Øystese is a village in the municipality of
Kvam 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, where t ...
county,
Norway
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. It is located along the
Hardangerfjord about east of the municipal centre of
Norheimsund.
Norwegian County Road 7
County Road 7 ( no, Fylkesvei 7) is a road in Vestland county, Norway. The road runs from Trengereid in the municipality of Bergen to Kollanes in the municipality of Voss.
The route branches off from European route E16 and passes through the Tr ...
passes through the village.
The village had a population (2012) of 1,881; giving the village a
population density
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of .
It is now considered part of the
Norheimsund urban area, so separate village statistics are no longer tracked.
The village is an industry centre for the municipality. It is a leading producer of
lumber
Lumber is wood that has been processed into dimensional lumber, including beams and planks or boards, a stage in the process of wood production. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, wi ...
and there are also several furniture factories. The furniture design and manufacturing company
Arthur Soltvedt Møbelfabrikk
Arthur Soltvedt Møbelfabrikk, also known as Pega Furniture, was a Norwegian family business established in 1942. It was one of the first Norwegian furniture manufacturers with a focus on serial production and one of the major participators in Nor ...
, also known as Pega Furniture, was first founded in Øystese in 1942. There is a dairy and cheese factory in Øystese. The factory used to produce
gammalost
Gamalost (also Gammelost, Gammalost) is a traditional Norwegian cheese.
History
Gamalost, which translates as old cheese, was once a staple of the Norwegian diet. The name might be due to the texture of the surface, or the fact that it is an ol ...
cheese until 1990 when the production of that particular kind of cheese was moved to a different factory in
Vikøyri
Vikøyri is the administrative center of the municipality of Vik in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the mouth of the Vikja river on the south shore of the Sognefjorden, roughly near the midpoint of Norway's longest fjord. The ...
.
The
Øystese Church
Øystese Church ( no, Øystese kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvam Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Øystese. It is the church for the Øystese parish which is part of the Hardanger og ...
from 1868 is located in the village center. There is also a primary school and a secondary school located in Øystese.
See also
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Arthur Soltvedt Møbelfabrikk
Arthur Soltvedt Møbelfabrikk, also known as Pega Furniture, was a Norwegian family business established in 1942. It was one of the first Norwegian furniture manufacturers with a focus on serial production and one of the major participators in Nor ...
— A furniture company first founded in Øystese during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
.
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Notable residents of Kvam
References
External links
Øystese.noCider Festival
Villages in Vestland
Kvam
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