Flatkvål /fla:kol/ is a village in the

Eksingedalen Eksingedalen or Eksingadalen is a valley that makes up the northeastern part of Vaksdal Municipality in Vestland County, Norway. The Eksingedalen valley stretches over from the Vikafjell mountains all the way to the Inner Osterfjorden. The Ekso ...

valley in

Vaksdal is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Dalekvam. Other villages in Vaksdal include Dalegarden, Flatkvål, Helle, Nesheim, S ...

municipality,

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...

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 t ...

. The village lies along the river Storelvi, about northeast of the village of Stamneshella. The

Modalen Tunnel Modalen is a municipality in the Nordhordland district in the central part of Vestland county in Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mo. The other main village in the municipality is Øvre Helland. Most of th ...

is located about west of Flatkvål. The village of Nesheim lies about to the east. Flatkvål is the site of

Eksingedal Church Eksingedal Church ( no, Eksingedal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vaksdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Flatkvål in the Eksingedalen valley. It is the church for the Eksingedal par ...

History

Flatkvål was administratively a part of

Voss Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, Opphe ...

municipality starting in 1838. On 1 January 1885 the northeastern half of the

valley was separated from Voss to form the new municipality of

Evanger Evanger is a former municipality in the Voss district of the old Hordaland county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1885 until 1964 when it was dissolved and its lands split between two municipalities. The municipality included the eas ...

(this included Flatkvål). On 1 January 1964, all of the

Bergsdalen Bergsdalen is a river valley in Vaksdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The long valley begins at the lake Hamlagrøvatnet on the border of the municipalities of Vaksdal, Voss, and Kvam. The valley then runs to the northwest along the ...

and

valleys with 251 inhabitants combined were merged with most of Bruvik municipality and a part of

Modalen Modalen is a municipality in the Nordhordland district in the central part of Vestland county in Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mo. The other main village in the municipality is Øvre Helland. Most of th ...

municipality to create the new municipality

. Flatkvål has been part of Vaksdal since that time.

Media gallery

File:Celebrations, Flatekval, 1898..jpg, The people of the Eksingedalen valley celebrating that parts of the new road through the valley have been completed. The celebrations took place at Flatekval, ca. 1890. File:Group portrait,1897. (3451263338).jpg, A group photo at another road-opening celebration in Flatekval in 1897.

References

Villages in Vestland Vaksdal {{Vestland-geo-stub