Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

in western

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 t ...

, when it was merged to become part of

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. 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 Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ...

, the county administration was in the village of

Hermansverk 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 ...

in Leikanger municipality. The largest town in the county was Førde. Although Sogn og Fjordane has some industry, predominantly

hydroelectricity Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other Renewabl ...

and

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, it is predominantly an

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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

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s. The

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences Western Norway University of Applied Sciences () or HVL is a Norwegian public institution of higher education, established in January 2017 through the merging of formerly independent colleges across five campuses: Bergen, Førde, Haugesund, Sog ...

has campuses in

Sogndal Sogndal is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Hermansverk is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality. Other villages i ...

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 Sogn is a traditional district in Western Norway ''(Vestlandet)''. It is located in the county of Vestland, surrounding the Sognefjord, the largest/longest fjord in Norway. The district of Sogn consists of the municipalities of Aurland, Balestra ...

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

'' which meant ''"(the) northern (part of) Bergenhus

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"''. (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 The coat of arms of Sogn og Fjordane is an official symbol of Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The coat of arms features the geographical layout of the county. The three blue peaks on a silver background symbolize the three fjords of the county: ...

was granted on 23 September 1983. The arms show the geographical layout of the county: three large blue

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, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...

s protruding into the white colored land. The three fjords represent the three regions of the county: Nordfjord (surrounding Nordfjorden),

(with Førdefjorden), and

(surrounding

Sognefjorden The Sognefjord or Sognefjorden (, en, Sogn Fjord), nicknamed the King of the Fjords ( no, Fjordenes konge), is the largest and deepest fjord in Norway. Located in Vestland county in Western Norway, it stretches inland from the ocean to the smal ...

). 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 A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

have declared

Nynorsk Nynorsk () () is one of the two written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language ( no, Landsmål) parallel to the Dano-Nor ...

to be their official

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of the

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History

The county consisted of the two historic counties: ''Firdafylke'' (now the Fjordane region; Nordfjord-Sunnfjord) and ''Sygnafylke'' (now the

region). These both were formed in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

under the Gulating government. They were merged with ''Hordafylke'' (now

) 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 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 ...

'' 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 Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

. :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

into a new county called

.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

. 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 A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries. Ireland The county councils created under British rule in 1899 continue to exist in Irela ...

''(Fylkesting)''. Heading the ''Fylkesting'' was the county mayor ''(fylkesordførar)''. The last county mayor for the Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality was

Åshild Kjelsnes Åshild is a Norwegian female given name from Old Norse Áshildr (''áss'' = god, ''hildr'' = battle). Persons with the given name Åshild *Åshild Anmarkrud (born 1939), Norwegian politician *Åshild Breie Nyhus (born 1975), Norwegian musician ...

, 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

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and

Government of Norway The politics of Norway take place in the framework of a parliamentary, representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the Council of State, the cabinet, led by the prime minister of Norway. Legislative power i ...

Anne Karin Hamre Anne Karin Hamre (born 1965) is a Norwegian politician and civil servant. She served as the County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it w ...

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

Oddvar Flæte Oddvar Johannes Flæte (born 31 March 1944) is a Norwegian politician and civil servant. He was born in Leikanger and grew up in Årdal, and graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration with a ''siviløkonom'' degr ...

, who was county governor from 1994 until 2011. The municipalities of Sogn og Fjordane were divided among three district courts (''tingrett''):

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

, and Nordhordland. Sogn og Fjordane was also part of the

Gulating Court of Appeal The Gulating Court of Appeal ( no, Gulating lagmannsrett) is one of six Court of appeal (Norway), courts of appeal in the Norway, Kingdom of Norway. The Court is located in the city of Bergen (city), Bergen. The court has jurisdiction over the cou ...

district based in

. * Sogn District Court:

Aurland Aurland () is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located on the south side of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Aurlandsvangen. Other villages include Bakka, ...

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,

Vik Vik (Old Norse: vík) means wick or bay in Norwegian and Swedish (''vig'' in Danish), and it may refer to the following: Places Iceland *Vík í Mýrdal, a village in southern Iceland Iran *Vik, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran Norway *V ...

, and Årdal * Fjordane District Court:

Askvoll is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre is the village of Askvoll. Other villages in the municipality include Holmedal, Kvammen, and Stongfjorden. The m ...

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, Fjaler,

Flora Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''. E ...

, Førde,

Gaular Gaular is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre was the village of Sande. Other villages in the municipality included Bygstad, Hestad, and V ...

, Gloppen,

Hornindal Hornindal is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It existed from 1867 until 1965 and then again from 1977 until 2020. It was located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The administrative centre of the munici ...

, 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 village ...

, 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 Vågsøy is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality's administrative center was the town Måløy. Other population centers in Vågsøy included ...

* Nordhordland District Court:

Gulen is a municipality in the southwestern part of Vestland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Eivindvik. Other villages in Gulen include Brekke, Byrknes, ...

(and the rest of the Nordhordland district of the county of

) 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 A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...

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

waterfall A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several wa ...

s 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 Vettisfossen is one of Norway's tallest waterfalls, and the 284th tallest in the world. It is located in the Jotunheimen mountain range inside the Utladalen Landscape Protection Area in Årdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The waterfall ...

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 Bremangerlandet is an island in Bremanger Municipality in the traditional district of Nordfjord in Vestland county, Norway. The island is one of the largest islands in the county. The highest point on the island is the tall mountain Svartevasse ...

and islands around Florø. The westernmost point in Norway proper is

Holmebåen Holmebåen is a point on the tiny island of Steinsøy in an archipelago of small islands northwest of the Utvær islands in the municipality of Solund in Vestland county, Norway. It lies about west of the municipal center of Hardbakke. Holmebåe ...

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

s cutting through the terrain, the amount of

precipitation In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravitational pull from clouds. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, ice pellets, graupel and hail. ...

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 is a town and the administrative centre of the municipality of Kinn, Vestland, Norway. The town was founded by royal decree in 1860 as a ladested on the island of Florelandet, located between the Botnafjorden and Solheimsfjorden. Florø is No ...

, Førde, Sandane and

. There is only one railway station,

Flåm Flåm is a village in the Flåmsdalen valley which is located at the inner end of the Aurlandsfjorden, a branch of Sognefjorden. The village is located in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. In 2014 its inhabitants numbered 350. ...

. 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

(in the south),

(in the centre), and Nordfjord (in the north). Sogn surrounds

from Solund on the offshore island of Sula in the

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to the village of

Skjolden Skjolden is a village in the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Lustrafjorden, a branch of the Sognefjorden. Skjolden is located at the innermost point of the Sognefjorden, Norway's longest fjord, ...

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

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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. #

# Årdal #

# Eid # Fjaler #

# Førde #

# Gloppen #

# Hyllestad # Høyanger # Jølster # Leikanger # Luster # Lærdal #

# Selje #

# Solund #

Cities

* 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 Askrova is an island in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located along the Brufjorden, near the mouth of the Førdefjorden, about northwest of the island of Svanøya. Askrova sits about southwest of the town of Florø and ab ...

* Aurland * Bakka * Balestrand (Tjugum) * Batalden *

Berle Berle is a village on the west coast of Norway. It is located on the eastern coast of Bremangerlandet island in the municipality of Bremanger in Vestland county. The village lies along the Berlepollen fjord, a small inlet off the Frøysjøen s ...

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 Davik is a former municipality in the traditional district of Nordfjord in the old Sogn og Fjordane county (now Vestland), Norway. The former municipality existed from 1838 until 1964 and it encompassed all the lands surrounding the outer part ...

* Eid *

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) *

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* Fjaler (Ytre Holmedal) * Fjærland (Mundal) *

* Folkestad * Fortun *

Fresvik Fresvik is a village in the municipality of Vik in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the Sognefjorden, just west of where the Aurlandsfjorden joins the Sognefjorden. Fresvik sits about south of Leikanger-Hermansver ...

* Frøya * Førde * Gaular * Old Gaupne *

Gaupne Gaupne is the administrative center of the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the Gaupnefjorden, an arm of the Lustrafjorden, about north of the village of Hafslo. The village of Veitastrond is lo ...

* Gimmestad * Old Gimmestad * Gjemmestad * Gloppen *

Guddal Guddal is a village in Fjaler Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located about southeast of the village of Flekke, in the Guddalen valley. The village of Vadheim (in Høyanger Municipality) lies about to the southeast of G ...

* 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 Heggjabygda is a village in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the northern shore of the large lake Hornindalsvatnet. The village of Mogrenda lies about to the west. Heggjabygda Church is located in the v ...

* Helgheim * Haukedalen * Hellevik * Hersvik * Hestad * Holmedal *

Holsen Holsen is a village in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the eastern end of the lake Holsavatnet, along County Road 13. The town of Førde lies about to the west, and the village of Haukedalen Haukeda ...

* Hopperstad Stave Church, Hopperstad * Hornindal Church, Hornindal * Hove Church, Hove * Husøy Church (Solund), Husøy (Husø) * Hyen Church, Hyen * Hyllestad Church, Hyllestad * Høyanger Church, Høyanger * Indre Holmedal, see Gaular * Innvik Church, Innvik * Joranger Church, Joranger * Jostedal Church, Jostedal * Jølster * Kaupanger Stave Church, Kaupanger * Kinn Church, Kinn (Kinden) * Kirkebø, see Kyrkjebø * Kjølsdalen Church, Kjølsdalen * Kvamsøy Church, Kvamsøy * Kyrkjebø Church, Kyrkjebø * Lavik Church, Lavik * Leikanger Church, Leikanger * Leikanger Church (Selje), Leikanger (Leganger) i Selje * Ljosheim Chapel, Ljosheim * Loen Church, Loen * Luster (Lyster) * Lærdal * Midtgulen Church, Midtgulen * Mjømna Church, Mjømna (Mjømen) * Mundal (Fjæreland) * Naustdal Church, Naustdal (Nøssedal) * Nedstryn Church, Nedstryn * Nes Church (Sogn og Fjordane), Nes * Nordal Church, Nordal * Norddalsfjord * Nord-Vågsøy Church, Nord-Vågsøy * Nordsida Church, Nordsida * Norum * Nærøy * Olden Church, Olden * Old Olden Church, Old Olden * Oppstryn Church, Oppstryn * Ortnevik Church, Ortnevik * Randabygd Church, Randabygd * Rinde * Rugsund Church, Rugsund * Sandane Church, Sandane * Sande Church (Gaular), Sande * Selje Church, Selje * Sogndal * Solund Church, Solund (Sulen) * Solvorn Church, Solvorn * Stavang Church, Stavang * Stedje Church, Stedje * Stongfjorden Chapel, Stongfjorden * Stryn (Innvik) * Stårheim Church, Stårheim * Sulen, see Solund * Svanøy * Svelgen Chapel, Svelgen * Sæle Church, Sæle * Sør-Vågsøy Church, Sør-VågsøySør-Vågsøy * Tjugum Church, Tjugum (Balestrand) * Totland Church, Totland * Tønjum Church, Tønjum * Undredal Stave Church, Undredal * Urnes Stave Church, Urnes * Utvik Church, Utvik * Vangen Church (Aurland), Vangen * Vangsnes Church, Vangsnes * Vassenden Church, Vassenden * Veitastrond Chapel, Veitastrond * Vereid * Vereide Church, Vereide * Vevring Church, Vevring (Vefring) * Vik * Vik Church, Vik (Hopperstad, Hove) * Viksdalen Church, Viksdalen * Vilnes * Værlandet Chapel, Værlandet * Ytre Holmedal, see Fjaler * Ølmheim Church, Ølmheim * Øn Church, Øn * Ålfoten Church, Ålfoten * Ålhus Church, Ålhus * Årdal Church (Sogn og Fjordane), Årdal

Villages

* Nese, Norway, Arnafjord * Askvoll (village), Askvoll * Aurlandsvangen * Austreim * Bakka, Sogn og Fjordane, Bakka * Balestrand (village), Balestrand * Hovden, Sogn og Fjordane, Barekstadlandet * Barmøya, Barmen * Barmøya * Berle * Bjordal * Borgund, Sogn og Fjordane, Borgund * Brandsøy * Brekke (village), Brekke * Bremanger (village), Bremanger * Bruland * Svanøya, Brulandet * Bryggja * Bygstad * Byrkjelo * Byrknes * Dale, Sogn og Fjordane, Dale * Dalsøyra * Davik (village), Davik * Degnepoll * Degnepoll, Deknepollen * Dingja * Eikefjord * Eimhjellen * Eivindvik * Egge, Sogn og Fjordane, Egge * Ervik, Sogn og Fjordane, Ervik * Espedal * Feios * Fimreite * Fjærland * Flatraket * Flekke * Flo, Norway, Flo *

