BODO

bodo, a seaport on the north-western coast of norway, in nordland _amt_ (county), lat. 67 deg. 17' n. pop. (1900) 4827. the rock-bound harbour admits large vessels, and there is a brisk trade in fish and eider-down. the neighbouring country has many scenic attractions. sixty miles inland (e.) rises the great massif of sulitelma on the swedish frontier, with its copper mines, broad snow-fields and glaciers. the fjords of the district include the imposing beierenfjord, the saltenfjord, and the skjerstadfjord, at the narrow mouths of which, between islands, a remarkable cataract (saltstrom) is formed at the turn of the tide. on this fjord is skjerstad, a large scattered village.