Gloppen is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the

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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 ...

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. It is located in the traditional district of

Nordfjord Nordfjord (—in contrast to Sunnfjord) is a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. Geography The region is located in the northern part of Vestland county in Western Norway. It centers on the Nordfjorden and it comprises Stad Muni ...

. Gloppen is generally subdivided into three areas:

Hyen Straume or Hyen is a village in Gloppen Municipality in Vestland, Norway. The village lies near the southern end of the Hyefjorden near the mouths of the rivers Åelva and Hopelva. Straume is located about northeast of the lake Eimhjellevatn ...

in the west, Gloppen in the center, and

Breim Breim is a Former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Nordfjord in the eastern part of the present-day Gloppe ...

in the east. Each of the areas have their own main service centres.

Sandane Sandane is the administrative centre of the municipality of Gloppen in Vestland county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Gloppefjorden, along the European route E39 highway. Sandane is south of the village of Nordfjordeid and about wes ...

, the

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of the municipality, is the largest with about 2,500 inhabitants. Sandane,

Vereide Vereide is a village in Gloppen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the central part of the eastern shore of the Gloppefjorden, along the European route E39 highway. It sits about northwest of the municipal ce ...

, and Sørstranda are centered on the

Gloppefjorden Gloppefjorden or Gloppenfjorden is a fjord in Gloppen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The long fjord flows from the village of Sandane in the southeast to its mouth at the Nordfjorden in the northwest. The river Gloppeelva is the pr ...

in Gloppen in the central part of the municipality. The villages of

Byrkjelo Byrkjelo is a village in the municipality of Gloppen in Vestland county, Norway. It is located about halfway between the villages of Sandane (in Gloppen) and Skei (in Sunnfjord) along the European route E39 highway. The village of Re lies abo ...

, Re, Kandal, and Egge are centered on the lake

Breimsvatnet Breimsvatn or Breimsvatnet is a lake in the municipalities of Gloppen and Sunnfjord in Vestland county, Norway. At , it is the largest lake in Gloppen (followed by the lake Emhjellevatnet). The European route E39 highway runs along the north ...

in the Breim area in the east. The villages of Straume,

Eimhjellen Eimhjellen is a village in Gloppen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Hyen Straume or Hyen is a village in Gloppen Municipality in Vestland, Norway. The village lies near the southern end of the Hyefjorden near the ...

, and Solheim are located around the

Hyefjorden Hyefjorden is a fjord in Gloppen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The long Hyefjorden is relatively narrow with steep rock walls located close to the fjord on both sides. The west side is where impassable mountains plunge straight into ...

in Hyen in the west. The whole municipality sits on the southern side of the large Nordfjorden. The

European route E39 European route E39 is the designation of a north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim (city), Trondheim, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other ...

highway runs through the municipality before crossing the Nordfjorden on a car ferry. The

Sandane Airport, Anda Sandane Airport (; ) is a regional airport serving the village of Sandane in Vestland county, Norway. It perpendicularly straddles the Anda peninsula in Gloppen Municipality between the Nordfjorden (Vestland), Nordfjorden and Gloppefjorden. The ai ...

is located along the E39 highway, just north of

. The municipality is the 112th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Gloppen is the 162nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,892. The municipality's

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is and its population has increased by 3.8% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

Gloppen was established as a

on 1 January 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 Jan ...

law). The original municipality was identical to the Gloppen

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

''(

prestegjeld A ''prestegjeld'' was a geographic and administrative area within the Church of Norway (''Den Norske Kirke'') roughly equivalent to a parish. This traditional designation was in use for centuries to divide the kingdom into ecclesiastical areas tha ...

)'' including the sub-parishes () of Gimmestad,

, and

. On 1 January 1886, the sub-parish of Breim (population: 1,823) was separated from Gloppen to form its own municipality. This left Gloppen with 2,970 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

Schei Committee The Schei Committee () was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post-World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a ...

. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Breim (population: 1,731) was merged back into the municipality of Gloppen. After the merger, the population of Gloppen was 5,702. On 1 January 1965, the Hoplandsgrenda area (population: 42) of Gloppen municipality (on the northern shore of the Nordfjorden) was transferred to neighboring

Stryn Municipality Stryn is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Stryn. The municipality is located along the innermost part of th ...

. On 1 January 1992, the

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area of Gloppen (also on the north side of the Nordfjorden) was transferred to Eid Municipality. This left all of Gloppen located south of the Nordfjorden. On 1 January 2020, the municipality became part of the newly created

county after

Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; literally "Parish and the Fjords") was a Counties of Norway, county in western Norway, from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsda ...

and

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Munici ...

counties were merged.

Name

The municipality (originally the

) is named after the local

() since it is one of the central geographical features of the municipality. The name is probably derived from the word which means "narrow opening" or "mountain gorge".

Coat of arms

The

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon f ...

was granted on 19 December 1986. The official

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is ''"

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, a horse passant

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"'' (). This means the arms have a blue

field Field may refer to: Expanses of open ground * Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes * Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport * Battlefield * Lawn, an area of mowed grass * Meadow, a grass ...

(background) and the

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is a

fjord horse The Fjord or Norwegian Fjord Horse () is a relatively small but very strong horse breed from the mountainous regions of western Norway. It is an agile breed of light draught horse build. It is always dun in colour, with five variations in sha ...

. The horse has a

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which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The design depicts the Norwegian fjord horse which is a relatively small, but very strong, horse breed from the mountainous regions of Western Norway. The arms were designed by Petter Eide. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.

Churches

The

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has four parishes () within the municipality of Gloppen. It is part of the Nordfjord prosti (

deanery A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of ...

) in the

Diocese of Bjørgvin The Diocese of Bjørgvin () is one of the 11 dioceses that make up the Church of Norway. It includes all of the churches located in the county of Vestland in Western Norway, and those outside of Norway in the Seamen's Church. The cathedral cit ...

Government

Gloppen Municipality is responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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senior citizen Old age is the range of ages for people nearing and surpassing life expectancy. People who are of old age are also referred to as: old people, elderly, elders, senior citizens, seniors or older adults. Old age is not a definite biological sta ...

services,

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and other

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, and municipal

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s and utilities. The municipality is governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Sogn og Fjordane District Court and the

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Municipal council

The

of Gloppen is made up of 27 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political

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Mayors

The

of a municipality in Norway is a representative of the majority party of the municipal council who is elected to lead the council. The

mayors In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...

of Gloppen: * 1838–1838: Christoffer Nielsen Scherdahlen * 1839–1844: Rasmus Rolfsen Arnet * 1844–1845: Gabriel R. Aasebø * 1846–1847: Rasmus L. Gaasemyr * 1848–1851: Jørgen Meier Heffermehl * 1852–1855: Rasmus L. Gaasemyr * 1856–1865: Jørgen Meyer Heffermehl * 1866–1869: Abraham V. Heffermehl * 1870–1883: Ole Josefson Hestenes * 1884–1886: Jakob J. Myklebust ( V) * 1886–1893: Ole Josefson Hestenes * 1894–1902: Johan C. Bugge * 1903–1913: Jakob J. Lothe * 1914–1919: Jon A. Vereide * 1919–1922: Elias Faleide ( V) * 1923–1928: Jon A. Vereide * 1928–1941: Elias Faleide ( V) * 1942–1945: Martin R. Andenes ( NS) * 1945–1947: Elias Faleide ( V) * 1947–1956: Alf Gloppestad * 1956–1962: John Austrheim ( Sp) * 1962–1964: Elias Eimhjellen * 1965–1967: Johnny Bakke ( V) * 1968-1975: Ola M. Hestenes ( Sp) * 1976-1988: Olav Moritsgård ( Sp) * 1988-1999: Nils R. Sandal ( Sp) * 1999-2015: Anders Ryssdal ( Sp) * 2015-2023: Leidulf Gloppestad ( Sp) * 2023-present: Arnar Kvernevik ( Ap)

Geography

The municipality is located southern shores of the Nordfjorden. To the north is

Stad Municipality Stad is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality includes much of the northern shore of the Nordfjorden as well as the Stad peninsula. The administrative centre of the ...

, to the east is

, to the south is

Sunnfjord Municipality Sunnfjord is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Førde. Other villages in the municipality include Naustdal, Sande, ...

, and to the west is

Kinn Municipality Kinn is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020. It is in the traditional districts of Nordfjord and Sunnfjord. The municipality is the only non-contiguous municipality in Norway since the municipality of ...

and

Bremanger Municipality Bremanger is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village of Svelgen is the administrative centre of the municipality. Other villages include Bremanger, Berle, Davik, Isane, Kalvåg, Svelgen, Rugsund, and Ålfoten. Bremanger i ...

. There are two fjords that branch off the main fjord into Gloppen:

and

. Gloppen has a natural landscape with virtually unspoiled nature ranging from sea level up to high-alpine mountains of some height.

Snønipa Snønipa is a mountain in Vestland county, Norway. The tall mountain lies on the border of the municipalities of Sunnfjord and Gloppen. It forms a nunatak of the Myklebustbreen Myklebustbreen or Snønipbreen is the seventh largest glacier in ...

is the highest mountain in the municipality and is located at the

Myklebustbreen Myklebustbreen or Snønipbreen is the seventh largest glacier in mainland Norway. It is located in the municipalities of Nordfjord, Gloppen, and Stryn in Vestland county. Its highest point is located just below the nunatak Snønipa, with an al ...

glacier A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...

. The lakes

Breimsvatn Breimsvatn or Breimsvatnet is a lake in the municipalities of Gloppen and Sunnfjord in Vestland county, Norway. At , it is the largest lake in Gloppen (followed by the lake Emhjellevatnet). The European route E39 highway runs along the north ...

and

Emhjellevatnet Eimhjellevatnet or Emhjellevatnet (also known as ''Storfjorden'') is a lake in Hyen area of Gloppen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The lake is located in the western part of the municipality near the border with Kinn Municipality. Th ...

are, respectively, the first and second largest lakes in Gloppen. There are also some large

s such as

Ålfotbreen The Ålfotbreen glacier is located in Vestland county, Norway. The glacier is located on the border of three municipalities in the Nordfjord region: Bremanger, Kinn, and Gloppen. It is located west of the village of Hyen, south of the villag ...

