Knivsflå is one of a handful of historic mountain farms on the steep mountainsides along the

Geirangerfjorden The Geiranger Fjord ( no, Geirangerfjorden) is a fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located entirely in the Stranda Municipality. It is a branch off the Sunnylvsfjorden, which is a branch off the Storfjorden ...

. It is located in Stranda Municipality, Møre og Romsdal 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 ...

. Actually it was two farms sharing the location, and they have been inhabited since at least the 1600s. There is also a mountain pasture situated some above the fjord. It is reachable by a hardly visible footpath, starting from Knivsflå. The Knivsflå farm was abandoned in 1898 due to the danger of falling rocks. The farm is located to the north of the Seven Sisters waterfall, and directly across the fjord from the old Skageflå farm. Knivsflå lies approximately above 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, ...

. One can reach Knivsflå from the nearby village of Geiranger with help of the sight seeing boat (M/S ''Geirangerfjord'') that will take one to a spot below the farm, the walk up then takes 30–60 minutes. Also, ''Coastal Odyssey'', a sea kayaking company in Geiranger, runs guided kayaking trips to the farm with interpretation. ''Active Geiranger'' also does guided kayak trips to the farm as well as a water taxi that can take you to the trail.

The name

The first element is the genitive of ''kniv'' ('knife'), the last element is ''flå'' ('field in a mountain side'). The farm is named after a sharp mountain edge with the name ''Kniven'' ('the knife').

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Historic farms in Norway Farms in Møre og Romsdal Stranda Tourist attractions in Møre og Romsdal Former populated places in Møre og Romsdal {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub