Skjeggedal is a small village in the municipality of
Ullensvang
Ullensvang is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre is the Odda (town), town of Odda. Some o ...
in
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,
Norway
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. The village lies on the northern shore of the lake Vetlevatnet, about northeast of the village of
Tyssedal
Tyssedal is a village in Ullensvang municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the shore of the Sørfjorden about north of the town of Odda. Tyssedal is located in an environment in a valley between the fjord to the wes ...
and about northwest of the
town of Odda. The village is mostly made up of
holiday cottage
A holiday cottage, holiday home, vacation home, or vacation property is accommodation used for holiday vacations, corporate travel, and temporary housing often for less than 30 days. Such properties are typically small homes, such as cottage ...
s and a large hydroelectric power station near the large
Ringedals Dam on the lake
Ringedalsvatnet
Ringedalsvatnet is a lake in Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The lake sits just east of the village of Skjeggedal and about east (up the valley) from the village of Tyssedal, which sits on the shore of the Sørfjorden. ...
.
Media gallery
Skjeggedal kraftstasjon.jpg, Skjeggedal power station
Ventilhus Schultstunnel Ringedalsdammen.jpg, Ventilhus Schultstunnel Ringedalsdammen
Odda Skjeggedal - NB MS G4 0060.jpg, Skjeggedal (c. 1900)
Mågelibanen.JPG, Mågeli railway leading up the mountain
Ringedalsdammen, Skjeggedal, Norway.jpg, Ringedals Dam at Skjeggedal
References
Villages in Vestland
Ullensvang
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