Sogn og Fjordane (; literally "Parish and the Fjords") was a

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in western

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, from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged to become part of

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. Bordering previous counties

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

Oppland Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The ...

Buskerud Buskerud () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Innlandet, Vestland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardanger ...

, 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 ...

, the county administration was in the village of

Hermansverk Hermansverk is the administrative centre of Sogndal Municipality in Vestland County, Norway. The village serves as the seat of the County Governor of Vestland County. Before 2020, the village served as the administrative centre of both the munic ...

in Leikanger municipality. The largest town in the county was

Førde Førde is a former municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center was the town of Førde which in 2016 had 10,255 inhabitants. Other villages in Før ...

. Although Sogn og Fjordane has some industry, predominantly

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and

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, it is predominantly an

agricultural 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 f ...

area. Sogn og Fjordane is also home to the Urnes Stave Church and the Nærøyfjord, which are both listed by

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s. The

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has campuses in Sogndalsfjøra and

Name

The name ''Sogn og Fjordane'' was created in 1919; a literal translation is: ''Sogn and the fjords.'' The first element is the name of the region of

Sogn Sogn is a traditional district in Western Norway (''Vestlandet''). It is located in the county of Vestland, surrounding the Sognefjord, the largest/longest fjord in Norway. The district of Sogn consists of the municipalities of Aurland, Balestra ...

, located in the southern part of the county. The last element is the plural definite form of ''fjord'', which refers to the two regions in the county called

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 ...

and

Sunnfjord Sunnfjord ( - in contrast to Nordfjord) is a traditional district in Western Norway located in Vestland county. It includes the municipalities of Askvoll, Fjaler, the southernmost parts of Kinn, Sunnfjord, and the southernmost parts of Brem ...

in the northern and central parts of the county. Prior to 1919, the name of the county was '' Nordre Bergenhus amt'' which meant ''"(the) northern (part of) Bergenhus amt"''. (The old Bergenhus amt, created in 1662, was divided into northern and southern halves in 1763.)

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Sogn og Fjordane was granted on 23 September 1983. The arms show the geographical layout of the county: three large blue

fjord In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; ) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the n ...

s protruding into the white colored land. The three fjords represent the three regions of the county:

(surrounding Nordfjorden),

(with Førdefjorden), and

(surrounding

Sognefjorden The Sognefjord or Sognefjorden (, ), nicknamed the King of the Fjords (), is the longest and deepest fjord in Norway. Located in Vestland county in Western Norway, it stretches inland from the ocean to the small village of Skjolden in the muni ...

). Nearly all villages and towns are situated along one of these fjords and the name of the county is based on the fjords.

Written standard

Sogn og Fjordane is the only county in Norway in which all

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have declared

Nynorsk Nynorsk (; ) is one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language (''Landsmål''), parallel to the Da ...

to be their official written form of the

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History

The county consisted of the two historic counties: ''Firdafylke'' (now the Fjordane region; Nordfjord-Sunnfjord) and ''Sygnafylke'' (now the

region). These both were formed in the

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under the

Gulating Gulating () was one of the four ancient popular assemblies or things (') of medieval Norway. Historically, it was the site of court and assembly for most of Western Norway, and assembled at Gulen. It functioned as a judicial and legislative bo ...

government. They were merged with ''Hordafylke'' (now

) and ''Sunnmørafylke'' (now

Sunnmøre Sunnmøre (, ) is the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. Its main city is Ålesund. The region comprises the municipalities () of Fjord, Giske, Hareid, Herøy, Sande, Haram, Stranda Mu ...

) to form the '' Bergenhus len'' in the late Middle Ages. The Bergenhus len was one of four ''len'' in Norway. It was administered from the Bergenhus Fortress in the city of

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

. :no:Sogn og Fjordane On 19 February 1662, a royal decree changed the name to ''Bergenhus amt''. The

region was moved to Romsdalen amt in 1689. Later, in 1763, the ''amt'' was divided in half creating: ''Nordre Bergenhus'' and ''Søndre Bergenhus'' (Northern and Southern Bergenhus). Later, on 1 January 1919, ''Nordre Bergenhus amt'' was renamed ''Sogn og Fjordane fylke'' during a period of time when many location names in Norway were changed. In 2017, the Norwegian government announced the merger of this county as well as

into a new county called

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Government

A county ''(fylke)'' is the chief local administrative area in

. The country is divided into 19 counties. A county is also an election area, with popular votes taking place every 4 years. The Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality was the government that oversaw the county. It was a group of 39 members who were elected to form a

county council A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries. Australia In the Australian state of New South Wales, county councils are special purpose ...

