Forsøl is a fishing village in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the northeastern coast of the island of Kvaløya, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northeast of the town of Hammerfest. The Kvalfjorden is a small fjord located just south of the village.

German observation post in the hills overlooking Forsøl during the Second World War

The 0.14-square-kilometre (35-acre) village had a population (2020) of 202 and a population density of 1,443 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,740/sq mi). Since 2020, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway.[1]

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