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Valevåg
Sign in to savethumb | right | alt=Home of composer Fartein Valen in Valevåg, Norway | Home of composer Fartein Valen in Valevåg, Norway Valevåg is a village in Sveio Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern end of the Sveio peninsula, along the southern shore of the Hardangerfjorden.
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thumb | right | alt=Home of composer Fartein Valen in Valevåg, Norway | Home of composer Fartein Valen in Valevåg, Norway Valevåg is a village in Sveio Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern end of the Sveio peninsula, along the southern shore of the Hardangerfjorden.
==History== Valevåg was the administrative centre of the old Valestrand Municipality until it was merged into Sveio Municipality in 1964. Valen Chapel (built in 1707) is in the village of Valevåg, and just outside the village to the south is the much larger Valestrand Church (built in 1873).
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