Eksingedalen or Eksingadalen is a valley that makes up the northeastern part of Vaksdal Municipality in

Vestland Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...

County,

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. The Eksingedalen valley stretches over from the Vikafjell mountains all the way to the Inner

Osterfjorden Osterfjorden is a fjord in Vestland county, Norway. The fjord is one of three fjords surrounding the island of Osterøy. The fjord runs along the municipal border of Alver and Osterøy municipalities. The fjord begins at the Romarheimsfjorde ...

. The Ekso River (also known as the Storelvi River) runs through the entire valley, from alpine lakes all the way down to the Eidsfjorden, a small branch off the Inner Osterfjorden. The Stølsheimen Mountains surround the Eksingedalen valley. At above sea level, Kvitanosi is the highest mountain peak around the Eksingedalen valley. The

Modalen Modalen is a municipality in the Nordhordland Districts of Norway, district in the central part of Vestland county in Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mo, Hordaland, Mo. The other main village in the municip ...

valley lies over the mountains to the north and the Modalen Tunnel connects the two valleys. Ekso

Mainly a farming area, about 200-300 people live in Eksingedalen. It is the site of a number of traditional farms including the historic Gullbrå, Ekse, and Trefall farms. ''Inga Litamor'' (Choral EG 168. 1901) a

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was based on a traditional folk melody from Eksingedalen. The village of Eidslandet is situated in the lower parts of Eksingedalen at the head of Eidsfjorden, an arm of the inner

. The Myster kraftverk

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is headquartered in Eidslandet. Myster kraftverk is owned and operated by Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap. The village of Flatkvål is located about northeast of Eidslandet and the village of Nesheim lies another northeast of Flatkvål. County Road 344 runs through most of the valley, and County Road 569 running from the Modalen Tunnel to the southern end of the valley. Eksingedal Church and Nesheim Church are both located in the valley.

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Map of Eksingedalen
Valleys of Vestland Vaksdal {{Vestland-geo-stub