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9 unusual facts about Sogn og Fjordane


Borgund

Borgund, Sogn og Fjordane, a former municipality now part of Lærdal municipality

Ervik

Ervik, Sogn og Fjordane, a village in Selje municipality, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway

Grov

Grov, Sogn og Fjordane, a village in Flora municipality, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Ingolf Elster Christensen

Christensen was a lawyer and military officer, and was appointed governor of the County of Northern Bergenhus in 1910 and held the position until 1929 (in 1918 the county was renamed Sogn og Fjordane).

Leveling seat

On a county by county basis, however, there were greater disparities: Sogn og Fjordane needed only 3,503 votes to elect one representative from the Liberal Party, while Akershus needed 22,555 to elect one representative from the Socialist Left Party.

Mimi Sverdrup Lunden

She was born in Sulen, Sogn og Fjordane, a daughter of theologist Edvard Sverdrup, and half sister of oceanographer Harald Ulrik Sverdrup.

Sæle

Sæle, Sogn og Fjordane, a village in Balestrand municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway

Sogn og Fjordane

Oddvar Flæte has been the County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane since 1994.

Sørstranda

Sørstranda, Sogn og Fjordane, a village in Gloppen municipality, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway


Battle of Fimreite

The battle took place off the coast near the hamlet of Fimreite in the long and narrow Sognefjord in today's Sogndal municipality, Sogn og Fjordane county.

Fosston, Minnesota

Fosston was named for Louis Foss (1849–1920), who was an immigrant from the village Nyttingnes in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

Hotel Alexandra

Hotel Alexandra is a historic hotel in the village of Loen in the municipality of Stryn in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.


see also

Nordfjorden

Nordfjord, a traditional district making up the northern third of Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway