Vangsnes is a village located in the municipality of Vik in

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county,

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. It's located on a relatively flat and fertile peninsula that juts out on the south side of the

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 ...

, roughly at the midpoint of the fjord which is Norway's longest. The village of

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 ...

lies about to the northwest (across the fjord) and the villages of

Leikanger Leikanger () 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 Hermansverk, which also was th ...

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 ...

lie about straight east (also across the fjord). Vangsnes Church is located in the village. The village sits along

Norwegian National Road 13 National Road 13 (, ) is a national road which runs from the town of Stavanger in Rogaland county to the village of Sogndalsfjøra in Vestland county. The route is long and runs south–north through Rogaland and Vestland counties, following ...

and it is connected with Hella in

municipality and Dragsvik in

municipality, both on the north side of Sognefjorden, through a ferry system operated by

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Statue

Vangsnes is best known as the site of the statue of Fridtjof, who was the king of Ringerike and

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 ...

according to '' Friðþjófs saga hins frœkna'' (Fridtjof's Saga). The statue was commissioned by Kaiser

Wilhelm II Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until Abdication of Wilhelm II, his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as th ...

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. It is high and is situated on a high platform. The statue was sculpted by German sculptor Max Unger (1854-1918). It was transported to Vangsnes in 15 sections and erected during February 1913.Fridtjof-statuen, Historical/cultural sites (norway.com)
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References

External links

Map of VangsnesFjord1
{{authority control Villages in Vestland Vik, Sogn