Svortland or Bremnes is the

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Bømlo Bømlo is a municipality in the southwestern part of Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Svortland. Other villages in Bømlo inclu ...

municipality in

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...

county,

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. The village is located in the north-central part of the island of

, about west of the village of

Rubbestadneset Rubbestadneset is a village in Bømlo municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on a peninsula on the eastern side of the island of Bømlo (island), Bømlo, about east of the municipal centre of Svortland. The Stokksundet ...

. The village surrounds the lake ''Storavatnet''. The

Norwegian County Road 542 County Road 542 ( no, Fylkesvei 542) is a long county road in Vestland county, Norway. The road is located in Stord Municipality and Bømlo Municipality. It connects the islands of Bømlo to the island of Føyno in Stord via part of the Triangl ...

runs through the village. The village has a population (2019) of 2,932 and a

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of . In addition to municipal services, Svortland is also the location of

Bremnes Church Bremnes Church ( no, Bremnes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bømlo Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Svortland on the island of Bømlo. It is the church for the Bremnes parish which is ...

, an elementary school, a medical centre, a community centre, and many stores and businesses. The village was historically named ''Bremnes'' after the local church. There was also a local farm in Bremnes called ''Sortland'', which was also used to refer to the area. In the 1990s, the municipal council officially named the urban area ''Svortland''.

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Villages in Vestland Bømlo {{Vestland-geo-stub