BODO  , a seaport on the

north-western coast of Norway, in Nordland amt (county), lat . 67° 17' N . Pop . (1900) 4827 . The rock-bound harbour admits large vessels, and there is a brisk trade in fish and eider-down . The neighbouring country has many scenic attractions . Sixty miles inland (E.) rises the great massif of Sulitelma on the Swedish frontier, with its copper mines, broad snow-fields and glaciers . The fjords of the district include the imposing Beierenfjord, the Saltenfjord, and the Skjerstadfjord, at the narrow mouths of which, between islands, a remarkable cataract (Saltstrom) is formed at the turn of the tide . On this fjord is Skjerstad, a large scattered village .