Fjords of Norway

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Main gallery: Landscapes of Norway .
English: Select photos showing fjords within Norway, by region/county. Does not include freshwater lakes called fjords
Norsk bokmål: Utvalgte bilder av fjorder i Norge, ordnet etter fylke. Inkluderer ikke innsjøer som kalles fjord.
Main fjords and some lakes of Norway. Note: Northern Norway in much smaller scale

Fjords in West Norway[edit]

Møre og Romsdal[edit]

Further information: Geiranger

  • Møre og Romsdal county

  • Main fjords of Møre og Romsdal (Geirangerjord highlighted)

  • Moldefjord at Molde

  • Fjord in Sunnmøre district

  • Storfjorden

  • Geirangerfjord with cruise ship, Møre og Romsdal county

  • Tafjord and scars of the 1934 rockslide disaster

  • Langfjorden, Romsdal district

  • Rødvenfjorden

  • Nordmøre fjords (aerial): Stangvikfjorden, Ålvundfjorden, Sunndalsfjorden

  • Fjord in Nordmøre

Sogn og Fjordane[edit]

Further information: Sognefjorden

  • Sogn og Fjordane county

  • Map of Nordfjord and adjacent lakes

  • Map of Sognefjord and notable branches

  • Nærøyfjorden

  • Fjærlandsfjord in Sogn og Fjordane county.

  • Lustrafjorden with Feigum waterfall

  • Lustrafjorden

  • Gaupnefjorden

  • Sognefjorden at Leikanger

  • Sognefjorden at Balestrand

  • Intersection of Sognefjorden, Fjærlandsfjorden and Esefjorden at Balestrand

  • Sogndal village at Sogndalsfjorden and Barsnesfjorden

  • Førdefjorden

  • Klavfjorden, Solheimsfjorden and Norddalsfjorden near Flora

  • Nordfjord at Olden

Hordaland[edit]

  • Hordaland county

  • Main fjords of Hordaland and Rogaland

  • Åkrafjorden at Trolljuvet

  • Bjørnefjorden with Austevoll archipelago, Folgefonna glacier in the distance

  • Hardanger bridge across Eidfjorden branch of Hardangerfjord

  • Hardangerfjord at Strandebarm

  • Hardangerfjord at Norheimsund, Folgefonna glacier behind

  • Sørfjorden in Hardanger by Johan Fredrik Eckersberg

  • Bjørnafjorden/Fusafjorden at Os

  • Sørfjorden in Hardanger

  • Bergen on shores of Byfjorden

  • Veafjorden, Stanghelle village

  • Sørfjorden at Osterøy, aerial

Rogaland[edit]

  • Rogaland county

  • Gandsfjorden with harbour at Sandnes

  • Lysefjorden with "Pulpit" rock

  • Bømlafjorden with bridges

  • Frafjorden

  • Høgsfjorden with Frafjorden

  • Jøssingfjorden

  • Sandsfjorden, Ryfylke

  • Boknafjorden, ferry crossing Arsvågen-Mortavika

Fjords in Trøndelag[edit]

  • Trøndelag counties (red and blue)

  • Trondheimsfjord at Stjørdal

  • Munkholmen island, Trondheimsfjord

  • Vinjeøra and Vinjefjorden

  • Åfjorden

Fjords in Northern Norway[edit]

Nordland[edit]

  • Nordland county

  • Austnesfjorden

  • Ranfjorden

  • Arial view of Brattfjorden, Steigen

  • Saltstraumen (maelstrom)

  • Leirfjorden, Sørfolda

  • Narvik (town) and Rombaken (fjord)

  • Skjomen

  • Stetind summit at Tysfjord

  • Steinsfjorden and Himmeltindan summits in Lofoten

  • Trollfjorden

  • Road E10 along inner part of Ingelsfjorden, Lofoten

  • View across Sløverfjorden, Lofoten

  • Innerfjorden/Øksfjorden in September

  • Efjorden, Ballangen district

Troms[edit]

  • Kvænangen (a fjord)

  • Troms county

  • Steinfjorden, Senja island

  • Mefjorden, Senja island

  • Lavangsfjorden, Troms county

  • Skulsfjord with Kvaløya island

  • Balsfjord

  • Kvæfjord

  • Lyngsfjorden

  • Nordkjosbotn, Balsfjord

  • Rossfjord with Rossfjordstraumen and Malangen

Finnmark[edit]

  • Finnmark

  • Øksfjorden (Øksfjordjøkelen glacier)

  • Rypefjorden at Hammerfest

  • Porsangerfjorden

  • Altafjord with Alta (town)

  • Langfjorden (Alta district)

  • Smalfjorden, Tana

  • Varangerfjord

Fjords in Eastern/Southern Norway[edit]

East Norway[edit]

  • Eastern Norway

  • Inner part of Oslofjord

  • "Paradise bay", Oslofjord

  • Oslofjord seen from Holmenkollen

  • Oscarsborg Fortress at, Drøbak, Oslofjord

  • Tønsbergfjorden, Vestfold county

  • Sandefjord-Strömstad ferry at Sandefjord

Sørland[edit]

Includes Agder counties.

  • Agder counties («Sørlandet»)

  • Fedafjorden, Vest-Agder county (photo: Chell Hill)

  • Fedafjorden

  • Garthafjorden, Arendal, Aust-Agder county

  • Lyngdalsfjorden, Vest-Agder

Fjords of Svalbard[edit]

  • Svalbard archipelago within Europe

  • Kongsfjorden

  • Isfjorden with Barentsburg town

  • Isfjorden

Freshwater fjords[edit]

Lakes called "fjord" and lakes that geologically are extensions of fjords.

  • Vassbygdvatnet (lake) in front, Aurlandsfjord in the distance

  • Alternate map of Hornindalsvatnet lake

  • Hornindalsvatnet lake

  • Olden valley with lakes (behind), and Olden bay/Nordfjord (salt fjord) front

  • Jølstravatnet (lake)

  • Kjøsnesfjorden (lake), branch of Jølstravatnet

  • Årdal lake and Årdal fjord (branch of Sognefjorden), Årdal village between

  • Sandvin lake separated from Sørfjorden by Odda town (in the distance)

  • Tyrifjorden (lake)

  • Tyrifjorden map, lake in relation to Drammen (bottom), Hønefoss (top) and Oslo/Sandvika (right)

  • Mjøsa (lake, almost 500 m deep)

  • Mjøsa, Furnesfjorden branch (behind) at Hamar

  • Randsfjorden lake

Fjords in art[edit]

  • Bridal journey in Hardanger (Tidemand & Gude)

  • Sognefjord (Tidemand & Gude)

  • View of Lærdal beach (Themistokles von Eckenbrecher)

  • Liensfiord (possibly Lifjord, a part of Sognefjord), Franics Danby

  • Balestrand at Sognefjord, Thomas Fearnley

  • Old Birch Tree at the Sognefjord, Thomas Fearnley

  • Fjord by Kazimierz Stabrowski

  • Hardangerfjord by Franz Richard Unterberger

  • Hardangerfjord (August Wilhelm Leu, 19th c)

  • Hardangerfjord (Fritz Grebe)

  • Hjørundfjord/Norangsfjord

  • Eckenbrecher: Seven sister in Geirangerfjord

  • Osterley: Fjordlandschaft mit Fischerhütten

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