Strandebarm

Strandebarm Municipality
Strandebarm herad
Hordaland within Norway
Hordaland within Norway
Strandebarm within Hordaland
Strandebarm within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°17′N 06°01′E / 60.283°N 6.017°E / 60.283; 6.017
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictHardanger
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded byKvam and Jondal municipalities
Administrative centreBru
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total112 km2 (43 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total1,628
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
DemonymsStrandberming
Strandeberming[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1226[2]

Strandebarm is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The original municipality was large, spanning both sides of the central part of the Hardangerfjorden. It also included the island of Varaldsøy. Over time, the municipality was divided and by the time of its dissolution in 1965, it was 112 square kilometres (43 sq mi). The municipality included land in the present-day municipalities of Ullensvang, Kvam, and Kvinnherad. The administrative center of the municipality was the village of Bru, where Strandebarm Church is located.[3]

One of the larger industries in the municipality was shipbuilding, centered at the village of Omastranda, where the company Fjellstrand A.S. is headquartered.

Hardangerfjord at Strandebarm

The Norwegian writer Hans E. Kinck lived in Strandebarm for many years, and is said to have used the village as setting and inspiration for his novel Den nye kapellanen ("The New Vicar").

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Strandebarm" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 June 2014.