Jøsenfjorden is a fjord in the municipality of Hjelmeland in

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...

county, Norway. The fjord is a branch off of the main Boknafjorden. The fjord has a length of and a width between . The Norwegian National Road 13 runs along the northern shore of the fjord. The innermost part of the fjord is where the river Førreåa empties into the fjord at small Førrebotn farm. The river Ulla empties into the fjord along the northern shoreline at the village of Jøsenfjorden and the river Vorma empties into the fjord along the southern shoreline of the fjord at the small farming village of Tøtlandsvik. The municipal centre of

Hjelmelandsvågen Hjelmelandsvågen is the administrative centre of Hjelmeland municipality, Norway. The village is located on the south side of the mouth of the Jøsenfjorden. The village has a population (2019) of 592 and a population density of . The Norwegia ...

lies at the southern side of the mouth of the fjord. Both sides of the fjord are steep and they rise almost vertically to heights of over above sea level. The geology of the Jøsenfjorden was thoroughly investigated and described by Professor

Bjørn G. Andersen Bjørn Grothaug Andersen (23 March 1924 in Norway, 1924, in Stavanger, Norway – 12 January 2012 in Norway, 2012, in Asker, Norway) was a Norwegians, Norwegian professor of Quaternary geology and glaciology who made foundational contributio ...

in his Master's thesis (1954) ”Om isens tilbaketrekking i området mellom Lysefjorden og Jøsenfjorden i Ryfylke” (On the glacial retreat in the area between the Lysefjorden and Jøsenfjorden in Ryfylke).

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Fjords of Rogaland Hjelmeland {{Rogaland-geo-stub

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