Frønningen is a village in
Lærdal Municipality in
Vestland
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county,
Norway
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. It is located in the far northwestern corner of the municipality, east of where the
Aurlandsfjorden
Aurlandsfjord (, ) is a fjord in Vestland county, Norway. The fjord flows through the municipalities of Aurland, Vik, and Lærdal. The long fjord is a branch off of the main Sognefjorden, Norway's longest fjord. The fjord is deep and narrow ...
empties into the main
Sognefjorden
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. Prior to 1992, this area was a part of the old
Leikanger Municipality
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, but on 1 January 1992 it was transferred to Lærdal Municipality. Frønningen only had 17 inhabitants in 2001, and there is no outside road connection. The only access to Frønningen is by a ferry that goes between the three villages of
Kaupanger
Kaupanger is a village situated along the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the municipality of Sogndal in Vestland county, Norway. It sits along the Norwegian National Road 5, about southeast of the municipal centre of Sogndalsfjøra and a ...
, Frønningen, and
Gudvangen
Gudvangen is a village in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is a popular tourist destination and is located at the end of the Nærøyfjord where the Nærøydalselvi river empties into the fjord. The European route E16 highway ...
.
Local painters such as
Knut Rumohr have become nationally known, and today Frønningen has a gallery with his art.
History
Frønningen is the site of ''Frønningen-godset'', an historic manor. It was sold in 1651 to a cleric from Bergen
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By May 20 ...
, the magister Peder Nilssøn Lem, whose mother owned large forests and farms in the neighboring area. He then further extended his properties in the area. His great-grandson Hans Sørensen Lem was the first of the family who moved here and actually lived on Frønningen, when he moved here about 1740. The estate was owned by the Lem family until 1889, when it was taken over by Bjarnhard Rumohr, who was a relative of the last Lem.[
Frønningen has since belonged to the Rumohr family and it currently covers about of forest. The main building is a large white painted wooden building that is one and a half storeys, built in 1901 by landowner Bjarnhard Rumohr. The house has an H-shaped floor plan. The building is located right on the bay, with a terraced garden down to the fjord.][
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References
External links
Frønningen-godset website
Villages in Vestland
Lærdal
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