Berlevåg (village)
Berlevåg is a village and the administrative centre of Berlevåg Municipality in Finnmark, Norway. It sits on the northeast coast of the Varanger Peninsula along the Barents Sea. In Sami it's Bearalváhki and in Kven it's Päärlyvooki.
The village covers about 0.7 square kilometres and has about 868 residents (2023). It is one of Finnmark’s largest fishing villages, with several fish processing plants, a large harbour, and public services. The Hurtigruten coastal ships stop there daily, and the village sits along County Road 890 near Berlevåg Airport.
Key landmarks include Berlevåg Church and Kjølnes Lighthouse about 5 kilometres east. Four large breakwaters protect the harbour; they were built between 1913 and 1975.
Berlevåg has history from World War II, when German forces burned all buildings during their retreat from Finnmark (1944–1945). The village gained fame in 2001 from a movie about the Berlevåg Men’s Choir and is also linked to Karen Blixen’s Babette’s Feast.
In June 2022, a hydrogen production facility opened near the village. It uses wind power to generate hydrogen through electrolysis.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 08:36 (CET).