Svelgen is the administrative centre of

Bremanger Municipality 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 i ...

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county,

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. The village is located at the eastern end of the

Nordgulen Nordgulen is a fjord in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is a branch off the main Gulen fjord. The length of the fjord is about . The river Svelgen is one of the primary inflows into the Nordgulen fjord. The village of Sve ...

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and at the mouth of the

Svelgselva Svelgen or Svelgselva is a river in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The river originates from the lake Hjelmevatnet, and empties into the Nordgulen fjord at the village of Svelgen. The river is regulated for exploitation of its ...

river. The

Bortne Tunnel The Bortne Tunnel ( no, Bortnetunnelen) is a road tunnel in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The long tunnel was built from 2010 to 2013 and was opened in the summer of 2013. The tunnel is part of Norwegian County Road 616 and ...

is located about north of the village, connecting it to the northern parts of the municipality. The village has a population (2018) of 1,207 and a

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of . Prior to 1912, the area had no name, other than calling it the end of the Nordgulen fjord or by some of the three local farms. In 1912, the village area was named Svelgen, after the nearby river Svelgselva. Since 1917, a large smelting plant in Svelgen has been a cornerstone business for the village. The plant is currently owned by

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Svelgen Chapel Svelgen Chapel ( no, Svelgen kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Svelgen, at the end of the Nordgulen fjord. It is one of the two churches for th ...

is the local church—part of the national Church of Norway.

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Villages in Vestland Bremanger {{Vestland-geo-stub