{{Short description|Village in Vefsn Municipality, Norway}} {{for|the former municipality in Nordland, Norway|Elsfjord Municipality}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Elsfjord |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = Elsfjord 2006-07-08.JPG |image_caption = View of the village | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | mapframe-marker = village |pushpin_map = Nordland#Norway |pushpin_label = Elsfjord |pushpin_label_position = bottom |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Norway |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Northern Norway |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Nordland |subdivision_type3 = District |subdivision_name3 = Helgeland |subdivision_type4 = Municipality |subdivision_name4 = Vefsn Municipality |timezone1 = CET |utc_offset1 = +01:00 |timezone1_DST = CEST |utc_offset1_DST = +02:00 |postal_code_type = Post Code |postal_code = 8672 Elsfjord |coordinates = {{coord|66.1032|13.5483|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 3 |elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Elsfjord, Vefsn (Nordland) |url=https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Nordland/Vefsn/Elsfjord/ |access-date=2018-09-18 |publisher=yr.no}}</ref>}}
'''Elsfjord'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/743329 |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}}</ref> is a village in Vefsn Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Elsfjorden, about {{convert|35|km}} northeast of the town of Mosjøen. The European route E06 highway is accessed about {{convert|4|km}} south of the village. Elsfjord Church is located in the village.<ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Elsfjord – tettbebyggelse i Vefsn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Elsfjord_-_tettbebyggelse_i_Vefsn |date=2011-11-27 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2018-09-18}}</ref>
The village was the administrative centre of the old Elsfjord Municipality during its existence from 1929 to 1964.
The Nordlandsbanen railway line passes through the village, stopping at Elsfjord Station.<ref name="snl" />
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==See also== *Prison camps in North Norway during World War Two, including at Elsfjord
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Category:Villages in Nordland Category:Vefsn Municipality Category:Populated places of Arctic Norway
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