What is "birtavarre"

Birtavarre (; ) is a village in the municipality of Gáivuotna–Kåfjord in Troms county, Norway. The village is located along the Kåfjordelva river at the end of the Kåfjorden in the Kåfjorddalen valley in an area called Kåfjordbotn .

Birtavarre is located along European route E6 about southeast of the municipal centre of Olderdalen (on the north side of the fjord) and about southeast of Samuelsberg and Manndalen (on the south side of the fjord). The population (2009) of the village and surrounding area is 283. Birtavarre Chapel is also located in the village.