Alver Municipality

Alver Municipality Alver kommune
Municipality
View of Veland along the Hindnesfjorden
Coat of arms
Vestland within Norway
Alver within Vestland
Coordinates: 60°40′00″N 05°20′00″E
Country	Norway
County	Vestland
District	Nordhordland
Established	1 Jan 2020
• Preceded by	Lindås, Radøy, Meland
Administrative centre	Knarvik
Government
• Mayor (2023)	Ingrid Fjeldsbø (H)
Area
• Total	679.15 km2 (262.22 sq mi)
• Land	650.57 km2 (251.19 sq mi)
• Water	28.58 km2 (11.03 sq mi)  4.2%
• Rank	#168 in Norway
Highest elevation	957.06 m (3,140.0 ft)
Population  (2025)
• Total	30,169
• Rank	#37 in Norway
• Density	44.4/km2 (115/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+8.4%
Demonym(s)	Alver-mann Alver-kvinne Alver-folk
Official language
• Norwegian form	Nynorsk
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-4631
Website	Official website
Data from Statistics Norway

Alver is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Knarvik. Other villages include Alversund, Alver, Isdalstø, Lindås, Ostereidet, Seim, Manger, Askeland, Austmarka, Bøvågen, Haugland, Sæbø, Sletta, Frekhaug, Hjartås, Holme, Io, Krossneset, Meland, and Rossland.

The 679.15-square-kilometre (262.22 sq mi) municipality is the 168th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Alver Municipality is the 37th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 30,169. The municipality's population density is 44.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (115/sq mi) and its population has increased by 8.4% over the previous 10-year period.