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Bø Municipality

municipality in Nordland, Norway
Administrative Area Municipality of Norway Q484012

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Norway, organization[4]
Official website
www.boe.kommune.no[14]
Legal form
kommune[25]

Status and dates

Inception
1837[11]

Location

Country
Norway[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 68.695°, 14.579°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Nordland[1]

Industry and activity

Industry
general public administration activities[10]

Financials

Employees
+482[23]
More facts +15
Area
0.34 (0–1.8k, n=26)[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46]
Capital
Straume[5]
Demonym
bøfjerding, bøfjerding[32]
Has list
Grunnkretser i Bø kommune i Nordland[47]
Head of government
Sture Pedersen[3]
Language used
Bokmål, Nynorsk
Located in/on physical feature
Langøya[12]
Main regulatory text
Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[9]
Number of households
56 (31–1.3k, n=6)[26][27][28][29][30][31]
Office held by the head of government
Mayor of Bø, Nordland[24]
Official language
Bokmål[6]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory
Population
2.6k (2.6k–2.6k, n=8)[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Shares border with
Sortland Municipality, Øksnes[7][8]
Significant event
boundary change, boundary change[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bø Municipality da Bø Kommune da Bø i Vesterålen de Bø fr Bo id Bø i Nordland id Bo id Boe id Boe i Nordland id Bo i Nordland it Bo ja ボー pl Bo w Nordland pl Bø w Nordland pt Bø i nordland pt Bo i Vesteralen ro Comuna Bø ru Бё sv Bö kommun sv Bø kommun
🔖 Identifiers · 20
VIAF cluster ID
244381600
GND ID
5241246-5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
IMG 1146a - Bø kirke.jpg ↗
Data Commons ID
wikidataId/Q484012
Freebase ID
/m/018bry
GeoNames ID
6453320
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
bo-3
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0474406
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Bø_-_Nordland
INaturalist place ID
40204
KulturNav-ID
cb777fbe-68ed-47be-b7b6-14bf2ee3a9e3
Lokalhistoriewiki.no article ID
Bø_kommune_(Nordland)
Show all 20 identifiers +8
NRK topic ID
1.271840
Norwegian municipality number
1867
Norwegian organisation number
945452676
OpenStreetMap relation ID
408482
SSR place name number
146705
Topic's main category
Category:Bø, Nordland
Who's on First ID
1159297417
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJg8GJkKtv86qkd3BcCmh3

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 16
Vesterålen, Langøya, Straume, Litløya, Artscape Nordland, Bø, Bø Church, Gaukværøya +8 more
Language used 2
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Shares border with 2
Sortland Municipality, Øksnes
← Shares border with 2
Sortland Municipality, Øksnes
Capital 1
Straume
Country 1
Norway
Instance of 1
municipality of Norway
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Nordland
Located in time zone 1
UTC+01:00
Located in/on physical feature 1
Langøya
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
People born here 1
Regine Normann
People who died here 1
Magnus Andersen
Topic's main category 1
Category:Bø, Nordland
← Capital of 1
Straume
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Bø, Nordland
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Nordland
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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  26. [26] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
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  32. [32] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6h ago · Dev Jadiya · 2026-11-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [hi] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #67776"
  2. 19d ago · Ajarmund · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legal form → kommune
    Norwegian organisation number → 945452676
    Official language → Bokmål
    Employees → 482
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "kommuner (details)"
  3. 28d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GND ID → 5241246-5
    "Demonym, source for demonym from Store norske leksikon (OKA bot task 2)"
  4. 13w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46950: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  5. 14w ago · Cromenio · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.boe.kommune.no/
    Head of government → Sture Pedersen
    Language used → Bokmål, Nynorsk
    Located in time zone → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Flag image: Flag of Bø.svg"
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