Loen is a village in

Stryn Municipality 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 th ...

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 in the inner part of the

Nordfjord Nordfjord (—in contrast to Sunnfjord) is a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. Geography The region is located in the northern part of Vestland county in Western Norway. It centers on the Nordfjorden and it comprises Stad Muni ...

region, at the easternmost end of the Nordfjorden. Loen is located about north of the village of

Olden Olden may refer to: Places *Olden, Norway, a village in Stryn, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway *Olden, Missouri, an unincorporated community *Olden, Texas, a community in Eastland county, Texas, USA People *Andrew Olden, birth name of actor Andr ...

and about southeast of the municipal center 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 ...

. The lake

Lovatnet Lovatnet (also Loenvatnet) is a lake in the municipality of Stryn in Vestland county, Norway. It is located about southeast of the village of Loen and about east of the village of Olden. The lake lies just southwest of the mountain Skåla. ...

is located just to the southeast of the village of Loen. The Hotel Alexandra was established in Loen in 1884. The

Loen Skylift Loen Skylift is an aerial tramway in Loen, Norway, Loen in Stryn, Norway. The cable car climbs to the top of Mount Hoven, above the Nordfjord. The maximum speed is . With a gradient up to 60°, it is one of the steepest in the world. The average ...

was established in Loen in 2017. The historic

Loen Church Loen Church ( or ) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stryn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Loen, Norway, Loen. It is the church for the Loen parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti (deanery ...

is also located in the village.

History

Loen is the home to some of the oldest farms in Norway: ''Sæten'' (Setin), ''Tjugen'' (Tyfin), and ''Loen''. They were probably established long before the time of

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...

. Much of the upper Loen valley was devastated from two

rockfall A rockfall or rock-fallWhittow, John (1984). ''Dictionary of Physical Geography''. London: Penguin, 1984. . is a quantity of Rock (geology), rock that has fallen freely from a cliff face. The term is also used for collapse of rock from roof or wa ...

slides (one in 1905 and one in 1936) that created huge waves that swept with them most of the houses and vegetation. A total of 135 people were killed in these two incidents.

Attractions

Some nearby attractions include 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, ...

museum,

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 ...

, the mountain Skåla, the

Tindefjellbreen Tindefjellbreen is a glacier in the municipality of Stryn in Vestland county, Norway. The glacier lies about east of the mountain Skåla, roughly halfway between the villages of Bødalen and Erdalen. The glacier is in the mountains east of ...

glacier, and the

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 ...

waterfall. The

and Via Ferrata Loen is located in Loen.

Media gallery

File:Loen.JPG, View of Loen File:Loenvatnet 2.JPG, Lake Lovatnet File:Loen med Hotel Alexandra.jpg, Loen with Hotel Alexandra in the distance File:Loen church.jpg,

References

Villages in Vestland Stryn {{Vestland-geo-stub