kids encyclopedia robot

Sogndal facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Sogndal is located in Norway
Sogndal
Location in Norway
Sogndal by night
Sogndal
Sogndal komm.svg

Sogndal is a municipality in Norway. It is in Sogn og Fjordane county. It is on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Sogndalsfjøra (population 3,455 in 2012) is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality. Other villages include Kaupanger, Kjørnes, Fimreite, Nornes, and Fjærland. Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of Kaupanger.

In 1917, a farmer in Sogndal plowed up the Eggja stone, a gravestone with runic inscriptions important for the history of the Old Norse language.

Images for kids

  • Loftesnesbrua 01

    Loftesnesbrua 01

  • Kaupanger stave church

    Kaupanger stave church.

  • Sogndalsfjora 200712

    Sogndalsfjøra

  • Sognahallen

    Sognahallen

  • Harald Ulrik Sverdrup

    Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, 1934

  • Tone Damli Aaberge 2011

    Tone Damli Aaberge, 2011

  • Eirik Bakke, 2016

    Eirik Bakke, 2016

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Sogndal para niños

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Sogndal Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.