Flo is a small village in the municipality of

Stryn Stryn is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Counties of Norway, county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Nordfjord. The administrative center of the municipality is the vi ...

Vestland Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...

county,

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. It is located on the northern shore of the lake

Oppstrynsvatn Oppstrynsvatn (also known as ''Oppstrynsvatnet'', ''Strynevatnet'', or ''Strynevatn'') is a lake in the municipality of Stryn in Vestland county, Norway. It is located about east of the village of Stryn (village), Stryn (the administrative cent ...

, about east of the municipal center of

. Directly south across the lake is the

Jostedalsbreen nasjonalparksenter Jostedalsbreen National Park Center ( Norwegian: ''Jostedalsbreen nasjonalparksenter'') is a visitor center in the village of Oppstryn in the municipality of Stryn in Vestland county, Norway. The center is east of the villages of Loen and Olden, ...

, a visitor center for the nearby

Jostedalsbreen National Park Jostedalsbreen National Park () is a national park in Norway that encompasses the largest glacier on the European mainland, Jostedalsbreen. The park was established by royal decree on 25 October 1991, and then in 1998, it was enlarged to the nort ...

. Flo has become famous as the ancestral home of national and international

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s, all of whom are related: The brothers Kjell Rune Flo,

Jostein Flo Jostein Flo (born 3 October 1964) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a forward. Usually a centre-forward or striker, he was known for his physical playing style and aerial dominance, and was also capable of playing on the right ...

Tore André Flo Tore André Flo (born 15 June 1973) is a Norwegian professional football coach and a former striker who previously was the manager of 1. divisjon club Sogndal. He was capped 76 times, scoring 23 goals for Norway, and represented his country ...

and Jarle Flo, all of whom grew up in nearby

, as well as their cousin

Håvard Flo Håvard Flo (born 4 April 1970) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for Stryn and Sogndal, before he left Norway in 1994 and played for AGF, SV Werder Bremen and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He returned ...

who grew up in Flo. In addition Kjell Rune's son Ulrik Flo and Håvard's nephew

Per Egil Flo Per-Egil Hough Flo (born 18 January 1989) is a Norwegian association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Sogndal Fotball, Sogndal. He is the nephew of Håvard Flo and Cousin#First cousins once removed ...

have played for Sogndal Fotball in the Tippeligaen. Per Egil now plays for

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. All in all, seven members of the Flo family have played in Tippeligaen, and four (Jostein, Håvard, Tore André and Per Egil) have played for

's national team.

References

Villages in Vestland Stryn {{Vestland-geo-stub