''(Fylkesting)''. Heading the ''Fylkesting'' was the county mayor ''(fylkesordførar)''. The last county mayor for the Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality was Åshild Kjelsnes, the county mayor. She replaced Nils R. Sandal, who was county mayor from 2003 until 2011. The county also had a County Governor ''(fylkesmann)'' who was the representative of the

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and

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. Anne Karin Hamre was the last County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane. She replaced Oddvar Flæte, who was county governor from 1994 until 2011. The municipalities of Sogn og Fjordane were divided among three district courts (''tingrett''):

Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; literally "Parish and the Fjords") was a 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 Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud ...

, and

Nordhordland Nordhordland is a traditional district in the western part of Norway. The district consists of the northern portion of the old Hordaland county (now in Vestland county), north of the city of Bergen. It includes the municipalities Alver, Aus ...

. Sogn og Fjordane was also part of the

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district based in

. * Sogn District Court:

Aurland Aurland () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Counties of Norway, county of Vestland, Norway. It is located on the south side of the Sognefjorden in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sogn. The administrativ ...

Balestrand Balestrand is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center was the village of Balestrand. Other villages i ...

, Leikanger, Luster, Lærdal,

Sogndal Sogndal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sogn. The village of Hermansv ...

, Vik, and

Årdal Årdal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Årdalsfjorden in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sogn. The village of Årdalstangen is ...

* Fjordane District Court: Askvoll, Bremanger, Eid, Fjaler,

Flora Flora (: floras or florae) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous (ecology), indigenous) native plant, native plants. The corresponding term for animals is ''fauna'', and for f ...

Gaular Gaular is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It was located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre was the villa ...

Gloppen Gloppen is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Counties of Norway, county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Nordfjord. Gloppen is generally subdivided into three areas: Hyen ...

, Hornindal,

Hyllestad Hyllestad is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Counties of Norway, county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the Hyllestad (village), vi ...

, Høyanger,

Jølster Jølster is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It was located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre was the vil ...

Naustdal Naustdal is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It was located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre wa ...

, Selje,

Solund Solund is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Counties of Norway, county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sogn. Solund is the westernmost island municipality in Norway. Hol ...

Stryn Stryn is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Counties of Norway, county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Nordfjord. The administrative center of the municipality is the vi ...

, and Vågsøy * Nordhordland District Court: Gulen (and the rest of the

district of the county of

) All of the municipalities of Sogn og Fjordane except Gulen and Solund were part of the Sogn og Fjordane

police district Police district is a form of division of a geographical area patrolled by a police force. The 1885 ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' stated: Police forces using this format include: * Chicago Police Department * Baltimore Police Department * York Regi ...

. Gulen and Solund were part of the Hordaland police district.

Geography

It is mainly a rural area with a scattered population. Sogn og Fjordane includes the largest

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 ...

in mainland Norway,

Jostedalsbreen Jostedal Glacier or is the largest glacier in continental Europe. It is in Vestland county in Western Norway. Jostedalsbreen lies in the municipalities of Luster, Sogndal, Sunnfjord, and Stryn. The highest peak in the area is Lodalskåpa a ...

, in the

Breheimen Breheimen is a mountain range in the Innlandet and Vestland counties in Norway. The area lies west of the Jotunheimen mountain range. The mountain range lies to the northwest of the Sognefjellsvegen road, north of the Sognefjorden, south of the ...

mountain range, and the deepest lake,

Hornindalsvatnet Hornindalsvatnet is Norway's and Europe's deepest lake, and the world's fourteenth deepest lake, officially measured to a depth of . Its surface lies above sea level, which means that its bottom is below sea level. The village of Grodås li ...

. There are also many famous

waterfall A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in seve ...

s located in the area. Ramnefjellsfossen (previously called Utigardfossen) is the tallest in Norway and third tallest in the world and Vettisfossen is one of Norway's highest waterfalls with a vertical drop of . Both are located in the Jotunheim mountains. Cruise ships visit Sogn og Fjordane all summer because of the unique vistas of high mountains and deep blue fjords. The famous Nærøyfjord is located in the south of the county. This is a UNESCO listed fjord area. There are several archipelagos, including Bulandet, Bremangerlandet and islands around Florø. The westernmost point in Norway proper is

Holmebåen Holmebåen is a point on the tiny island of Steinsøy in an archipelago of small islands northwest of the Utvær islands in the municipality of Solund in Vestland county, Norway. It lies about west of the municipal center of Hardbakke. Holmeb� ...

in Solund municipality. The island of

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, part of

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is around west of Holmebåen. The terrain changes quite rapidly with mostly smaller mountains on the coastline, gradually increasing to mountains reaching more than . Because of the steep rise in elevation and

s cutting through the terrain, the amount of

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is very high. Low pressure systems come in from the west and meet the mountains (a phenomenon known as

orographic lift Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over rising terrain. As the air mass gains altitude it quickly cools down adiabatically, which can raise the relative humidity to 100% and cr ...

ing) and cause rain and snowfall.

