Slåtten

Welcome to the little village of Slåtten which stretches itself around Slåtten bay, with Daumanneset and Avneset at its outermost points and Slotten church at the innermost part of the bay. The church was rebuilt in 1963 after the burning of Finnmark in 1944. The village only got electric lighting for the first time in 1956 and a permanent road connection in 1975, when the stretch of road between Kokelv and Snefjord was opened. In 1948 there was a big celebration in the village when Slåtten post office was opened and the residents were able to regularly send mail with the Vest-Finnmark postal service, also known as the Snøfjord route, right up until 1966.