* Fortun (village), Fortun * Fresvik * Frønningen * Gaupne * Sørstranda, Sogn og Fjordane, Gimmestad * Grodås * Grov, Sogn og Fjordane, Grov * Guddal * Gudvangen * Hafslo (village), Hafslo * Hardbakke * Haukedalen * Heggjabygda * Helgheim * Helle, Sogn og Fjordane, Helle *

* Hersvikbygda * Hestad, Sogn og Fjordane, Hestad * Holvik, Vågsøy, Holvik * Holmedal * Holsen * Randabygda, Hopland * Hovden, Sogn og Fjordane, Hovden * Straume, Sogn og Fjordane, Hyen * Hyllestad (village), Hyllestad * Håvik * Høyanger (village), Høyanger * Indre Offerdal * Indrevevring * Innvik (village), Innvik * Instefjord * Isane * Jostedal * Kalvåg * Kandal, Norway, Kandal * Kaupanger * Kjølsdalen * Kjørnes * Kolgrov * Kvalheim * Kvammen * Kvamsøy, Sogn og Fjordane, Kvamsøy * Kyrkjebø (village), Kyrkjebø * Langenes, Sogn og Fjordane, Langenes * Langhaugane * Lavik (village), Lavik * Hermansverk, Leikanger * Leikanger, Selje, Leikanger * Leirvik, Sogn og Fjordane, Leirvik * Loen, Norway, Loen * Losnegard * Lote, Norway, Lote * Luster (village), Luster * Lærdalsøyri * Midtgulen * Mjømna * Mogrenda * Myrdal Station, Myrdal * Naustdal (village), Naustdal * Nedstryn * Nes, Sogn og Fjordane, Nes * Nese, Norway, Nese * Nornes, Norway, Norane * Norddalsfjord * Nordfjordeid * Nornes, Norway, Nornes * Roset, Sogn og Fjordane, Nordsida * Nyttingnes * Olden, Norway, Olden * Oppstryn * Ornes, Sogn og Fjordane, Ornes * Ortnevik * Randabygda * Raudeberg * Re, Sogn og Fjordane, Re * Re, Sogn og Fjordane, Reed * Refvik * Rognaldsvåg * Roset, Sogn og Fjordane, Roset * Rugsund * Rutledal * Sørstranda, Sogn og Fjordane, Rygg * Sandane * Sande, Sogn og Fjordane, Sande * Seimsdalen * Selje * Silda, Sogn og Fjordane, Silda * Skei, Sogn og Fjordane, Skei *

* Skorpa, Sogn og Fjordane, Skorpa * Sogndalsfjøra * Solvorn * Stavang * Steinhovden * Stongfjorden * Straume, Sogn og Fjordane, Straume * Stryn (village), Stryn * Stårheim * Svanøya * Svelgen * Sørbøvågen * Sørstranda, Sogn og Fjordane, Sørstranda * Hermansverk, Systrond * Tennebø * Totland, Sogn og Fjordane, Totland * Tjugum * Tønjum * Undredal * Ornes, Sogn og Fjordane, Urnes * Utvik * Vadheim * Vangsnes * Vassenden * Vedvik * Veitastrond * Vereide * Vik, Gaular, Vik * Vikøyri * Vågsvåg * Ytre Oppedal * Øvre Årdal * Ålfoten * Ålhus * Årdalstangen

Former Municipalities

* Borgund, Sogn og Fjordane, Borgund * Breim * Brekke * Bru, Sogn og Fjordane, Bru * Davik * Eikefjord *

* Hafslo * Innvik * Jostedal * Kinn * Kyrkjebø * Lavik * Lavik og Brekke * 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), Stad peninsula in Selje File:Laerdalsoyri03.jpg, Some old houses in Lærdalsøyri, Lærdal File:Norway Aurland Laerdal.jpg, View from

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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