Alversund is a village in Alver 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, where t ...

county,

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. The village is located on the mainland of the Lindås peninsula, along the shore of the

Alverstraumen Alverstraumen is a village in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the southern tip of the island of Radøy. The Alversund Bridge connects Alverstraumen to the village of Alversund across the Alverstraumen s ...

strait. The village sits between the villages of

(across the strait) and Alver (to the south), forming a large village area that is often referred to as Alversund. Alversund kyrkje A

The Alversund Bridge spans the

strait between Alversund and the village area of

located on the southern tip of the island of

Radøy Radøy is a former municipality in the Nordhordland district of the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1964 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into the new municipality of Alver in Vestland county. The mun ...

, creating a vital connection between Radøy and the mainland. In Alversund there is a primary school counting 400 pupils.

Alversund Church Alversund Church ( no, Alversund kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Alversund. It is one of the four churches for the Knarvik parish which is part ...

(''Alversund kyrkje'') dates from 1879 and it is located in the village, along the main road. It was built of wood and has 200 seats.''Alversund kirke'' (Lindås kommune, Bjørgvin bispedømme)
/ref> The village was historically the

administrative centre An administrative center 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 administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of the old municipality of Alversund which existed from 1885 until 1964. Among other things one will find ''Den Gamle Bokstova'', a book café where a small group of people meets 6-8 times a year to discuss literature. The building dates from the 16th century and is a former bank, library, and community house.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Alver farm (

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: ''Alviðra'') since the first church was built there. The meaning of the name is "all weather" (meaning "weather from all directions" - describing a farm with an exposed and unsheltered site). The last element is ''sund'' which means "

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" or "

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", referring to

strait.

Notable residents

* Ivar Medaas (1938–2005), folksinger and fiddle player * Hans Karolus Ommedal (1901–1984), politician for the

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* Nils Hjelmtveit (1892–1985), educator and politician for the Labour Party

References

Villages in Vestland Alver (municipality) {{Vestland-geo-stub