title: Lovund
text: # Lovund
  
  Lovund is an island and village in the municipality of Lurøy in Nordland county, Norway. The island is located west of the Solvær islands and southeast of the Træna islands. Lovund is notable for the large puffin breeding colony located on the rocky north slope of the island.
  
  The village of Lovund (sometimes called Strand) is located in the northeastern part of the island. The 0.53-square-kilometre (130-acre) village has a population (2018) of 499 and a population density of 942 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,440/sq mi). Lovund Church, located in the village, serves the people of the island.
  
  ## Name
  
  The Old Norse form of the name might have been Laufund. The first element is then lauf which means "leaf" or "broad-leaved trees", referring to the fact that the western part of the island is covered with a forest. The last element is the suffix -und meaning "land". (see Borgund).
  
  ## Media gallery
  
  * Lovund seen from Dønna
  * Lovund village
  * View of the island
  * Lundeura - location of the puffin colony
  * View near Nesna, Norway, showing the settlement of Lillevik in the foreground. The island of Lovund in the distant horizon.
  