Brønnøysund is in the middle of Norway, in the middle of the fairway. Our area is located midway between Lindesnes and North Cape.  Brønnøysund located on the Helgeland coast in the southern part of Nordland county.  Norway's largest county - 80 mil from north to south. Brønnøy located in the region of South Helgeland. The region has just over 13,000 inhabitants and consists of the five municipalities of Bindal, Sømna, Brønnøy, Vevelstad and  Vega. Brønnøy bordering municipalities  Grane and Vefsn in the east and ocean to the west. Brønnøysund, with about 5000 inhabitants, is the municipal and regional center.

Our coastal municipality lies between 11 and 13 degrees east longitude. Brønnøy located east of Røros.  If we look north, so goes the 12th longitude by Rost and Ny Ålesund. Southwest is Brønnøy in line with the Gothenburg, Sweden, and Rome in Italy.

Brønnøy was "discovered" and scientifically placed by the Austrian jesuitterpater Maximilian Hell in 1769. The municipality is located at 65 degrees north latitude. We are at the height of Luleå in Sweden, Arkhangelsk and the central Siberian highlands, Russia. However, we are in the middle of Norway! Brønnøy have common latitude of the Bering Strait, located north of Fairbanks in Alaska and Nuuk in Greenland - and the center of the Island.