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Fjærland

Coordinates: 61°24′14″N 6°44′24″E / 61.4039°N 6.7401°E

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Fjærland Mundal
Village
The Fjærland book town
Fjærland Location of the village Show map of Vestland Fjærland Fjærland (Norway) Show map of Norway
Coordinates: 61°24′14″N 6°44′24″E / 61.4039°N 6.7401°E / 61.4039; 6.7401
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Vestland
District	Sogn
Municipality	Sogndal
Elevation ^[1]	3 m (10 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	6848 Fjærland

Fjærland or Mundal is a village^[1] 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.

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 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.

History

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Fjærland was originally part of Sogndal Municipality, but in 1849 it was transferred to the newly created Balestrand Municipality. Historically, 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 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.^[2]

Climate

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Climate data for Fjærland, Sogndal (2002–2020 averages; extremes since 1938)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	14.8 (58.6)	12.0 (53.6)	14.1 (57.4)	21.6 (70.9)	28.7 (83.7)	30.8 (87.4)	33.9 (93.0)	32.8 (91.0)	24.2 (75.6)	21.5 (70.7)	15.7 (60.3)	13.5 (56.3)	33.9 (93.0)
Mean maximum °C (°F)	7.7 (45.9)	7.7 (45.9)	10.3 (50.5)	16.7 (62.1)	23.2 (73.8)	26.4 (79.5)	28.6 (83.5)	26.0 (78.8)	21.3 (70.3)	15.6 (60.1)	11.9 (53.4)	9.1 (48.4)	29.2 (84.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	0.6 (33.1)	1.6 (34.9)	5.2 (41.4)	10.2 (50.4)	15.3 (59.5)	19.4 (66.9)	20.9 (69.6)	19.4 (66.9)	14.6 (58.3)	9.2 (48.6)	4.2 (39.6)	1.4 (34.5)	10.2 (50.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−2.2 (28.0)	−1.8 (28.8)	1.0 (33.8)	5.2 (41.4)	9.9 (49.8)	13.8 (56.8)	15.7 (60.3)	14.8 (58.6)	10.9 (51.6)	5.8 (42.4)	1.6 (34.9)	−1.2 (29.8)	6.1 (43.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−4.9 (23.2)	−5.1 (22.8)	−3.3 (26.1)	0.2 (32.4)	4.5 (40.1)	8.1 (46.6)	10.5 (50.9)	10.1 (50.2)	7.2 (45.0)	2.4 (36.3)	−1.1 (30.0)	−3.8 (25.2)	2.1 (35.7)
Mean minimum °C (°F)	−15.5 (4.1)	−16.3 (2.7)	−12.9 (8.8)	−6.3 (20.7)	−2.0 (28.4)	2.4 (36.3)	4.7 (40.5)	3.6 (38.5)	0.4 (32.7)	−5.3 (22.5)	−8.6 (16.5)	−13.3 (8.1)	−18.6 (−1.5)
Record low °C (°F)	−27.0 (−16.6)	−23.0 (−9.4)	−22.5 (−8.5)	−16.6 (2.1)	−5.7 (21.7)	−0.9 (30.4)	0.7 (33.3)	0.3 (32.5)	−3.0 (26.6)	−15.5 (4.1)	−18.5 (−1.3)	−22.5 (−8.5)	−27.0 (−16.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	211.8 (8.34)	151.4 (5.96)	162.1 (6.38)	97.6 (3.84)	87.3 (3.44)	82.8 (3.26)	102.8 (4.05)	123.5 (4.86)	204.6 (8.06)	209.1 (8.23)	214.7 (8.45)	250.7 (9.87)	1,898.4 (74.74)
Source: Norsk Klimaservicesenter^[3]

Notable residents

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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 is common in Norway that surnames come from the name of the original home place.

References

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^ ^a ^b "Fjærland, Sogndal (Sogn og Fjordane)". yr.no. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
^ Store norske leksion. "Fjærland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-09-04.
^ "Norsk Klimaservicesenter - Observations". Norwegian Meteorological Institute (in Norwegian).

External links

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Information Fjærland
Weather forecast Archived 2016-09-10 at the Wayback Machine

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