Bjørkedal

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Bjørkedal with the Lissetoren fell in the background
The Viking boats Ask and Birk (in the foreground) in front of a boat building workshop in Bjørkedalen

Bjørkedal is a village in the western Norwegian municipality of Volda in the Fylke Møre og Romsdal . The village is on the European route 39 between Nordfjordeid and Volda by the lake Bjørkedalsvatnet. Not far south of Bjørkedal is the border between Møre og Romsdal and Vestland . Until the end of 2019, this was the border with the now dissolved province of Sogn og Fjordane .

Shipbuilding

Bjørkedal is known for its long tradition as a boat building community. Bjørkedal was created in particular through the construction of traditional wooden boats of the Sunnmørsbåt type , but also through the reconstruction of Viking ships such as the Oseberg ship ( Dronningen ), the Gokstad ship ( Gaia ), the Borgundknarren , the Kvalsund boat and the Saga Siglar , a reconstruction of the Skuldelev I. known.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Morten Olsen Haugen: Volda . In: Store norske leksikon . January 15, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed on February 22, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Norgeskart. Retrieved February 22, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Geir Thorsnæs: Bjørkedalseidet . In: Store norske leksikon . January 29, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed on February 22, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Asgeir Heimdal Reksnes: Arven frå vikingane. NRK, October 22, 2019, accessed February 22, 2020 (Norwegian Nynorsk).
  5. ↑ Yngve Tørrestad: Vikingene på lista? NRK, December 11, 2011, accessed on February 22, 2020 (Bokmål in Norwegian).
  6. ↑ Terje Reite: 25 år sidan Saga Siglar kom heim. NRK, June 22, 2011, accessed on February 22, 2020 (Bokmål in Norwegian).

Coordinates: 62 ° 0 ′  N , 6 ° 4 ′  E