Ryfylke is a traditional district in the northeastern part of Rogaland county, Norway. The 4,546-square-kilometre (1,755 sq mi) district is located northeast of the city of Stavanger and east of the city of Haugesund and it encompasses about 60% of the county's area. It includes the mainland located northeast and east of the Boknafjorden and east of the Høgsfjorden. It also includes the islands located on the south side of the Boknafjorden. To the east, Ryfylke borders the districts of Setesdal and Sirdal, to the south is Jæren, and to the west is Haugalandet. Ryfylke is one of the 15 districts in Western Norway.[1]
Ryfylke comprises the contemporary municipalities of Sauda, Suldal, Hjelmeland, Strand, Kvitsøy, the eastern island portion of Stavanger, and the Forsand part of Sandnes. There are no large cities in Ryfylke, but there are two major towns, Sauda and Jørpeland.
Scenic attractions include the Lysefjord with the mountain Preikestolen ("Pulpit Rock") and the mountain Kjerag. The landscape of Ryfylke is characterized by high mountains in the interior; the highest and wildest are located in the north and are formed by hard, igneous rock.[1]
At Haukalivatnet lake (near Lysefjorden) there is a distinct end moraine presumably created by a prehistoric glacier. This moraine led professor Jens Esmark (in 1824) to formulate the theory of an ice age over Scandinavia and other parts of the world. Esmark believed that climate changes due to the changes of the Earth's orbit caused ice ages.[2]
^ abStore norske leksikon. "Ryfylke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-10.
^Hestmark, G. (2018). Jens Esmark's mountain glacier traverse 1823− the key to his discovery of Ice Ages. Boreas, 47(1), 1-10.
Ryfylke is a traditional district in the northeastern part of Rogaland county, Norway. The 4,546-square-kilometre (1,755 sq mi) district is located northeast...
The Ryfylke Tunnel (Norwegian: Ryfylketunnelen) is an undersea road tunnel in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the Norwegian National Road 13 running...
most recently in 2013 when two deaneries were merged to form the new Ryfylke deanery. This arch-deanery (Norwegian: domprosti) covers the central part...
as "Preikestolen." Preikestolen is located in the southern part of the Ryfylke district in Rogaland county in Western Norway. The city of Stavanger, the...
reduced travel time between the Northern Jæren and Ryfylke districts in Rogaland county. Ryfylke officially opened to traffic at noon on 30 December...
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in the traditional district of Ryfylke. Since 1965, the administrative centre of Suldal is the village of Sand i Ryfylke (prior to that it was the village...
Lysefjord or Lysefjorden is a fjord located in the Ryfylke area in Rogaland county in southwestern Norway. The 42-kilometre (26 mi) long fjord lies in...
Ryfylke District Court (Norwegian: Ryfylke tingrett) was a district court in Rogaland county, Norway. The court was based in the city of Stavanger. The...
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water-crossings are too long for bridges. The Ryfylke Tunnel is the country's longest, at 14,400 meters (47,200 ft). The Ryfylke Tunnel is the world's deepest, reaching...
to repair the damage. The former mine site is maintained as an annex of Ryfylke Museum. Hakanoglu, Orli (June 14, 2016). "Master of Modesty: Peter Zumthor's...
into Sandnes municipality. It was located in the traditional district of Ryfylke. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Forsand...
knighted by King Eric of Pomerania in 1430 and became feudal overlord of Ryfylke in Rogaland, Norway. He was a wealthy landowner with properties in both...
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Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Ryfylke. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hjelmelandsvågen...
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Ingeborg were crowned directly after their marriage, and Magnus was given Ryfylke for his personal upkeep. On 16 December 1263 King Håkon died while fighting...
also the second-deepest transport tunnel below the sea level after the Ryfylke Tunnel, a road tunnel in Norway which opened in 2019, and the second longest...
well as to the shipping route along the western coast and the fertile Ryfylke Islands in the north. The earliest Christian impulses in Norway came to...
6.05472 Country Norway Region Western Norway County Rogaland District Ryfylke Municipality Hjelmeland Elevation 47 m (154 ft) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)...
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