Editing Lyngen Municipality (section)

==History==
[[File:Lyngseidet Lindahl.jpg|thumb|right|Lyngseidet as it looked around 1890]]
The [[Lyngen Church]] was built at [[Karnes (Norway)|Karnes]] in 1731, and was moved to its present location at [[Lyngseidet]] in 1740. In 1775, the church was rebuilt in its current [[cruciform]] shape, with the material from the old church used for a boathouse in [[Oldervik, Troms|Oldervik]]. Finally in 1840–1845, the church was renovated with a new tower, galleries, windows and panelling.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lyngen kirke |url=http://www.solvik.no/lyngenkirke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58:fra-ottar-til-laestadius&catid=34:historie&Itemid=55 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624041324/http://www.solvik.no/lyngenkirke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58:fra-ottar-til-laestadius&catid=34:historie&Itemid=55 |archive-date=2016-06-24 |access-date=2009-12-26 |language=no}}</ref>

Other interesting buildings include the large wooden school in Solhov, which was built in 1924 to strengthen the Norwegian influence in this area which was largely populated by the [[Sami people]] and [[Kven people]].

Lyngen has also lent its name to the [[Lyngen line]], a defensive line at the pinch point between the [[Lyngen (fjord)|Lyngen]] fjord and the mountains. The line was first established during the German occupation of Norway and the main purpose was to halt a Soviet invasion.<ref>[https://www.fergusmurraysculpture.com/arctic-norway/the-german-occupation-in-wwii/the-lyngen-line/ The Lyngen Line]</ref> During the [[Cold War]] the Norwegian Army continued to reinforce the Lyngen lined against a possible invasion from the east. However, there were always worries that the Soviets could also advance through Finland and the sparsely defended extreme north of Sweden (north of Kiruna, south of Treriksröset) and attack the Lyngen position from the rear via Signaldalen.