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Stryn

Stryn kommune
Municipality
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Coat of arms of Stryn kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Stryn kommune
Sogn og Fjordane within
Norway
Stryn within Sogn og Fjordane
Stryn within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61°50′19″N 06°51′46″E / 61.83861°N 6.86278°E / 61.83861; 6.86278Coordinates: 61°50′19″N 06°51′46″E / 61.83861°N 6.86278°E / 61.83861; 6.86278
Country Norway
County Sogn og Fjordane
District Nordfjord
Administrative centre Stryn
Government
 • Mayor (2011) Sven Flo (H)
Area
 • Total 1,377.26 km2 (531.76 sq mi)
 • Land 1,321.23 km2 (510.13 sq mi)
 • Water 56.03 km2 (21.63 sq mi)
Area rank 63 in Norway
Population (2013)
 • Total 7,105
 • Rank 144 in Norway
 • Density 5.4/km2 (14/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) 5.0 %
Demonym(s) Stryning
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-1449
Official language form Nynorsk
Website www.stryn.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Stryn is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Stryn. The municipality is located along the innermost part of the Nordfjorden. Some of the main villages in Stryn include Loen, Innvik, Utvik, Randabygda, Olden, and Flo.

Farming, forestry, fruit growing, animal breeding for furs, small manufacturing industries, tourism, and the service trades provide the main occupations. The wide river Stryneelva enters the village of Stryn from the east after meandering through the fertile Stryn Valley, from the large lake Oppstrynsvatn. The Jostedalsbreen National Park Centre is situated on the shore of this lake. At the east end of the lake, the road enters the narrower Hjelledalen and shortly zigzags up some 300 metres (980 ft) to Ospeli and the entrance of the first of the three tunnels of the mountain highway (Riksvei 15) leading to Geiranger and Grotli.

Stryn is known for its all year glacier skiing at Stryn Sommerski. It is also the home of the footballer-brothers Tore André Flo, Jarle Flo and Jostein Flo, who grew up in the village of Stryn, as well as their footballing-cousin Håvard Flo who is from the village of Flo.


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