Fjærland or Mundal is a village in Sogndal Municipality , at the end of the Fjærlandsfjorden , in Vestland county, Norway . The Fjærlandfjorden is a branch going north off the Sognefjorden , the longest fjord in Norway. The village area is located about 31 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of the municipal center of Sogndalsfjøra , along the Norwegian National Road 5 . The village and its surrounding area encompass rich farming country, including the nearby areas of Bøyum and Oygard.
6-718: Mundal may refer to: Places [ edit ] Mundal, an alternative name of Fjærland , a village in Sogndal Municipality, at the end of the Fjærlandsfjorden, in Vestland county, Norway Mundal Lagoon , a lagoon in Puttalam District, western Sri Lanka People [ edit ] Else Mundal (born 1944), Norwegian philologist Mundal Singh , Indian freedom fighter Topics referred to by
12-616: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fj%C3%A6rland The glacier arms Bøyabreen and Supphellebreen (a part of the Jostedalsbreen glacier) and the Norwegian Glacier Museum are located nearby. Fjærland is also the Norwegian book town , with book shops situated in old cow sheds and pigpens; there are also book shops on the ferry quay and in
18-562: The Hotel Mundal. The Hotel Mundal is an old wooden building in 19th-century style still in business as a hotel. The hotel was owned by the Orheim family for over a hundred years, until August 2008, when it was sold. Fjærland Church is located in the village, serving the whole Fjærland area. Fjærland was originally part of Sogndal Municipality , but in 1849 it was transferred to the newly created Balestrand Municipality . Historically,
24-763: The best access from the large district of Norway's west coast toward the capital, Oslo . The completion of the Frudal Tunnel was the main reason why the Fjærland area left Balestrand municipality and merged into the municipality of Sogndal on 1 January 2000. The paternal grandparents of Walter Mondale , Vice President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 1984, were born in Mundal in Fjærland. It
30-549: The only transportation to Fjærland had been by ferry along the Fjærlandsfjorden. In 1986, the Fjærland Tunnel was opened, by Walter Mondale , connecting Fjærland to the village of Skei in neighboring Jølster Municipality to the northwest. In 1994, the Frudal Tunnel was opened to the southeast which connected Fjærland to the village of Sogndalsfjøra in neighboring Sogndal Municipality . These tunnels are now
36-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mundal . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mundal&oldid=1045712451 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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