Rekefjord is a harbour village in the municipality of

Sokndal Sokndal is the southernmost List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Dalane. The administrative centre of the municipality is the vil ...

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county,

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. The village is located around the Rekefjorden, about west of the municipal centre of Hauge i Dalane. The village of Sogndalsstranda lies about southeast of Rekefjord. The Lille Presteskjær Lighthouse is located at the mouth of the fjord, just south of the village. A railway line was constructed in the 1860s for bringing ore from the Blåfjell Mines to Rekefjord for shipment. The railway has since closed and today it is a pedestrian and bicycle path.

History

The villages of Sogndalsstranda and Rekestad are located near each other and together, they were granted ''ladested'' rights in 1798. Together this ladested was called ''Sogndal'' (historically spelled ''"Soggendahl"''). This status gave them a monopoly on import and export of goods and materials in the port and in the surrounding district. On 1 January 1838, all of Norway was divided up into municipalities according to the

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 ladested of Sogndal was put into the municipality of

. In 1845, the ladested was separated from Sokndal became a municipality of its own called Sogndal ladested. Initially, Sogndal ladested had a population of 348 while Sokndal municipality had a population of 2,819. On 1 July 1944, Sogndal was reunited with Sokndal municipality, losing its small seaport status. Prior to the merger Sogndal had a population of 311.

References

{{authority control Villages in Rogaland Sokndal