Åsskard is a village in

Surnadal Municipality is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Skei. Other villages in Surnadal include Bøverfjorden, Glærem, Moen, Stangvik, Surnadalsøra, Sylte, T ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

county,

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. The village is located in the western part of the municipality, at the innermost part of the

Åsskardfjorden Åsskardfjorden is a fjord in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long fjord is an arm off the main Trongfjorden. The village of Åsskard lies at the innermost part of the fjord. The villages of Bølandet and Settemsør ...

which is a branch off the main

Trongfjorden Trongfjorden is a fjord between Surnadal Municipality and Tingvoll Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The fjord is approximately long and is a continuation of the Halsafjorden on the north end near the village of Torjulvågen in ...

. The village is the site of

Åsskard Church Åsskard Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Åsskard. It is the church for the Åsskard parish which is part of the Indre Nordmøre pr ...

. It is located about northwest of the village of Sylte. The only road connecting

Heim Municipality Heim is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020 upon the merger of three other municipalities. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district ...

and Surnadal Municipality, County Road 65, runs through the village. Historically, the village was the

administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...

of the old

Åsskard Municipality Åsskard is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1895 until its dissolution in 1965. It was located in what is now the northern part of Surnadal Municipality. The former municipality of Åsskar ...

from 1895 until the dissolution of the municipality in 1965.

References

Villages in Møre og Romsdal Surnadal {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub