page_title: Lødingen
section_title: General information
hierarchical_section_title: Lødingen / General information
caption_attribution_description: == Summary == العربية: عائلة سامي في النرويج حول 1900 Česky: Laponská rodina v Norsku okolo roku 1900 English: A Sami indigenous northern European family in Norway around 1900. The picture was probably taken in 1896 around the Kanstadfjord near Lødingen, Nordland. The adults on the left are Ingrid (born Sarri) and her husband Nils Andersen Inga. In front of the parents are Berit and Ole Nilsen. The lady on the right is Ellen, sister of Ingrid. In front of Ellen are the children Inger Anna and Tomas. The children of Inger Anna are reindeer herders still today. Description source. Detroit Publishing Co. Print no. 7123 Deutsch: Eine Samenfamilie (Lappen, Lappländer) in Norwegen, um 1900. Français&#160;: Une famille Laponne en Norvège aux alentours de 1900. Español: Una familia Samis en Noruega alrededor de 1900. Suomi: Saamelaisperhe Norjassa noin vuonna 1900. Tiếng Việt: Một gia đình người Sami ở Na Uy khoảng năm 1900. Kurdî: Malbateke samiyan a li Norwêcê, salên 1900'î.
context_page_description: Lødingen is a municipality in Nordland county in Norway. Lødingen is located on the southeastern corner of the island of Hinnøya, and is part of the traditional district of Ofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lødingen. The other main village is Vestbygda. Lødingen has the nickname "Biketown" because it hosts several annual bicycle races like Lofoten Insomnia and Vestbygd-rittet.
  The 527-square-kilometre municipality is the 202nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Lødingen is the 279th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,034. The municipality's population density is 4 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has decreased by 6.7% over the previous 10-year period.
context_section_description: The municipality of Lødingen was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).  On 1 January 1869, the southern district of Lødingen surrounding the Tysfjorden on the mainland (population: 1,402) was separated to form the new Tysfjord Municipality.  This left 2,064 residents in Lødingen.  Then on 1 January 1909, the northeastern district of Lødingen (population: 1,404) was separated to form the new Tjeldsund Municipality.  This left 3,034 residents in Lødingen.
  During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee.  On 1 January 1962, the southern mainland part of Lødingen surrounding the Efjorden and the island of Barøya (population: 433) were transferred to Ballangen Municipality.  Then on 1 January 1964, the eastern part of Lødingen on the island of Tjeldøya (population: 297) was transferred to Tjeldsund Municipality.
caption: Saami family near Kanstad, Lødingen, 1896. Some of the descendants of the children in the photograph are reindeer herders in the area to this date [1].
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