Skjoldastraumen

Skjoldastraumen

Skjoldastraumen

Village in Western Norway, Norway

Skjoldastraumen is a village in Tysvær municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the Skjoldafjorden, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of the village of Grinde and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of the small village of Yrke. The village lies on one of the narrowest parts of the fjord, where there is one of the only actively-used seawater locks in Norway. The village is the site of the Skjoldastraumen Church.[2]

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    "Skjoldastraumen, Tysvær (Rogaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  2. [2]
    Store norske leksikon. "Skjoldastraumen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2015-09-21.



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