Editing Narvik Municipality (section)

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[Narvik (town)|town of Narvik]]) is named after the old ''Narvik'' farm ({{langx|non|Knarravík}} or {{lang|non|Njarðarvík}}) since the town was built there. The two possible Old Norse roots have differing meanings. If it comes from {{lang|non|Knarravík}}, then the meaning of the first element is the [[genitive]] plural form of {{wikt-lang|non|knǫrr}} or [[knarr]] which means "merchant ship". The other option is that the name is derived from {{lang|non|Njarðarvík}}. In that case, the first element comes from the old pagan god name {{lang|non|[[Njǫrðr]]}}. Both options share the same last element, {{wikt-lang|non|vík}}, which means "[[inlet]]". Historically, the name was spelled ''Narduigh'' or ''Narvigen''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K21BAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1905 |edition=16 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=285 |language=no |access-date=2015-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506085138/https://books.google.com/books?id=K21BAAAAIAAJ |archive-date=2016-05-06 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The harbour in the [[Narvik (town)|town of Narvik]] was once called ''Victoriahavn'' after [[Queen Victoria]] of the United Kingdom, however Sweden's [[Victoria of Baden|Crown Princess Victoria]] was also honoured.<ref name="visit">{{Cite web |title=Key facts about Narvik |url=http://www.visitnorway.com/en/Articles/Norway/North/Narvik/Key-facts-on-Narvik/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920075547/http://www.visitnorway.com/en/Articles/Norway/North/Narvik/Key-facts-on-Narvik/ |archive-date=20 September 2008 |access-date=24 November 2008 |publisher=VisitNorway.com}}</ref>