Kjækan (Norwegian), Kätkänen (Kven), or Geahkkán (Northern Sami)[2][3] is a village in Kvænangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway.

[4] The village is located along the shore of Kjækan Bay (Norwegian: Kjækanbukta, Kven: Kätkäsenmukka, Northern Sami: Geahkánmohkki or Geahkkánluokta)[5] at the southeast end of the Kvænangen fjord, about 18 kilometers (11 mi) south of the municipal center of Burfjord.

[6] The Kjækan River (Norwegian: Kjækanelva, Kven: Kätkäsenjoki, Northern Sami: Geahkkánjohka)[7] flows into the village from the east and empties into the bay.

The name of the village is semantically opaque; neither the Norwegian name Kjækan nor Northern Sami name Geahkán has a clear meaning.

[8] A pseudoetymology of the name associates it with the Kven verb kätkeä 'hide, conceal', referring to copper ore "hidden" up in the valley above the village.