Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was a county in western Norway, up to 1 January 2020 when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the county administration was in the village of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality. The largest town in the county was Førde. Although Sogn og Fjordane has some industry, predominantly hydroelectricity and aluminium, it is predominantly an

agricultural Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating Plant, plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of Sedentism, sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of Domestication, domesticated species created food ...

area. Sogn og Fjordane is also home to the

Urnes Stave Church Urnes Stave Church ( no, Urnes stavkyrkje) is a 12th-century stave church at Ornes, along the Lustrafjorden in the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway. The church sits on the eastern side of the fjord, directly across the fjord f ...

and the Nærøyfjord, which are both listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. The Western Norway University of Applied Sciences has campuses in Sogndal and Førde.

Name

The name ''Sogn og Fjordane'' was created in 1919; a literal translation is: ''Sogn and the fjords.'' The first element is the name of the region of Sogn, located in the southern part of the county. The last element is the plural definite form of ''fjord'', which refers to the two regions in the county called Nordfjord and

Sunnfjord Sunnfjord ( en, the southern fjord - in contrast to Nordfjord) is a traditional district in Western Norway located in Vestland county. It includes the municipalities of Askvoll, Fjaler, the southernmost parts of Kinn, Sunnfjord, and the souther ...

in the northern and central parts of the county. Prior to 1919, the name of the county was '' Nordre Bergenhus amt'' which meant ''"(the) northern (part of) Bergenhus amt"''. (The old

Bergenhus amt Bergenhus len was an administrative division of the Kingdom of Norway that existed from 1503 to 1662, with the Bergenhus Fortress in Bergen as its administrative center Norwegian administrative division. The ''len'' was changed to an ''amt'' (distr ...

, created in 1662, was divided into northern and southern halves in 1763.)

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Sogn og Fjordane was granted on 23 September 1983. The arms show the geographical layout of the county: three large blue fjords protruding into the white colored land. The three fjords represent the three regions of the county: Nordfjord (surrounding Nordfjorden),

(with Førdefjorden), and Sogn (surrounding Sognefjorden). Nearly all villages and towns are situated along one of these fjords and the name of the county is based on the fjords.

Written standard

Sogn og Fjordane is the only county in Norway in which all municipalities have declared Nynorsk to be their official

written form A writing system is a method of visually representing verbal communication, based on a script and a set of rules regulating its use. While both writing and speech are useful in conveying messages, writing differs in also being a reliable form ...

of the Norwegian language.

History

The county consisted of the two historic counties: ''Firdafylke'' (now the Fjordane region; Nordfjord-Sunnfjord) and ''Sygnafylke'' (now the Sogn region). These both were formed in the Middle Ages under the Gulating government. They were merged with ''Hordafylke'' (now Hordaland) and ''Sunnmørafylke'' (now

Sunnmøre Sunnmøre (, en, South- Møre) is the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. Its main city is Ålesund. The region comprises the municipalities ( no, kommuner) of Giske, Hareid, Herøy, Norddal ...

) to form the '' Bergenhus len'' in the late Middle Ages. The Bergenhus len was one of four ''len'' in Norway. It was administered from the

Bergenhus Fortress Bergenhus fortress ( no, Bergenhus festning) is a fortress located in Bergen, Norway. Located at the entrance of Bergen harbour, the castle is one of the oldest and best preserved stone fortifications in Norway. History The fortress contains ...

in the city of Bergen. :no:Sogn og Fjordane On 19 February 1662, a royal decree changed the name to ''Bergenhus amt''. The

region was moved to

Romsdalen amt Romsdalen is a valley in the western part of Norway. The long valley runs through Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county and Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county. It is the valley of the Rauma river, from Old Norse word ''Raumsdalr'' w ...

in 1689. Later, in 1763, the ''amt'' was divided in half creating: ''Nordre Bergenhus'' and ''Søndre Bergenhus'' (Northern and Southern Bergenhus). Later, on 1 January 1919, ''Nordre Bergenhus amt'' was renamed ''Sogn og Fjordane fylke'' during a period of time when many location names in Norway were changed. In 2017, the Norwegian government announced the merger of this county as well as Hordaland into a new county called Vestland.moderniseringsdepartementet, Kommunal- og (7 July 2017). "Regionreform" . Regjeringen.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018

Government

A county ''(fylke)'' is the chief local administrative area in Norway. The country is divided into 19 counties. A county is also an election area, with popular votes taking place every 4 years. The Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality was the government that oversaw the county. It was a group of 39 members who were elected to form a county council ''(Fylkesting)''. Heading the ''Fylkesting'' was the county mayor ''(fylkesordførar)''. The last county mayor for the Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality was Åshild Kjelsnes, the county mayor. She replaced

Nils R. Sandal Nils Reielson Sandal (born 9 June 1950 in Breim) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane during the term 1997–2001. On the local level, he se ...

, who was county mayor from 2003 until 2011. The county also had a County Governor ''(fylkesmann)'' who was the representative of the King and

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. Anne Karin Hamre was the last County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane. She replaced

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, who was county governor from 1994 until 2011. The municipalities of Sogn og Fjordane were divided among three district courts (''tingrett''): Sogn, Fjordane, and Nordhordland. Sogn og Fjordane was also part of the Gulating Court of Appeal district based in Bergen. * Sogn District Court: Aurland,

Balestrand Balestrand is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center was the village of Balestrand. Other villages in th ...

, Leikanger, Luster, Lærdal, Sogndal, Vik, and Årdal * Fjordane District Court: Askvoll,

Bremanger Bremanger is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village of Svelgen is the administrative centre of the municipality. Other villages include Bremanger, Berle, Davik, Isane, Kalvåg, Svelgen, Rugsund, and Ålfoten. Bremanger is the ...

Eid Eid as a name may refer to: Islamic holidays An Eid is a Muslim religious festival: * ''Eid Milad un Nabi'', alternate name for Mawlid (, "Birth of the Prophet"), the date of observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad * Eid al ...

, Fjaler, Flora, Førde, Gaular, Gloppen, Hornindal, Hyllestad, Høyanger, Jølster,

Naustdal Naustdal is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre was the village of Naustdal, which has 1,188 inhabitants (2017). Other villag ...

, Selje, Solund,

Stryn Stryn is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Stryn. The municipality is located along the innermost part of t ...

, and Vågsøy * Nordhordland District Court: Gulen (and the rest of the Nordhordland district of the county of Hordaland) All of the municipalities of Sogn og Fjordane except Gulen and Solund were part of the Sogn og Fjordane police district. Gulen and Solund were part of the Hordaland police district.

Geography

It is mainly a rural area with a scattered population. Sogn og Fjordane includes the largest glacier in mainland Norway, Jostedalsbreen, in the Breheimen mountain range, and the deepest lake,

Hornindalsvatnet Hornindalsvatnet is Norway's and Europe's deepest lake, and the world's twelfth deepest lake, officially measured to a depth of . Its surface is above sea level, which means that its bottom is below sea level. The village of Grodås lies at ...

. There are also many famous waterfalls located in the area.

Ramnefjellsfossen Ramnefjellsfossen (also known as: Utigardsfossen or Utigordsfossen) is unofficially listed as the third-highest waterfall in the world in several publications. On the other hand, The World Waterfall Database, a waterfall enthusiast website, which ...

(previously called Utigardfossen) is the tallest in Norway and third tallest in the world and Vettisfossen is one of Norway's highest waterfalls with a vertical drop of . Both are located in the Jotunheim mountains. Cruise ships visit Sogn og Fjordane all summer because of the unique vistas of high mountains and deep blue fjords. The famous Nærøyfjord is located in the south of the county. This is a UNESCO listed fjord area. There are several archipelagos, including Bulandet, Bremangerlandet and islands around Florø. The westernmost point in Norway proper is Holmebåen in Solund municipality. The island of Unst, part of

Shetland Islands Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the no ...

is around west of Holmebåen. The terrain changes quite rapidly with mostly smaller mountains on the coastline, gradually increasing to mountains reaching more than . Because of the steep rise in elevation and fjords cutting through the terrain, the amount of precipitation is very high. Low pressure systems come in from the west and meet the mountains (a phenomenon known as orographic lifting) and cause rain and snowfall.

Transport

Transport is made more difficult because of the fjords and the mountains. The fjords have to be crossed by ferries or rounded, often a large detour. There are four airports in the county, at Florø, Førde, Sandane and Sogndal. There is only one railway station, Flåm. The county contracts bus and boat companies for bus and boat routes in the county, under the new (2015) brand name Kringom.

Districts

The county is conventionally divided into three traditional districts. These are Sogn (in the south),

(in the centre), and Nordfjord (in the north). Sogn surrounds Sognefjorden from Solund on the offshore island of

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in the North Sea to the village of Skjolden in Luster along Lustrafjorden, a branch of the Sognefjord. The total length is . The middle district of Sunnfjord actually has two main fjords: Førdefjorden and Dalsfjorden. The northern district surrounds Nordfjorden.

Municipalities

In 1837, the counties were divided into local administrative units, each with their own governments. The number and borders of these municipalities have changed over time, and before the dissolution of the county, there were 26 municipalities in Sogn og Fjordane. Originally the municipalities were the same as the old

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parishes A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

. # Askvoll # Aurland # Årdal #

# Fjaler # Flora # Førde # Gaular # Gloppen # Gulen # Hornindal # Hyllestad # Høyanger # Jølster # Leikanger # Luster # Lærdal #

# Selje # Sogndal # Solund #

# Vik # Vågsøy

Cities

* Florø * Førde *

Måløy Måløy () is a town in the municipality of Kinn in Vestland county, Norway. Måløy is located on the southeastern side of the island of Vågsøy, about northeast of the village of Holvika and about south of the village of Raudeberg. The M� ...

Parishes

Arnafjord Nese (or ''Arnafjord'') is a village in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the shore of the inner part of the Arnafjorden in the eastern part of the municipality. This is the site of Arnafjord Church, where th ...

* Askrova * Askvoll * Aurland * Bakka * Balestrand (Tjugum) * Batalden * Berle *

Bjordal Bjordal is a village in Høyanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the Fuglsetfjorden, an arm that branches off the main Sognefjorden to the north. The village sits about west of the village of Ortnevik and a ...

* Borgund * Old Borgund * Breim *

Brekke Brekke is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The municipality has existed two separate times: from 1850 until 1861 and then again from 1905 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the northeastern part of ...

* Bremangerpollen * Bru (Svanø) * Bygstad (Svanø) * Bulandet * Bø * Dale i Fjaler * Dale i Luster * Davik *

Eikefjord Eikefjord is a former municipality in the Sunnfjord district in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1923 until 1964 when it joined Flora Municipality (now part of Kinn Municipality in Vestland county). The ...

* Ervik * Farnes * Feios (Rinde) * Fet * Fjaler (Ytre Holmedal) * Fjærland (Mundal) * Florø * Flåm * Folkestad * Fortun * Fresvik * Frøya * Førde * Gaular * Old Gaupne * Gaupne * Gimmestad * Old Gimmestad * Gjemmestad * Gloppen * Guddal * Gulen (Evindvik) *

Hafslo Hafslo is a Former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1963. It is located in the present-day Luster Municipal ...

* Hauge * Heggjabygda * Helgheim * Haukedalen * Hellevik * Hersvik * Hestad * Holmedal * Holsen * Hopperstad * Hornindal * Hove * Husøy (Husø) * Hyen * Hyllestad * Høyanger * Indre Holmedal, see Gaular * Innvik * Joranger * Jostedal * Jølster * Kaupanger * Kinn (Kinden) * Kirkebø, see Kyrkjebø * Kjølsdalen * Kvamsøy *

Kyrkjebø Kyrkjebø is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1858 until 1964 when it became part of the new municipality of Høyanger which still exists and is part of the new Vestland county ...

* Lavik * Leikanger * Leikanger (Leganger) i Selje * Ljosheim *

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* Luster (Lyster) * Lærdal * Midtgulen * Mjømna (Mjømen) * Mundal (Fjæreland) * Naustdal (Nøssedal) * Nedstryn * Nes * Nordal * Norddalsfjord * Nord-Vågsøy * Nordsida * Norum * Olden * Old Olden *

Oppstryn Oppstryn is a village in Stryn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southern shore of the large lake Oppstrynsvatnet. It is located about from the village of Ospeli and about south of the village of Flo (acro ...

Ortnevik Ortnevik is a village in Høyanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the south side of the Sognefjorden. The village is fairly isolated since there is only one road leading to it. Norwegian County Road 92 (Fv92 ...

* Randabygd * Rinde * Rugsund * Sandane * Sande * Selje * Sogndal * Solund (Sulen) *

Solvorn Solvorn is a village in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the Lustrafjorden, the innermost part of the Sognefjorden. The village sits directly across the fjord from the village of Orne ...

Stavang Stavang is a village in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland at the mouth of the Førdefjorden, where it empties into the Brufjorden, about straight southeast of the town of Florø. The islands ...

* Stedje *

Stongfjorden Stongfjorden is a village in Askvoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the head of the Stongfjord, about northeast of the village of Askvoll and about southwest of the village of Kvammen. The village is an ind ...

* Stryn (Innvik) * Stårheim * Sulen, see Solund * Svanøy *

Svelgen Svelgen is the administrative centre of Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the eastern end of the Nordgulen fjord and at the mouth of the Svelgselva river. The Bortne Tunnel is located about north of ...

* Sæle * Sør-VågsøySør-Vågsøy * Tjugum (Balestrand) * Totland * Tønjum * Undredal * Urnes * Utvik * Vangen * Vangsnes * Vassenden *

Veitastrond Veitastrond is a small village in the western part of the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway. It is located near the Jostedalsbreen glacier, and Jostedalsbreen National Park surrounds the village on three sides. Veitastrond is lo ...

* Vereid * Vereide * Vevring (Vefring) * Vik * Vik (Hopperstad, Hove) * Viksdalen * Vilnes * Værlandet * Ytre Holmedal, see Fjaler * Ølmheim * Øn * Ålfoten * Ålhus * Årdal

Villages

* Askvoll * Aurlandsvangen * Austreim * Bakka *

* Barekstadlandet *

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* Barmøya * Berle *

* Borgund * Brandsøy *

* Bruland * Brulandet * Bryggja * Bygstad * Byrkjelo *

Byrknes Byrknes is a fishing village in Gulen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the western shore of the island of Byrknesøyna. It is about southwest of the municipal center of Eivindvik, about west of the village of Da ...

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Dalsøyra Dalsøyra is a village in the municipality of Gulen in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the western coast of the mainland, along the Eidsfjorden, an arm of the Gulafjorden, about southeast of the municipal center of Eivindvik. ...

* Davik *

Degnepoll Degnepoll or Deknepollen is a neighborhood in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Deknepollen is located on the mainland and it is an eastern suburb of the town of Måløy (which is located on the island of Vågsøy), which it is connec ...

* Deknepollen * Dingja *

* Eimhjellen * Eivindvik * Egge * Ervik *

Espedal Espedal is a valley and hamlet in the municipality of Fjaler in Vestland county, Norway. It is located about southwest of the municipal center of Dale, and about southwest of the village of Flekke. The area is owned by the Espedal family. Es ...

* Feios * Fimreite * Fjærland * Flatraket * Flekke *

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* Flåm * Fortun * Fresvik *

Frønningen Frønningen is a village in Lærdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the far northwestern corner of the municipality, east of where the Aurlandsfjorden empties into the main Sognefjorden. Prior to 1992, this area was ...

* Gaupne * Gimmestad * Grodås * Grov * Guddal * Gudvangen *

* Hardbakke * Haukedalen * Heggjabygda * Helgheim * Helle * Hermansverk * Hersvikbygda * Hestad * Holvik * Holmedal * Holsen * Hopland * Hovden * Hyen * Hyllestad * Håvik * Høyanger * Indre Offerdal *

Indrevevring Indrevevring (also known as Vevring) is a village in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the Førdefjorden, about southeast of the village of Stavang (in Kinn Municipality) and abou ...

* Innvik * Instefjord * Isane * Jostedal * Kalvåg * Kandal * Kaupanger * Kjølsdalen * Kjørnes * Kolgrov *

Kvalheim Kvalheim is a coastal village with large agricultural areas in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the western side of the island of Vågsøy, about west of the large village of Raudeberg. The neighboring villa ...

Kvammen Kvammen is a small village located on the south side of the Førdefjorden in Askvoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located about north of the village of Dale and about northeast of the municipal center of Askvoll. The town of ...

* Kvamsøy *

* Langenes * Langhaugane * Lavik * Leikanger * Leikanger * Leirvik *

* Losnegard * Lote * Luster * Lærdalsøyri * Midtgulen *

Mjømna Mjømna is a village in Gulen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the island of Mjømna. The village the largest settlement on the island. Mjømna Church is located in the village, serving t ...

* Mogrenda * Myrdal *

* Nedstryn * Nes * Nese * Norane * Norddalsfjord * Nordfjordeid * Nornes * Nordsida * Nyttingnes * Olden *

* Ornes *

Randabygda Randabygda or Hopland is a village in Stryn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the Nordfjorden on a rather steep sloping area along the fjord. The village lies about east of the village of ...

* Raudeberg * Re * Reed *

Refvik Refvik or Refvika is a village in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the north side of the island of Vågsøy, about northwest of the village of Raudeberg, south of Vedvika, and southwest of Langenes. The village of ...

* Rognaldsvåg * Roset * Rugsund * Rutledal * Rygg * Sandane * Sande * Seimsdalen * Selje * Silda * Skei * Skjolden * Skorpa * Sogndalsfjøra *

Steinhovden Steinhovden is a village with 119 inhabitants in the municipality of Kinn in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the Høydalsfjorden, about southeast of the village of Nyttingnes and about west of the village of Eikefjord. Th ...

* Straume *

* Stårheim * Svanøya *

Sørbøvågen Sørbøvågen is a village in Hyllestad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the northern shore of the Hyllestadfjorden. It is located about northwest of the village of Hyllestad, the administrative centre of t ...

* Sørstranda *

Systrond Hermansverk is the administrative centre of Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village serves as the seat of the County Governor of Vestland county. Prior to 2020, the village served as the administrative centre of both the mun ...

* Tennebø * Totland * Tjugum * Tønjum * Undredal * Urnes * Utvik * Vadheim * Vangsnes * Vassenden *

Vedvik Vedvik or Vedvika is a village in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the north side of the island of Vågsøy, about northeast of the village of Refvika, west of Langenes, and about north of Raudeberg. The ...

* Vereide * Vik * Vikøyri * Vågsvåg *

Ytre Oppedal Ytre Oppedal is a village and ferry terminal in Gulen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It lies on the shores of the Oppedalsvika inlet along the south side of the Sognefjorden, east of where the Risnefjorden empties into the Sognefjor ...

* Øvre Årdal * Ålfoten * Ålhus * Årdalstangen

Former Municipalities

* Borgund * Breim *

* Bru * Davik *

* Florø *

* Innvik * Jostedal * Kinn *

* Lavik *

Lavik og Brekke Lavik og Brekke is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. It is in the present-day municipalities of Gulen and Høyanger in Vestland county. It was part of the traditional district of Sogn. The municipality ...

* Nord-Vågsøy * Sør-Vågsøy * Vevring

Gallery

File:Myklebustdalen-sanddal-fjordane.jpg, Myklebustdalen valley east of Byrkjelo File:Stadt Hoddevik.jpg, The village of Hoddevik on the Stad peninsula in Selje File:Laerdalsoyri03.jpg, Some old houses in Lærdalsøyri, Lærdal File:Norway Aurland Laerdal.jpg, View from Aurland File:Aurlandsfjord in August 2019 168.jpg, Aurlandsfjord in August 2019

References

External links

County web site

NRK County encyclopedia

Firda – Sogn og Fjordane's largest newspaper

forum.firda.no – Sogn og Fjordane's largest discussion group
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