Gursken or Haugsbygda is a village in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Sande in Møre og Romsdal county in the western part of

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 village is situated on a narrow strip of relatively flat land along the Gursken fjord on the west side of the island of

Gurskøya Gurskøya is an island in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is shared by the municipalities of Sande and Herøy. The villages of Gursken, Larsnes, and Moldtustranda are located on the island. The southern part of the island was ...

. Gursken Church is located in the village. Neighboring villages are Gjerde (to the north) and

Larsnes Larsnes is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sande in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the southwest side of the island of Gurskøya, about east of the island of Kvamsøya, southwest of the village of Gursk ...

(to the south). The former Norwegian football player

Jan Åge Fjørtoft Jan Åge Fjørtoft (born 10 January 1967) is a Norwegian former professional footballer. A powerful centre forward with goalscoring ability, he played professionally in Norway, Austria, England and Germany. He appeared in 71 international matche ...

hails from Gursken. The village has a population (2018) of 259 and a

population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ...

of .

Economy

Myklebust Verft is the largest employer in the village. There is a primary school in the village called Gursken Oppvekstsenter. A grocery store is located nearby at the end of the

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, Förden and East Jutland Fjorde, Germany, ...

References

Villages in Møre og Romsdal Sunnmøre Sande, Møre og Romsdal {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub