Sørfjorden is a long

fjord In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Icela ...

that is one of the innermost branches of the main Hardangerfjorden. It is located in Ullensvang Municipality in

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, whe ...

county,

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. It is the longest arm that branches off of the Hardangerfjord. Sørfjorden stretches from just north of the village of Kinsarvik straight south to the industrial town of

Odda Odda () is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1913 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county. It was located in southeastern Hordaland c ...

. The Folgefonna

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and Folgefonna National Park are located just to the west of the fjord and the Hardangervidda mountain plateau lies to its east. Some of the notable villages that line the sides of the fjord include (north to south): Kinsarvik, Lofthus, Vikebygd,

Tyssedal Tyssedal is a village in Ullensvang municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the shore of the Sørfjorden about north of the town of Odda. Tyssedal is located in an environment in a valley between the fjord to the wes ...

Eitrheim Eitrheim is a village in Ullensvang municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The industrial village is located on a small peninsula near the southern shore of the Sørfjorden, just 3 kilometers (1.9mi) north of the town of Odda. Since 2003, ...

, and

. Norwegian National Road 13 follows the eastern shoreline of the fjord. All the villages along the fjord are filled with fruit farms and orchards, growing fruits like apples and cherries.

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File:Lofthus Norwegen.JPG, View of the fjord in the Lofthus area File:Lofthus1.jpg, Orchards overlooking the fjord File:Sørfjorden, 2011 August.jpg, Looking south along the fjord File:Sørfjorden Folgefonna.JPG, Looking east towards the Folgefonna glacier

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