Senja

Senja is a large island off the coast of Troms. Its outer shore faces the Norwegian Sea with steep mountains and exposed fishing grounds, while fjords cut into the more sheltered inner side. Coastal communities combined access to the sea with the use of farmland and grazing where the terrain permitted. Norwegian and Sámi histories meet in this northern coastal region, whose people drew on fishing, livestock and other resources in a landscape divided by water and mountain ridges.