Syvde (or ''Myklebost'') is a village in

Vanylven Municipality Vanylven is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre is the village of Fiskå, Møre og Romsdal, Fi ...

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county,

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. The village is located at the end of the Syvdsfjorden about east of the municipal center of Fiskå and south of the village of Rovdane. The village had a population (2012) of 393 and a

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of . Since 2012, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by

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History

The village was the

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for the old

Syvde Municipality Syvde is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1918 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Vanylven Municipality in the Traditional distri ...

which existed from 1918 until 1964 when it was merged into

. The main church for the Syvde area is Syvde Church, located in Myklebost, right along the fjord. The village was historically known as ''Myklebost'', but due to being the centre of the old

, it has become popularly known as ''Syvde'', which is now the common name for the village area.

referred to the area as ''Myklebost'' until 2012 when it no longer qualified as an urban settlement.

References

{{Authority control Vanylven Villages in Møre og Romsdal