title: Bryggja
text: # Bryggja
  
  Bryggja is a village in southwestern part of Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the mainland, along the northern shore of the Nordfjorden. The village is located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of the urban areas of Måløy–Deknepollen–Tennebø in Kinn Municipality and it is about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of the village of Stårheim. The small village of Totland lies just west of Bryggja.
  
  The 0.4-square-kilometre (99-acre) village has a population (2018) of 317 and a population density of 793 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,050/sq mi).
  
  ## History
  
  On 1 January 2020, the Totland - Maurstad - Bryggja areas were transferred from Vågsøy Municipality to the newly created Stad Municipality.
  
  ## Notable residents
  
  * Alfred Maurstad (1896 in Bryggja – 1967) an actor, movie director and theatre manager
  * Audun Endestad (born 1953 in Bryggja) a Norwegian-American Olympic cross-country skier
  