Sogndalsfjøra
Sogndalsfjøra or Sogndal is a large village in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located where the river Sogndalselvi runs out in the Sogndalsfjorden, a branch of the large Sognefjorden. The village is located about 3.5 km northwest of the village of Kjørnes, about 10 km northwest of the village of Kaupanger, and about 31 km southeast of the village of Fjærland.
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The village sits at the intersection of Norwegian National Road 5 and Norwegian County Road 55. The 2.11 km2 village has a population (2025) of and a population density of 2121 PD/km2. Home to the association football team Sogndal Fotball. The team is in the Norwegian Premier League, Tippeligaen and plays at the Fosshaugane Campus. The area is home to major tourism industries, along with sawmills, lumber production, and a slaughterhouse. The Lerum Konserves, the largest Norwegian producer of juice and jam, is located here. Also the home of the regional police station for inner Sogn. Stedje Church is located in the village. The village has also an active academic environment and is home to one of the five campuses of the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and Western Norway Research Institute.
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Key facts
• Official Name — Sogndalsfjøra Sogndal • Settlement Type — Village • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Norway • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Western Norway • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — Vestland • Subdivision Type3 — District • Subdivision Name3 — Sogn • Subdivision Type4 — Municipality • Subdivision Name4 — Sogndal Municipality • Timezone1 — CET • Utc Offset1 — +01:00 • Timezone1 Dst — CEST • Utc Offset1 Dst — +02:00 • Area Total Km2 — 2.11 • Population As Of — 2025 • Population Total — 4475 • Population Density Km2 — 2121 • Postal Code Type — Post Code • Postal Code — 6856 Sogndal • Elevation M — 5 • Illustration — Sogndalsfjøra. View of the village in April 2007
History
History
The bridge in the village was replaced in 2018 after the old structure from 1954 showed signs of ageing. This village was the administrative center of Sogndal Municipality until 2020 when the municipality was enlarged and the administrative centre was moved to Leikanger-Hermansverk.
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- 1.yr.no. Sogndalsfjøra, Sogndal.
- 2.Kartverket. Informasjon om stadnamn: Sogndalsfjøra. Norgeskart.
- 3.Kartverket. Informasjon om stadnamn. Norgeskart.
- 4.Statistisk sentralbyrå. Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 2025-10-27.
- 5.Cite SNL Sogndalsfjøra Sogndalsfjøra 2025-11-10 Askheim Svein 2025-08-01
- 6.Landmark Norwegian fjord bridge stays ahead of the curve.
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