of defence, representatives from embassies of USA and Russia,[20] and a Russian military attaché; 6 Soviet airmen who died in 1944, were honored.

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Hasvik is made up of 15 representatives that are elected to four year terms.

Sørvik village, Hasvik
Lake in Hasvik, Sørøya island
The ship was being towed for scrapping, but ran aground in Hasvik in 1994, and was removed in 2012.
Dønnesfjord in Hasvik