Frierfjord

Frierfjord
The fjord system in Grenland
Waters	Skagerrak
Land mass	Scandinavian peninsula
Geographical location	59 ° 5 '57 "  N , 9 ° 37' 5"  E Coordinates: 59 ° 5 '57 "  N , 9 ° 37' 5"  E
Tributaries	Porsgrunnselva

The Frierfjord (also Frier or Frierfjorden ) is a fjord in Grenland in the Norwegian province of Vestfold og Telemark . It is located in the municipalities of Porsgrunn and Bamble .

It extends from Brevik to the mouth of the Porsgrunnselva . The mouth ( Brevikstrømmen ) is 300 m wide and is spanned by the Breviksbrua . A little further in, the newer Grenlandsbrua ( European route 18 ) spans the fjord.

There is a lot of shipping traffic on the fjord, for example to Rafnes in Bamble , Norsk Hydro in Porsgrunn and until the closure in 2006 to Norske Skog Union in Skien .

The name Frier probably comes from Old Norse and means "the beautiful".

Web links

Commons : Frierfjorden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Frierfjord in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Factaark: Freeze. Kartverket, accessed May 29, 2020 (Norwegian). 
2. ↑ Breviksbrua. In: broer.no. Retrieved May 29, 2020 (Norwegian). 
3. ^ Grenlandsbrua. In: broer.no. Retrieved May 29, 2020 (Norwegian). 
4. ↑ Sten Lundbo: Frier . In: Store norske leksikon . April 15, 2019 (Norwegian, snl.no [accessed May 29, 2020]).
5. ↑ Frierfjords. Norsk stadnamnleksikon, accessed on 29 May 2020 (Norwegian Nynorsk).