Gjegnalundsbreen The Gjegnalundsbreen glacier is located in Vestland county, Norway. The glacier sits on the borders of the municipalities of Bremanger and Gloppen. The glacier sits on the eastern side of the tall mountain Blånibba, inside the Ålfotbreen ...

, and

. The river Gloppeelva runs from the lake Breimsvatnet to the Gloppefjorden.

Climate

Gloppen has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb in the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

), also known as a

marine west coast climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring co ...

. The wettest season is autumn and winter, with December as the wettest month. The driest season is April - August. The driest month May gets about a third of the average precipitation in December. The average date for the last overnight freeze (low below ) in spring is 27 April and average date for first freeze in autumn is 15 October giving a frost-free season of 170 days (1981-2010 average). In January 1987, Sandane recorded a low of ), and June 2020 recorded a high of ). In October 2005, Sandane recorded ), which was new October record for Vestland province. The Sandane weather station started recording in June 1957. There is also a weather station at Sandane Airport, showing similar temperatures. Up on the

glacier, partly in the municipality, precipitation is estimated to be around annually.

Gallery

Breimsvatnet.JPG,

lake Myklebustdalen-sanddal-fjordane.jpg, Myklebustdalen valley east of

Karnils tumulus - fjordview.jpg, Karnilshaugen from Gloppefjorden Gloppefjorden.JPG,

Economy

The dominant trades and industries in Gloppen are

agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

and farming. The municipal centre Sandane is also home to a college of secondary education and a branch of

Sogn og Fjordane University College Sogn and Fjordane University College (, HiSF) was a Norwegian state institution of higher education, in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. The college is now part of Høgskulen på Vestlandet. History The university college's campuses were loca ...

which specialized in music therapy (this school closed in 2005). The

Firda Upper Secondary School Firda Upper Secondary School () is a school located in the town of Sandane in the municipality of Gloppen in Vestland county, Norway. The highway passes just north of the school. The school features in the NRK series Lovleg. In 1927, Kaare Foste ...

is located in

Attractions

Karnilshaugen

Gloppen is the site of Karnils

tumulus A tumulus (: tumuli) is a mound of Soil, earth and Rock (geology), stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, mounds, howes, or in Siberia and Central Asia as ''kurgans'', and may be found through ...

burial mound () from the

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word ''haugr'' meaning mound or barrow. Karnilshaugen or ''Tinghaugen på Hauge'' is located on the Hauge farm west of

. Karnilshaugen is probably one of the ten largest mounds in

. The burial mound was built on top of Tinghaug, the site of a

Thing (assembly) A thing, also known as a folkmoot, assembly, tribal council, and Thing (assembly)#Etymology, by other names, was a governing assembly in early Germanic peoples, Germanic society, made up of the free people of the community presided over by a l ...

. Tinghaug was a place of public gathering, for cultural events and religious actions.Karnilshaugen på gården Hauge i Sandane, Gloppen, Norge (Solverv)
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Notable people

* Knut Gjengedal (1900 in Gloppen – 1973), a schoolteacher, novelist, short story writer, and children's writer. * John Austrheim (1912 in Gloppen – 1995), a farmer, politician, and mayor of Gloppen from 1955-1962 * Ola M. Hestenes (1919 in Gloppen – 2008), a politician and mayor of Gloppen from 1968-1976 * Nils R. Sandal (born 1950 in Breim), a politician and mayor of Gloppen from 1987–1999 *

Sigrid Moldestad Sigrid Terese Moldestad (born 19 July 1972, in Breim, Gloppen, Norway) is a Norwegian folk singer, musician, and instrumentalist who plays the fiddle as well as Hardanger fiddle. She performs solo or with Sigrid Moldestad and Band. She was also ...

(born 1972 in Breim), a folk singer, musician,

fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...

r, and instrumentalist * Anne-Pia Nygård (born 1977 in Sandane), a writer

Sport

Kjell Ove Hauge Kjell Ove Hauge (born 20 February 1969) is a retired Norwegian shot putter and discus thrower, turned educator, later Head teacher. As an athlete he represented Gloppen Athletics club. Since July 2013 Hauge is Principal at Kuben Upper Secondar ...

(born 1969 in Gloppen), a retired Norwegian shot putter and discus thrower *

Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (born 6 December 1971 in Nordfjordeid) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2012. A classical technique specialist, Hjelmeset's biggest success is the gold medal in the 50 km event at the ...

(born 1971 in Nordfjordeid), a former cross-country skier, bronze medallist in the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

, and team silver medallist at the

2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...

* Rune Bolseth (born 1980 in Gloppen), a retired Norwegian footballer with 430 club caps * Trude Raad (born 1990 in Breim), a deaf Norwegian track and field athlete

References

Other sources

External links

Municipal fact sheet
from

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Google Maps: GloppenOfficial travel guide to Gloppen and the Nordfjord region
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