The Sognefjord or Sognefjorden (Urban East Norwegian:[ˈsɔ̂ŋnəˌfjuːɳ], English: Sogn Fjord[1][2][3]), nicknamed the King of the Fjords (Norwegian: Fjordenes konge), is the largest and deepest fjord in Norway.[4] Located in Vestland county in Western Norway, it stretches 205 kilometres (127 mi) inland from the ocean to the small village of Skjolden in the municipality of Luster.[4]
The fjord gives its name to the surrounding district of Sogn.[5] The name is related to Norwegian word súg- "to suck", presumably from the surge or suction of the tidal currents at the mouth of the fjord.[6]
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^Helland, Amund (1901). "Almindelig del. I serien Norges land og folk topografisk-statistisk beskrevet". Nordre Bergenhus Amt (in Norwegian). Kristiania: Aschehoug. Sognefjordens egentlige navn er Sogn, medens Sogn nu alene bruges om det omgivende landskab, og brugtes saaledes allerede i middelalderen. Navnet er som landskapsnavn hankjønsord og har udentvil været det ogsaa som fjordnavn.
^Bergum, Leiv (1998). Sognefjorden. Leikanger: Skald. ISBN 8279590005.
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