Transport

Transport is made more difficult because of the fjords and the mountains. The fjords have to be crossed by ferries or rounded, often a large detour. There are four airports in the county, at Florø,

, Sandane and

. There is only one railway station,

Flåm Flåm () is a village in the Flåmsdalen valley which is located at the inner end of the Aurlandsfjorden, a branch of Sognefjorden. The village is located in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. In 2014 its inhabitants numbered 350. ...

. The county contracts bus and boat companies for bus and boat routes in the county, under the new (2015) brand name Kringom.

Districts

The county is conventionally divided into three traditional districts. These are

(in the south),

(in the centre), and

(in the north). Sogn surrounds

from

Solund Municipality Solund is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. Solund is the westernmost island municipality in Norway. Holmebåen on the island of Steinsøy is the westernmost point in all of Nor ...

on the offshore island of Sula in the

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to the village of Skjolden in Luster Municipality along

Lustrafjorden The Sognefjord or Sognefjorden (, ), nicknamed the King of the Fjords (), is the list of Norwegian fjords, longest and deepest fjord in Norway. Located in Vestland county in Western Norway, it stretches inland from the ocean to the small village ...

, a branch of the Sognefjord. The total length is . The middle district of Sunnfjord actually has two main fjords: Førdefjorden and Dalsfjorden. The northern district surrounds Nordfjorden.

Municipalities

In 1837, the counties were divided into local administrative units, each with their own governments. The number and borders of these

have changed over time, and before the dissolution of the county, there were 26 municipalities in Sogn og Fjordane. Originally the municipalities were the same as the old

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parishes A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

. #

Askvoll Municipality is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre is the Askvoll (village), village of Askv ...

# Aurland Municipality # Årdal Municipality # Balestrand Municipality #

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 ...

# Eid Municipality # Fjaler Municipality # Flora Municipality #

Førde Municipality Førde is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the Counties of Norway, county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It was located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center was t ...

# Gaular Municipality #

Gloppen Municipality Gloppen is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. Gloppen is generally subdivided into three areas: Hyen in the west, Gloppen in the center, and Breim in the east. Each of the ...

Gulen Municipality is a municipality in the western part of Vestland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Eivindvik. Other villages in Gulen include Brekke, Byrknes, D ...

# Hornindal Municipality # Hyllestad Municipality #

Høyanger Municipality Høyanger () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Høyanger (villa ...

# Jølster Municipality # Leikanger Municipality # Luster Municipality # Lærdal Municipality # Naustdal Municipality # Selje Municipality #

Sogndal Municipality Sogndal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sogn. The village of Hermansv ...

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 ...

# Vik Municipality #

Vågsøy Municipality Vågsøy is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane counties of Norway, county, Norway. It was located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality's administr ...

Cities

* Florø *

Måløy Måløy () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in the List of municipalities of Norway, municipality of Kinn in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the southeastern side of the Vågsøy (island), island of Vågsøy, about northea ...

Parishes

Arnafjord Nese (or ''Arnafjord'') is a village in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the shore of the inner part of the Arnafjorden in the eastern part of the municipality. This is the site of Arnafjord Church, where ...

* Askrova * Askvoll * Aurland * Bakka * Balestrand (Tjugum) * Batalden * Berle *

Bjordal Bjordal is a village in Høyanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the Fuglsetfjorden, an arm that branches off the main Sognefjorden to the north. The village sits about west of the village of Ortnevik and ab ...

* Borgund * Old Borgund *

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 ...

* Brekke * Bremanger * Bremangerpollen * Bru (Svanø) * Bygstad (Svanø) * Bulandet * Bø * Dale i Fjaler * Dale i Luster * Davik * Eid * Eikefjord * Ervik * Farnes * Feios (Rinde) *

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* Fjaler (Ytre Holmedal) * Fjærland (Mundal) * Florø *

* Folkestad * Fortun *

Fresvik Fresvik is a village in the municipality of Vik in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the Sognefjorden, just west of where the Aurlandsfjorden joins the Sognefjorden. Fresvik sits about south of Leikanger- Herma ...

* Frøya *

* Gaular * Old Gaupne * Gaupne * Gimmestad * Old Gimmestad * Gjemmestad * Gloppen * Guddal * Gulen (Evindvik) * Hafslo * Hauge *

Heggjabygda Heggjabygda is a village in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the northern shore of the large lake Hornindalsvatnet. The village of Mogrenda lies about to the west. Heggjabygda Church is located in the ...

