Skei (also known as ''Skei i Jølster'') is a village in Sunnfjord Municipality in

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county,

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. The village is located at the northeastern end of the lake Jølstravatnet. Skei is south of the village of Byrkjelo (in Gloppen Municipality), northeast of the villages of Vassenden/ Langhaugane, and about east of the village of Ålhus. Skei is located just west of Jostedalsbreen National Park. The village lies at the intersection of two major regional highways:

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and

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. The village of Helgheim, where the Helgheim Church is located, sits about west of Skei on the northern shore of the lake Jølstravatnet. The village has a population (2019) of 506 and a

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of . The village was the

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of the municipality of Jølster until its dissolution in 2020.

Notable residents

Asgeir Årdal Asgeir Mandelid Årdal (born 30 November 1983) is a Norwegian cross-country skier. He made his FIS Cross-Country World Cup debut in March 2005 in Drammen, Norway. He collected his first World Cup points with a 24th place finish in Drammen in Mar ...

(born 1983), a Norwegian

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* * Villages in Vestland Sunnfjord {{Vestland-geo-stub