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Stranda
Stranda may also refer to: Places *Stranda Municipality, a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Stranda, Møre og Romsdal, a village within Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Stranda Hundred, a hundred of Småland in Sweden *Stranda Church Stranda Church or Sløgstad Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stranda, along the western shore of the Storfjorden. It is the church ..., a church in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Stranda Church (Leksvik), a church in Indre Fosen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway Other * Stranda IL, a sports club based in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Stranda Fjord Trail Race, a race based in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway See also * {{dab, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stranda Municipality
Stranda is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stranda, Møre og Romsdal, Stranda. Stranda consists of three smaller villages and one larger central village. The smaller villages are Hellesylt, Geiranger, and Liabygda. The central village, Stranda, Møre og Romsdal, Stranda (same name as the municipality), has about 2,600 inhabitants. Stranda Municipality is known for tourist attractions such as Geirangerfjorden, Sunnylvsfjorden, and the ski area at . The municipality is the 134th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Stranda Municipality is the 196th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,348. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 5.8% over the previous 10-year period. General information The prestegjeld, parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stranda Church
Stranda Church or Sløgstad Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stranda, along the western shore of the Storfjorden. It is the church for the Stranda parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal style in 1838 by an unknown architect. The church seats about 260 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1432 when it was mentioned in Aslak Bolt's cadastre, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Stranda was a wooden stave church, located on the same site as the present-day church. The church may have been first constructed in the 13th century. Originally, the church was built in a long church design, but at some point in the 1500s or 1600s, the church was enlarged by adding timber-framed transepts to the north and sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stranda, Møre Og Romsdal
Stranda is the administrative centre of Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the Storfjorden. The village has a population (2024) of 2,571 and a population density of . This is the largest urban area in the municipality. The village is the shopping and industry center of the municipality. It lies along Norwegian County Road 60, and there is a ferry connection to the village of Liabygda, across the fjord. The village of Helsem lies about south of Stranda. Stranda Church is located in Stranda. The newspaper ''Sunnmøringen'' is published in Stranda. History At 10:00 p.m. on 8 January 1731, a landslide with an estimated volume of fell from a height of on the slope of the mountain Skafjell into the Storfjorden opposite the village of Stranda. The slide generated a megatsunami in height that struck Stranda, flooding the area for inland and destroying the church and all but two boathouses, as well as many b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stranda Church (Leksvik)
Stranda Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Indre Fosen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vanvikan, on the shore of the Trondheimsfjorden. It is the church for the Stranda parish which is part of the Fosen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1897 using plans drawn up by the architect Knut Guttormsen. The church, which seats about 300 people, was consecrated on 4 May 1897. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1589, but the old stave church was not new that year. Originally, the church was located at Hindrum, near the present-day village of Seter, about northeast of the present site of the church. The church was likely built during the 1200s. The old church at Hindrum was used for centuries. In the mid-1600s, the old church was rebuilt in stages. In 1648, the old choir was torn down and completely rebui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stranda IL
Stranda Idrottslag is a Norwegian multi-sports club based in the village of Stranda which is located in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county. It has sections for association football, team handball, basketball, alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, table tennis and climbing. The club was founded on 15 August 1914. The men's football team plays in the Fifth Division, the sixth tier of Norwegian football. After playing on the third tier, Stranda was relegated from the Second Division in 1992 and had stints in the Third Division from 1993 to 1994 and 1996 to 1999. Winning promotion to the 2000 Norwegian Second Division, they faced relegation after the season. Several stints in the Third Division followed, with the longest—and final—taking place from 2010 to 2013 The women's football team plays in the Fifth Division. Its most accomplished sportspeople are alpine skier Bjarne Solbakken Bjarne Solbakken (born 18 May 1977) is a retired Norwegian alpine skier from S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stranda Hundred
A hundred is a geographic division formerly used in northern Germanic countries and related colonies, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative divisions. The equivalent term in Swedish is (in Uppland also known as during the early Middle Ages); in Danish and Norwegian, ; in Finnish, ; and in Estonian, . The Scanian hundreds were Danish until the Treaty of Roskilde The Treaty of Roskilde was negotiated at Høje Taastrup Church and was concluded on 26 February ( OS) or 8 March 1658 ( NS) during the Second Northern War between Frederick III of Denmark–Norway and Karl X Gustav of Sweden in the Danish ci ... of 1658. List {{DEFAULTSORT:Hundreds Of Sweden, List Of Hundreds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
