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Sogn og Fjordane

Index Sogn og Fjordane

Sogn og Fjordane (English: Sogn and Fjordane) is a county in western Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. [1]

109 relations: Agriculture, Aluminium, Amt (country subdivision), Askvoll, Aurland, Årdal, Balestrand, Bergen, Bergenhus Fortress, Bergenhus len, Breheimen, Bremanger, Bremangerlandet, Bulandet, Buskerud, Byrkjelo, Church of Norway, Coat of arms of Sogn og Fjordane, Counties of Norway, County council (Norway), County governor (Norway), Dalsfjorden (Sunnfjord), District court (Norway), Districts of Norway, Eid, Norway, Førde, Førde (town), Førde Airport, Bringeland, Førde Fjord, Fjaler, Fjord, Fjordane District Court, Flåm, Flora, Norway, Florø Airport, Gaular, Glacier, Gloppen, Gulating, Gulating Court of Appeal, Gulen, Høyanger, Hermansverk, Holmebåen, Hordaland, Hornindal, Hornindalsvatnet, Hydroelectricity, Hyllestad, Jötunheimr, ..., Jølster, Jostedal Glacier, Labour Party (Norway), Lærdal, Lærdalsøyri, Leikanger, List of churches in Sogn og Fjordane, List of municipalities of Norway, List of villages in Sogn og Fjordane, Luster, Norway, Møre og Romsdal, Middle Ages, Monarchy of Norway, Municipality, Naustdal, Nærøyfjord, Nils R. Sandal, Nordfjord, Nordfjorden (Sogn og Fjordane), Nordhordland, Nordhordland District Court, North Sea, Norway, Norwegian language, Nynorsk, Oddvar Flæte, Oppland, Orographic lift, Orthography, Politics of Norway, Precipitation, Prestegjeld, Ramnefjellsfossen, Sandane Airport, Anda, Selje, Shetland, Skjolden, Sogn, Sogn District Court, Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality, Sogndal, Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen, Sognefjord, Solund, Stad (peninsula), Statistics Norway, Stryn, Sula, Sogn og Fjordane, Sunnfjord, Sunnmøre, UNESCO, Unst, Urnes Stave Church, Vågsøy, Vettisfossen, Vik, Waterfall, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, World Heritage site. Expand index (59 more) »

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Amt (country subdivision)

Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe.

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Askvoll

is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Aurland

Aurland is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

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Årdal

Årdal is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Balestrand

Balestrand is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Bergen

Bergen, historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Hordaland on the west coast of Norway.

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Bergenhus Fortress

Bergenhus fortress (Bergenhus festning) is a fortress located in Bergen, Norway.

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Bergenhus len

Bergenhus len was an administrative division of the Kingdom of Norway that existed from 1503 to 1662, with the Bergenhus Fortress in Bergen as its administrative center Norwegian administrative division.

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Breheimen

Breheimen is a mountain range in the Sogn og Fjordane and Oppland counties in Norway.

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Bremanger

Bremanger is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Bremangerlandet

Bremangerlandet is an island in Bremanger Municipality in the traditional district of Nordfjord in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Bulandet

Bulandet is an archipelago in the sea off the mainland coast of Western Norway.

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Buskerud

Buskerud is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold.

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Byrkjelo

Byrkjelo is a village in the municipality of Gloppen in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Church of Norway

The Church of Norway (Den norske kirke in Bokmål and Den norske kyrkja in Nynorsk) is a Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity that serves as the people's church of Norway, as set forth in the Constitution of Norway.

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Coat of arms of Sogn og Fjordane

The coat of arms of Sogn og Fjordane is an official symbol of Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Counties of Norway

Norway is divided into 18 administrative regions, called counties (singular fylke, plural fylker (Bokmål) / fylke (Nynorsk) from Old Norse: fylki from the word "folk"); until 1918, they were known as amter.

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County council (Norway)

A County council (Fylkesting) is the highest governing body of the county municipalities in Norway.

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County governor (Norway)

The County Governor (Fylkesmannen) is a Norwegian government agency that represents 17 of the Norwegian counties.

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Dalsfjorden (Sunnfjord)

Dalsfjorden is a fjord in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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District court (Norway)

In Norway, the district court (tingrett, literally "thing court") is the first court instance, and handles both criminal and civil cases.

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Districts of Norway

The country Norway is historically divided into a number of districts.

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Eid, Norway

Eid is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

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Førde

Førde is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

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Førde (town)

Førde is the administrative centre of Førde Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Førde Airport, Bringeland

Førde Airport, Bringeland (Førde lufthamn, Bringeland) is a regional airport located at Bringelandsåsen in the municipality of Gaular, about south of the town of Førde in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Førde Fjord

Førde Fjord (Førdefjorden) is a fjord in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Fjaler

Fjaler is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

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Fjord

Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier.

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Fjordane District Court

Fjordane District Court (Fjordane tingrett) is a district court located in Førde, Norway.

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Flåm

Flåm is a village in Flåmsdalen, at the inner end of the Aurlandsfjorden—a branch of Sognefjorden.

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Flora, Norway

Flora is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Florø Airport

Florø Airport (Florø lufthavn) is a regional airport serving Florø in Flora, Norway.

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Gaular

Gaular is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries.

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Gloppen

Gloppen is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

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Gulating

Gulating (Gulaþing) is the name of both one of the first Norwegian legislative assemblies or things and one of the present-day law courts of western Norway.

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Gulating Court of Appeal

Gulating Court of Appeal (Gulating lagmannsrett) is a Norwegian Court of Appeal.

