{{Short description|Village in Saltdal Municipality, Norway}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = {{native name list|tag1=no|name1=Saksenvika|tag2=smj|name2=Sáksavijkka}} |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = |image_caption = |mapframe = yes |mapframe-zoom = 11 |mapframe-marker = village |pushpin_map = Nordland#Norway |pushpin_label = Saksenvika |pushpin_label_position = left |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Norway |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Northern Norway |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Nordland |subdivision_type3 = District |subdivision_name3 = Salten |subdivision_type4 = Municipality |subdivision_name4 = Saltdal Municipality |timezone1 = CET |utc_offset1 = +01:00 |timezone1_DST = CEST |utc_offset1_DST = +02:00 |postal_code_type = Post Code |postal_code = 8250 Rognan |coordinates = {{coord|67|06|28|N|15|27|10|E|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 22 |elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Saksenvik |url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Nordland/Saltdal/Saksenvik/ |access-date=December 14, 2016 |publisher=yr.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref>}}
{{native name|no|'''Saksenvik'''}} or {{native name|smj|'''Sáksavijkka'''}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/441778 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}}</ref> is a village and basic statistical unit in the Nedre Saltdal area of Saltdal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. European route E6 passes through Saksenvika and the nearby Saksenvik Tunnel on its way to Langset to the north. Since 2012, the Saksenvik Hydroelectric Power Station has produced electricity in the region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-09-09 |title=Offentlig journal |url=http://isiteproduction.blob.core.windows.net/www-saltdal-home-nsf/3051098063-090812/$FILE/090812.pdf |publisher=Saltdal Kommune |page=1 |language=no |format=PDF}}</ref>
Saksenvika is known for several quernstone quarries from earlier times,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pettersen |first=Dag |date=2008-09-30 |title=Planlegger kulturpark i Saksenvik |url=http://www.an.no/indre-salten/planlegger-kulturpark-i-saksenvik/s/1-33-3821094 |work=Avisa Nordland |language=no}}</ref> including on the nearby mountain Vassliheia at an elevation of {{convert|465|m|sp=us}}.<ref name="Helberg">{{Cite book |last=Helberg |first=Bjørn Hebba |url=http://www.abstract.xlibx.info/as-other/2339486-21-norsk-arkeologisk-selskap-norwegian-archaeological-society-viking.php |title=Viking. Norsk arkeologisk årbok |year=2010 |volume=73 |pages=103–120 |language=no |chapter=Kvernsteinsindustri i vikingtid og tidlig middelalder i Saltdal kommune, Nordland fylke}}</ref>{{rp|105–106}} Quernstone production in Saltdal has been documented since the Middle Ages; in 1432 ''Aslak Bolt's cadastre'' recorded a quarry at Setså.<ref name="Helberg" />{{rp|113}} Such old written sources do not exist for Saksenvika, and it has been suggested that in earlier times quernstones from Saksenvika were delivered to Setså as a central purchasing and shipping station.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Titland |first=Helge P. |title=Saltdalsboka 2002/2003 |publisher=Saltdal kommune |year=2003 |location=Rognan |pages=35–43 |language=no |chapter=Kvernsteinsbruddene i Saltdal}}</ref>
A heritage project is being funded in cooperation between landowners and Saltdal Municipality, and it has documented quarries for tourists with information boards, signage, and picnic areas.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Titland |first=Helge P. |title=Kulturminneregistreringer av kvernsteinsbruddene i Saksenvik |publisher=Unpublished report |year=2006 |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lindahl |first=Ingvar |year=2008 |title=Granatglimmerskifrene i Saksenvik – Setså området; tidligere brukt som kvernstein – nå til bruk som unik bygningstein, Saltdal kommune, Nordland |url=http://www.ngu.no/upload/Publikasjoner/Rapporter/2008/2008_075.pdf |magazine=NGU rapport |publisher=Norges geologiske undersøkelse |location=Trondheim |language=no |number=2008.075}}</ref>
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