Glomfjord

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Glomfjord
Glomfjord is an industrial community in the bottom of a fjord of the same name in Meløy, northern Norway, across the Arctic Circle. The population is 1204 .The community is based on electric power generating, which was the target of the 1942 commando raid entitled Operation MusketoonNorsk Hydro, Norway greatest industry, established fertilizer production here in 1912. The facilities were bought by the state in 1918, but leased to Hydro, (now the fertiliser division is known as Yara International) in 1947. Today a conglomerate of industries are found in Glomfjord Industry Park.
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