Sjøholt is a village in

Ålesund Municipality Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a list of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal counties of Norway, County, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centr ...

in Møre og Romsdal county,

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. The village is located along the northern shore of the Storfjorden, about east of the village of

Skodje Skodje (''pronunciation'': kɔʏəor køʏə is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre was the village of Skodje. The other main village in the municipality ...

. The village of Stordal is located about to the south, through several tunnels. Sjøholt is located roughly halfway between the towns of

Ålesund Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrativ ...

and Molde, along European route E39 and

European route E136 European route E 136 is a European highway located entirely in Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet counties in Norway. The highway begins in the town of Ålesund in Møre og Romsdal county on the west coast of Norway, and it goes east up through ...

. The village has a population (2018) of 1,472 and a

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of . The village is home to furniture, wood, and plastics industries. The regional high school and Ørskog Church are also located here. The newspaper '' Bygdebladet'' is published in Sjøholt.Hatlem, Bjørn Arild. 2015. Bygdebladet har fått ny redaktør. ''Sunnmøringen'' (January 14).
/ref> The village was the administrative centre of the old

Ørskog Municipality Ørskog is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre was the village of Sjøholt. The other main village was Vaksvika, about south of Sjøholt. The European Route E ...

until 2020.

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Villages in Møre og Romsdal Ålesund {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub