 Stavestrand had feared that the centre would turn out to be in Sweden due to the curved shape of Norway, but it ultimately ended up within the borders of Norway.Several other places have been claimed to be the centre of Norway, using differing methods.They include Harran in the municipality of Grong (halving the mainland's latitude "length"), the village of Vilhelmina in the municipality of Vilhelmina in Sweden (halving the great-circle distance), Grane Church in the municipality of Grane and Alstahaug Church in the municipality of Alstahaug (both are found by halving longer great circle distances), and finally Mosjøen in the municipality of Vefsn.