Helgheim Helgheim is a village in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the lake Jølstravatnet, about west of the municipal centre of Skei. The village lies along the European route E39 ...

* Haukedalen * Hellevik * Hersvik * Hestad * Holmedal * Holsen * Hopperstad * Hornindal *

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* Husøy (Husø) * Hyen *

* Høyanger * Indre Holmedal, see Gaular * Innvik * Joranger * Jostedal * Jølster * Kaupanger * Kinn (Kinden) * Kirkebø, see Kyrkjebø * Kjølsdalen * Kvamsøy * Kyrkjebø * Lavik * Leikanger * Leikanger (Leganger) i Selje * Ljosheim * Loen * Luster (Lyster) * Lærdal * Midtgulen * Mjømna (Mjømen) * Mundal (Fjæreland) * Naustdal (Nøssedal) * Nedstryn * Nes * Nordal * Norddalsfjord * Nord-Vågsøy * Nordsida * Norum *

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* Old Olden *

Oppstryn Oppstryn is a village in Stryn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southern shore of the large lake Oppstrynsvatnet. It is located about from the village of Ospeli and about south of the village of Flo (acr ...

* Ortnevik * Randabygd * Rinde * Rugsund * Sandane * Sande * Selje * Sogndal * Solund (Sulen) * Solvorn * Stavang * Stedje * Stongfjorden * Stryn (Innvik) * Stårheim * Sulen, see Solund * Svanøy * Svelgen * Sæle *

Sør-Vågsøy Sør-Vågsøy is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1910 until 1964 and it encompassed the southern part of the Vågsøy ...

Sør-Vågsøy * Tjugum (Balestrand) * Totland * Tønjum * Undredal * Urnes * Utvik * Vangen * Vangsnes *

Vassenden Vassenden is a village in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located along the river Jølstra on the western shore of the lake Jølstravatnet, and about north of the lake Holsavatnet. The village has a population (2019 ...

* Veitastrond * Vereid * Vereide * Vevring (Vefring) * Vik * Vik (Hopperstad, Hove) * Viksdalen * Vilnes * Værlandet * Ytre Holmedal, see Fjaler * Ølmheim * Øn * Ålfoten *

Ålhus Ålhus is a small village in the municipality of Sunnfjord in Vestland county, Norway. It is located along the European route E39 highway on the northern side of the lake Jølstravatnet, in a largely agricultural area. Ålhus is located about ...

Villages

* Askvoll * Aurlandsvangen * Austreim * Bakka *

* Barekstadlandet *

Barmen Barmen is a former industrial metropolis of the region of Bergisches Land, Germany, which merged with four other towns in 1929 to form the city of Wuppertal. Barmen, together with the neighbouring town of Elberfeld founded the first electric ...

* Barmøya * Berle *

* Borgund * Brandsøy * Brekke * Bremanger * Bruland * Brulandet *

Bryggja Bryggja is a village in southwestern part of Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the mainland, along the northern shore of the Nordfjorden (Sogn og Fjordane), Nordfjorden. The village is located about east of the urb ...

Bygstad Bygstad is a village in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the Dalsfjorden, about northwest of the innermost part of the fjord. The municipal center, Sande, is about to the sout ...

* Byrkjelo * Byrknes * Dale * Dalsøyra * Davik * Degnepoll * Deknepollen * Dingja * Eikefjord * Eimhjellen * Eivindvik * Egge * Ervik * Espedal * Feios *

Fimreite Fimreite is a small village in the municipality of Sogndal in Vestland county, Norway. The village sits on the south side of the mouth of the Sogndalsfjorden, where it empties into the main Sognefjorden. It is located near the end of a penin ...

* Fjærland * Flatraket *

Flekke Flekke is a village in the municipality of Fjaler in Vestland, Norway. Flekke is located about south of the municipal center of Dale. The village is situated at the end of the Flekkefjorden, an arm of the Dalsfjorden. The village of Guddal ...

* Flo *

* Fortun *

* Frønningen * Gaupne * Gimmestad *

Grodås Grodås is a village in Volda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the river Horndøla on the eastern end of the lake Hornindalsvatnet, about southwest of the mountain Hornindalsrokken. The village sit ...

* Grov * Guddal * Gudvangen * Hafslo *

Hardbakke Hardbakke () is the administrative centre of the municipality of Solund in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the west side of the island of Sula, just across the strait from the island of Steinsundøyna. Hardbakke is located a ...

