Stalheim is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the municipality
Voss
Voss () is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality and a Districts of Norway, traditional district in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages inclu ...
in
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,
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 of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The small village lies along the
European route E16 highway in the northeastern part of the municipality. The village sits at a high point in the inner part of the
Nærøydalen valley which leads northeastwards towards the
Nærøyfjorden. The highway runs through a series of tunnels to descend into the valley; in 2021 authorities said that the old road ''Stalheimskleivi'' will be closed for cars and buses forever; the road has
hairpin turns and 20% grade.
The
Stalheimsfossen
Stalheimsfossen is a waterfall located in the village of Stalheim in Voss Municipality in Vestland county, Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Nor ...
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 ...
is the most notable sight in the area. The view from Stalheim is well known from several paintings, in particular
Johan Christian Dahl's painting ''
Fra Stalheim'' from 1842.
''Sivlesteinen'', a memorial of the poet
Per Sivle, was raised by
Noregs Ungdomslag and other organizations at Stalheim in 1909.
History
In 1943
Lebensborn activity took over the use of
Stalheim Hotel.
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Media gallery
File:Dahl-Stalheim.jpg, Dahl's '' Fra Stalheim'' (1842)
File:Sivlesteinen-Stalheim.JPG, Per Sivle memorial stone at Stalheim
File:Stalheimskleiva.jpg, View of the old Stalheimskleiva road (with the hotel at the top)
File:Stalheim Hotel and Naerodalen Hardanger Fjord Norway.jpg, View of the Hotel, looking down into the Nærøydalen valley
References
Voss
Villages in Vestland
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