The municipality of Nordvik was established on 1 July 1917 when
Herøy Municipality was divided into two: the new Nordvik Municipality was in the north and a now-smaller Herøy Municipality in the south. Initially, Nordvik Municipality had a population of 1,530. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the
Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, Nordvik Municipality (population: 1,293) was merged with the part of
Herøy Municipality located on the
island of Dønna (population: 19), most of
Dønnes Municipality (population: 1,348), and the part of
Nesna Municipality on the island of
Løkta (population: 80) to become the new
Dønna Municipality.
Name The municipality (originally the
parish) is named after the old
Nordviken farm (). The first element is which means "north". The last element is which means "
bay" or "inlet from the sea".
Churches The
Church of Norway had one parish () within Nordvik Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Herøy
prestegjeld and the
Nord-Helgeland prosti (
deanery) in the
Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. ==Geography==