Skallelv, Varanger peninsula, Finnmark, Norway

Skallelv is a small village located on the southern coast of the Varanger peninsula in Finnmark county in north east Norway. The village lies along the European route E75 about halfway between the villages of Komagvær and Krampenes. Skallelv is one of very few places in Finnmark that was not burnt and destroyed under Operation Nordlicht, a German operation during the Lapland War at the end of World War 2.

Date: 12th April 2010

Location: view from route E75 looking towards Skallelv, Varanger peninsula, Finnmark, Norway