* Haukedalen *

* Helle *

Hersvikbygda Hersvikbygda is a village in Solund Municipality in Vestland county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island ...

* Hestad * Holvik * Holmedal * Holsen * Hopland * Hovden * Hyen *

* Håvik * Høyanger * Indre Offerdal *

Indrevevring Indrevevring (also known as Vevring) is a village in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the Førdefjorden, about southeast of the village of Stavang (in Kinn Municipality) and abo ...

* Innvik * Instefjord * Isane * Jostedal * Kalvåg * Kandal * Kaupanger * Kjølsdalen * Kjørnes *

Kolgrov Kolgrov is a village in Solund Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the western coast of the island of Ytre Sula, and it is one of the largest population centres on the island. The village sits about directly southw ...

* Kvalheim * Kvammen * Kvamsøy * Kyrkjebø * Langenes * Langhaugane * Lavik * Leikanger * Leikanger * Leirvik * Loen *

Losnegard Losnegard is a very small village in the municipality of Solund in Vestland county, Norway. Constituting the easternmost point of the municipality, it is located near the mouth of the Sognefjorden river, about northeast of the municipal center of ...

* Lote * Luster * Lærdalsøyri * Midtgulen * Mjømna *

Mogrenda Mogrenda is a village in the municipality of Stad in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the western end of the lake Hornindalsvatnet along the river Eidselva. It is about east of the village of Nordfjordeid, about north of the v ...

* Myrdal *

* Nedstryn * Nes *

Nese Nese may refer to: * Nese, Italy, a village in northern Italy * Nese, Norway, a village in south-western Norway * Nese language, an Oceanic language or dialect spoken in Vanuatu * Tony Nese, American professional wrestler See also * Neşe, ...

* Norane * Norddalsfjord *

Nordfjordeid Nordfjordeid is the administrative centre of the municipality of Stad, Norway, Stad in Vestland county, western Norway. It is located at the end of the Eidsfjorden, an arm of the main Nordfjorden (Sogn og Fjordane), Nordfjorden, west of the large ...

* Nornes * Nordsida * Nyttingnes *

* Ornes * Ortnevik * Randabygda * Raudeberg * Re * Reed * Refvik * Rognaldsvåg * Roset * Rugsund * Rutledal * Rygg * Sandane * Sande * Seimsdalen * Selje * Silda * Skei * Skjolden * Skorpa * Sogndalsfjøra * Solvorn * Stavang * Steinhovden * Stongfjorden * Straume *

* Stårheim * Svanøya * Svelgen * Sørbøvågen * Sørstranda * Systrond * Tennebø * Totland * Tjugum * Tønjum * Undredal * Urnes * Utvik *

Vadheim Vadheim is a village in the municipality of Høyanger in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the north shore of the Sognefjorden, along the small Vadheimsfjorden branch. The European route E39 highway runs through the village. It is locat ...

* Vangsnes *

* Vedvik * Veitastrond * Vereide * Vik *

Vikøyri Vikøyri is the administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the ...

Vågsvåg Vågsvåg is a village in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the island of Vågsøy (island), Vågsøy along the Vågsfjorden, a part of the main Nordfjorden (Sogn og Fjordane), Nordfjorden. The ...

* Ytre Oppedal *

Øvre Årdal Øvre Årdal is a village in Årdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is the larger of the two primary villages in Årdal. The village is situated at the northern end of the long lake Årdalsvatnet, with the village of Årdalstangen at ...

* Ålfoten *

Årdalstangen Årdalstangen is the administrative centre of Årdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is one of the two main population centers in the municipality, along with the village of Øvre Årdal. The village has a population (2019 ...

Former Municipalities

* Borgund *

* Brekke * Bru * Davik * Eikefjord * Florø * Hafslo * Innvik * Jostedal *

Kinn 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 ...

* Kyrkjebø * Lavik * Lavik og Brekke * Nord-Vågsøy *

* Vevring

Gallery

File:Myklebustdalen-sanddal-fjordane.jpg, Myklebustdalen valley east of Byrkjelo File:Stadt Hoddevik.jpg, The village of Hoddevik on the Stad peninsula in Selje File:Laerdalsoyri03.jpg, Some old houses in Lærdalsøyri, Lærdal File:Norway Aurland Laerdal.jpg, View from

File:Aurlandsfjord in August 2019 168.jpg, Aurlandsfjord in August 2019

References

External links

County web site

NRK County encyclopedia

Firda – Sogn og Fjordane's largest newspaper

forum.firda.no – Sogn og Fjordane's largest discussion group
{{Authority control Former counties of Norway History of Vestland 2020 disestablishments in Norway 1763 establishments in Norway