Sogndal

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Sogndal is a municipality in Norway. It is in Sogn og Fjordane county. It is on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Sogndalsfjøra (population 3,455 in 2012) is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality. Other villages include Kaupanger, Kjørnes, Fimreite, Nornes, and Fjærland. Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of Kaupanger.

In 1917, a farmer in Sogndal plowed up the Eggja stone, a gravestone with runic inscriptions important for the history of the Old Norse language.

The mayor, Stig Ove Ølmheim, is elected until late 2027.

Sogndal Media

• Loftesnesbrua in Sogndal, Norway

• Sogndal komm 2020.svg

  Coat of arms of Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway (effective 1 Jan 2020)

• Kaupanger stave church.jpg

  Kaupanger stave church.

• Sogndalsfjora 200712.jpg

  Sogndalsfjora

• Sognahallen.jpg

  Sognahallen

• Harald Ulrik Sverdrup.jpg

  Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, 1934

• Tone Damli Aaberge 2011.jpg

  Tone Damli Aaberge på Sluserock 2011 i Lunde Telemark

• Eirik Bakke, 2016.jpg

  Eirik Bakke.

Related pages

• List of mayors in Norway that are elected until 2027

Other websites

• Official Homepage of Sogndal (in Norwegian)