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Skjolden
Sign in to saveSkjolden is a village in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Lustrafjorden, a branch of the Sognefjorden. Skjolden is located at the innermost point of the Sognefjorden (Norway's longest fjord). The length of the Sognefjorden is over and it is measured from Skjolden to the island of Ytre Sula where the fjord meets the ocean. The valleys of Mørkridsdal and Fortunsdal meet at Skjolden, just west of the Hurrungane mountains.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Skjolden
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Norway Skjolden March 2024 Vadim CHUPRINA.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Skjolden
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 11
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Vestland#Norway
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vestland
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Sogn
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Municipality
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Luster Municipality
- Elevation
- 0
- Body of water
- Sognefjord
- Official website
- skjolden.com
- Image
- Norway Skjolden March 2024 Vadim CHUPRINA.jpg
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- Commons category
- Skjolden
- postal code
- 6876
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Encyclopedic overview
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Skjolden is a village in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Lustrafjorden, a branch of the Sognefjorden. Skjolden is located at the innermost point of the Sognefjorden (Norway's longest fjord). The length of the Sognefjorden is over and it is measured from Skjolden to the island of Ytre Sula where the fjord meets the ocean. The valleys of Mørkridsdal and Fortunsdal meet at Skjolden, just west of the Hurrungane mountains.
The village has a population (2025) of 238 and a population density of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skjolden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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