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Gulen

is a municipality in the southwestern part of Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Høyanger

is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Hermansverk

Hermansverk or Leikanger is a large village in the municipality of Leikanger in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Holmebåen

Holmebåen is a point on the tiny island of Steinsøy in an archipelago of small islands northwest of the Utvær islands in the municipality of Solund in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Hordaland

Hordaland is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties.

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Hornindal

Hornindal is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

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Hornindalsvatnet

Hornindalsvatnet is Norway's and Europe's deepest lake, officially measured to a depth of.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is electricity produced from hydropower.

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Hyllestad

Hyllestad is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

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Jötunheimr

Jötunheimr (or Jǫtunheimr in Old Norse orthography; often anglicized as Jotunheim) is the homeland of the Jötnar, the giants in Norse mythology.

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Jølster

Jølster is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Jostedal Glacier

Jostedal Glacier (Norwegian Jostedalsbreen) is the largest glacier in continental Europe.

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Labour Party (Norway)

The Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet, A/Ap), formerly the Norwegian Labour Party, is a social-democratic political party in Norway.

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Lærdal

Lærdal is a municipality in the southeastern part of Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Lærdalsøyri

Lærdalsøyri is the administrative centre of the municipality of Lærdal in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Leikanger

Leikanger is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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List of churches in Sogn og Fjordane

The list of churches in Sogn og Fjordane is a list of the Church of Norway churches in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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List of municipalities of Norway

Norway is divided into 18 administrative regions, called counties (fylker in Norwegian, singular: fylke), and 422 municipalities (kommuner/-ar, singular: kommune – cf. communes).

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List of villages in Sogn og Fjordane

This is a list of villages in Sogn og Fjordane, a county of Norway.

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Luster, Norway

Luster is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Møre og Romsdal

Møre og Romsdal (Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Monarchy of Norway

The Norwegian monarch is the monarchical head of state of Norway, which is a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system.

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Municipality

A municipality is usually a single urban or administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws to which it is subordinate.

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Naustdal

Naustdal is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Nærøyfjord

The Nærøyfjord (or Nærøyfjorden) is a fjord in the municipality of Aurland in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

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Nils R. Sandal

Nils Reielson Sandal (born 9 June 1950 in Breim) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.

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Nordfjord

Nordfjord (Northern fjord—in contrast to Sunnfjord) is a traditional district of Norway.

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Nordfjorden (Sogn og Fjordane)

Nordfjorden is the sixth longest fjord in Norway and the second longest fjord in all of Sogn og Fjordane county.

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Nordhordland

Nordhordland is a traditional district in the western part of Norway.

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Nordhordland District Court

Nordhordland District Court (Nordhordland tingrett) is a district court serving Nordhordland and Midhordland (except Bergen), as well as Gulen in Norway.

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North Sea

The North Sea (Mare Germanicum) is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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Norwegian language

Norwegian (norsk) is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is the official language.

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Nynorsk

Nynorsk (translates to New Norwegian or New Norse) is one of the two written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål.

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Oddvar Flæte

Oddvar Johannes Flæte (born 31 March 1944) is a Norwegian politician and civil servant.

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Oppland

Oppland is a county in Norway, bordering Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark.

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Orographic lift

Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over rising terrain.

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Orthography

An orthography is a set of conventions for writing a language.

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Politics of Norway

The politics of Norway take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy.

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Precipitation

In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity.

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Prestegjeld

A prestegjeld was a geographic and administrative area within the Church of Norway (Den Norske Kirke) roughly equivalent to a parish.

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Ramnefjellsfossen

Ramnefjellsfossen (also known as: Utigardsfossen or Utigordsfossen) is unofficially listed as the third-highest waterfall in the world in several publications.

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Sandane Airport, Anda

Sandane Airport, Anda (Sandane lufthavn, Anda) is a regional airport serving Sandane, Norway.

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Selje

Selje is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

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Shetland

Shetland (Old Norse: Hjaltland), also called the Shetland Islands, is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies northeast of Great Britain.

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Skjolden

Skjolden is a village in the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Sogn

Sogn is a traditional district in Western Norway (Vestlandet).

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Sogn District Court

Sogn District Court (Sogn tingrett) is a district court located in Sogndal, Norway.

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Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality

Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality (Sogn og Fjordane fylkeskommune) is the regional governing administration for Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway.

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Sogndal

Sogndal is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen

Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen (Sogndal lufthavn, Haukåsen) is a regional airport serving Sogndal, Norway.

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Sognefjord

The Sognefjord or Sognefjorden, nicknamed the King of the Fjords, is the largest and deepest fjord in Norway.

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Solund

Solund is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

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Stad (peninsula)

Stad or Stadlandet is a peninsula in Selje Municipality in the northwestern part of Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway.

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Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to SSB) is the Norwegian statistics bureau.

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Stryn

Stryn is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

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Sula, Sogn og Fjordane

Sula (also called Indre Solundøy) is an island in the municipality of Solund in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Sunnfjord

Sunnfjord (the southern fjord - in contrast to Nordfjord) is a traditional district in Western Norway located in Sogn og Fjordane county.

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Sunnmøre

Sunnmøre (Møre) is the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.

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Unst

Unst is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland.

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Urnes Stave Church

Urnes Stave Church (Urnes stavkyrkje) is a 12th-century stave church at Ornes, along the Lustrafjorden in the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Vågsøy

Vågsøy is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Vettisfossen

Vettisfossen is one of Norway's tallest waterfalls, and the 284th tallest in the world.

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Vik

Vik is a municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Waterfall

A waterfall is a place where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops in the course of a stream or river.

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Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences or HVL is a Norwegian public institution of higher education, established in January 2017 through the merging of formerly independent colleges across five campuses: Bergen, Førde, Haugesund, Sogndal and Stord.

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World Heritage site

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogn_og_Fjordane

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