Nedstrand (locally, ''Stranda'') is a village in

Tysvær Tysvær is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the Haugalandet region. The municipality is located on the Haugalandet peninsula on the northern side of the Boknafjorden, just east of the towns of Kopervik and Haugesund. ...

municipality in

Rogaland Rogaland () is a county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 479,892. The adminis ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and th ...

. The village is on the Nedstrand peninsula's southeast coast, at the confluence of the Nedstrandsfjorden and

Vindafjorden Vindafjorden ( en, Vinde Fjord or Vinda Fjord) is a fjord in Rogaland county, Norway. The long fjord is a northern branch off of the main Boknafjorden. The fjord marks the municipal boundaries between Vindafjord, Suldal, and Tysvær. The f ...

. The village of

Hindaråvåg Hindaråvåg or Hinderåvåg is a village in Tysvær municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the Nedstrandsfjorden, on the southern coast of Tysvær. The village of Nedstrand lies about east of Hindaråvåg and is ...

lies just west of Nedstrand, and

Nedstrand Church Nedstrand Church ( nn, Nedstrand kyrkje; historic: ) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tysvær Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hindaråvåg. It is one of the two churches for the Nedstrand par ...

is there. The village has a population (2019) of 227 and a population density of . The village is a regular ferry stop on routes to the

Sjernarøyane Sjernarøyane is an island group in Stavanger municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The islands are located in the Nedstrandsfjorden, west of the large island of Ombo and north of the large island of Finnøy. As of 2014, the islands were h ...

islands (across the Nedstrandsfjorden) and to Hebnes (across the Vindafjorden). Both of those stops have other connections all over the region. The area was historically part of the municipality of

Nedstrand Nedstrand (locally, ''Stranda'') is a village in Tysvær municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is on the Nedstrand peninsula's southeast coast, at the confluence of the Nedstrandsfjorden and Vindafjorden. The village of Hind ...

, and was a regional customs office for the huge timber industry in the

Ryfylke Ryfylke is a traditional district in the northeastern part of Rogaland county, Norway. The district is located northeast of the city of Stavanger and east of the city of Haugesund and it encompasses about 60% of the county's area. It includes ...

district. Today, the area is home to agriculture,

fish farming upright=1.3, Salmon farming in the sea (mariculture) at Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye">mariculture.html" ;"title="Salmon farming in the sea (mariculture">Salmon farming in the sea (mariculture) at Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye, Scotland Fish farming or ...

, fruit orchards, and stone quarries. In 1983, the oil rig Alexander L. Kielland was scuttled in the Nedstrandsfjorden after it had capsized in the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegia ...

in 1980, killing 123 people.

Notable residents

Anders Andersen Bjelland Anders Andersen Bjelland (1790 in Nedstrand, Norway – June 28, 1850 in Nedstrand, Norway) was a Norwegian politician. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1827, 1833 and 1842, representing the rural constituency of ''Stavanger Amt' ...

(1790–1850) farmer & politician *

Niels Henrik Abel Niels Henrik Abel ( , ; 5 August 1802 – 6 April 1829) was a Norwegian mathematician who made pioneering contributions in a variety of fields. His most famous single result is the first complete proof demonstrating the impossibility of solvin ...

(1802–1829) mathematician * Osmund Osmundson (born 1826 – ??) the founder of

Nerstrand, Minnesota Nerstrand is a city in Rice County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 294 at th2018 census Minnesota State Highway 246 serves as a main route in the community. Minnesota State Highways 56 and 60 are nearby. History In 1856, ...

* Rudi "Njål" London (born 1949), Recording artist/Photo journalist/Author, born at Nedre Helle in Nedstrand, later lived in

Nashville Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and th ...

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to t ...

, U.S.

References

Villages in Rogaland Tysvær {{Rogaland-geo-stub