What is Sogndal?
{{Location map|Norway|lat_deg=61|lat_min=14|lat_sec=32|lon_deg=07|lon_min=03|lon_sec=18|caption=Location of Sogndal in Norway}} [[File:Sogndal by night.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sogndal]] [[File:Sogndal komm.svg|right|90px]] '''Sogndal''' is a [[municipality]] in [[Norway]]. It is in [[Sogn og Fjordane]] [[county]]. It is on the northern shore of the [[Sognefjorden]] in the [[Districts of Norway|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, Norway|Nornes]], and [[Fjærland]]. [[Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen]] is {{convert|10|km}} southwest of Kaupanger. In 1917, a farmer in Sogndal plowed up the [[Eggja stone]], a gravestone with [[runic alphabet|runic]] inscriptions important for the history of the [[Old Norse]] language. ==Related pages== *[[List of mayors in Norway 2023–2027|List of mayors in Norway that are elected until 2027]] ==Other websites== {{Commonscat}} * [http://www.sogndal.kommune.no Official Homepage of Sogndal] {{in lang|no}} {{europe-stub}} [[Category:Municipalities of Vestland]]