The Granvin Fjord ( no, Granvinsfjorden) is an arm of the

Hardanger Fjord The Hardangerfjord ( en, Hardanger Fjord) is the fifth longest fjord in the world, and the second longest fjord in Norway. It is located in Vestland county in the Hardanger region. The fjord stretches from the Atlantic Ocean into the mountain ...

in the municipalities of

Granvin Granvin is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it merged with Voss Municipality. The municipality was located in the traditional district of Hardanger. ...

and

Ullensvang Ullensvang is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre is the town of Odda. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Lofthus, Utne, Vikebygd ...

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 Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

. The fjord is about long and its width is mostly less than . It has its inlet at the part of the Hardanger Fjord known as the Inner Samla Fjord ( no, Indre Samlafjorden) between two small peninsulas: ''Furenes'' by the village of Tjoflot on the east side and ''Håstabbenes'' on the west side. From there, the fjord runs in a northeast direction to the village of

at the head of the fjord. The fjord has steep sides and is bordered by mountains up to high.

Norwegian National Road 7 Norwegian National Road 7 ( no, Riksvei 7, ) is a national road in Norway which runs from the town of Hønefoss in Viken county to the village of Granvin in Vestland county. The route is long and runs east–west through Viken and Vestland c ...

runs along the entire west side of the fjord. It passes through the village of Kvanndal, about into the fjord, where there is a ferry connection across the Hardanger Fjord to

Utne Utne is a village in Ullensvang municipality in the Hardanger region of Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern end of the Folgefonn Peninsula, at the confluence In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs ...

and

Kinsarvik Kinsarvik is a village in the municipality of Ullensvang in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the end of a small bay at the confluence of the Sørfjorden and the Eid Fjord, where they join to form the main branch of the Hardan ...

. The village of Folkedal lies further into the fjord, just before the Folkedal Tunnel. On the east side, across the fjord from Folkedal, is the village of Hamre. There are no significant settlements between these two villages and the head of the fjord.

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