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21-684: Måbødalen (English: Måbø Valley ) is a narrow valley in Eidfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway . The 7-kilometre (4.3 mi) long valley begins at the village of Øvre Eidfjord and ends at the Sysendalen valley on the western side of the Hardangervidda plateau. The valley contains one of the most notable waterfalls in the country: Vøringfossen , which is easily accessible via Norwegian National Road 7 (Rv7). The first road through

42-562: A Zimmermann piano where Edvard Grieg composed Norwegian Folk Songs, Opus 66 (1896). In 1854, Johan Christian Dahl painted Måbødalen , a landscape painting of the area. The painting is in the art museum in Bergen . Eidfjord Municipality Eidfjord is situated at the end of the Eid Fjord , an inner branch of the large Hardangerfjorden . The village of Eidfjord is a major cruise ship port of call . Eidfjord has several tourist sites, like

63-533: Is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Hordaland District Court and the Gulating Court of Appeal . The municipal council ( Kommunestyre ) of Eidfjord is made up of 17 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show

84-512: Is the 57th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Eidfjord is the 337th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 962. The municipality's population density is 0.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.8/sq mi) and its population has increased by 1.1% over the previous 10-year period. In 2016, the chief of police for Vestlandet formally suggested a reconfiguration of police districts and stations. He proposed that

105-655: The Bishop of Bergen as all the other parishes in present-day Vestland county) from 1125 until 1630. The Ancient Diocese of Stavanger was created out of the Ancient Diocese of Bergen and it included all of present-day Rogaland and Agder counties, plus the districts of Hallingdal in Buskerud county and Valdres in Innlandet county, and the parishes of Røldal and Eidfjord in Vestland county. The reason for including Eidfjord

126-506: The Vøringfossen waterfall. There are several lakes in Eidfjord including Eidfjordvatnet , Nordmannslågen , and Sysenvatnet . The lakes Halnefjorden , Skaupsjøen , and Tinnhølen are all partially located in Eidfjord. The Hardangerjøkulen glacier is partially located in northern Eidfjord. The parish of Eidfjord was very special because it belonged to the Bishop of Stavanger (and not

147-435: The annex parish ) is named after the Eid Fjord ( Old Norse : Eiðafjörðr ) since the first Eidfjord Church was built there. The first element comes from the old Eid farm ( Old Norse : Eiðar ). The name of the farm derives from the word eið which means " isthmus ", referring to the land between the fjord and the lake Eidfjordvatnet . The last element is fjörðr which means " fjord ". The coat of arms

168-526: The Måbødalen valley was built from 1900 to 1916. Consisting of three tunnels and three bridges, including the Måbø Bridge , it is characterized by its many hairpin turns . The road is widely used by pedestrians and cyclists today and it is regarded as a good example of early 20th century road engineering. This was the first road connection between Eastern and Western Norway over the Hardangervidda plateau when it

189-626: The Sima Power Plant which is built into the mountain itself, the Måbødalen valley, and the Vøringsfossen waterfall which has a free fall of 182 metres (597 ft). Large parts of the Hardangervidda (Europe's largest mountain plateau) are located in Eidfjord. The Hardangervidda Natursenter , a visitors centre and museum for Hardangervidda National Park , is located in Øvre Eidfjord . The 1,498-square-kilometre (578 sq mi) municipality

210-462: The current and historical composition of the council by political party . The mayors ( Nynorsk : ordførar ) of Eidfjord (incomplete list): Schei Committee The Schei Committee ( Norwegian : Schei-komitéen ) was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post- World War II . It convened in 1946, and its formal name

231-627: The municipality of Eidfjord. It is part of the Hardanger og Voss prosti ( deanery ) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin . Eidfjord Municipality sits at the innermost part of the Hardangerfjorden and it stretches inland to include part of the vast Hardangervidda plateau. Part of the Hardangervidda National Park lies in the municipality. Eidfjord municipality borders Ullensvang Municipality to

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252-409: The police station for Ullensvang og Eidfjord be closed. The parish of Graven (later spelled "Granvin") was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). This large municipality/parish included two annexes: Ulvik and Eidfjord. On 1 January 1859, Ulvik became the main parish, making Granvin and Eidfjord annexes to Ulvik, and the name of the large municipality

273-402: The southwest, Nore og Uvdal Municipality and Hol Municipality (both in Buskerud county) to the east, and Ulvik Municipality to the north. Eidfjord Municipality begins at sea level along the fjord, the valleys leading away from the fjord are surrounded by high mountains which lead up to the alpine plateau called Hardangervidda. The Måbødalen valley is a narrow valley that leads upland to

294-417: Was Kommuneinndelingskomiteen av 1946 (The 1946 Committee on Municipal Division). Its more commonly used name derives from the committee leader, Nikolai Schei , who was County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane at the time. The committee concluded its work in 1962. By that time, it had published an eighteen-volume work called Kommuneinndelingskomitéens endelige tilråding om kommunedelingen . The findings of

315-408: Was changed from Graven to Ulvik. On 1 May 1891, the municipality of Ulvik was divided into three separate municipalities: the western part became Graven Municipality (population: 1,331) and the southeastern part became the new Eidfjord Municipality (population: 1,018). This left a much smaller Ulvik Municipality in between the two new municipalities. In 1895, a small part of Eidfjord (population: 3)

336-427: Was chosen because the first known settlers of the area were reindeer hunters . The reindeer has been important for the population in the Hardangervidda area for many centuries. The antler also symbolizes the rivers that run from the mountain into the fjord. The arms were designed by John Digernes. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms. The Church of Norway has one parish ( sokn ) within

357-510: Was finally completed in 1928. A new road through Måbødalen was opened in 1986, and it replaced the old road (which was not removed). The new road is wider and has many more tunnels to replace the narrow, old road and all its hairpin turns. The Måbødalen bus accident occurred in 1988 on the new road. The Fossli Hotel is situated on top of the mountain, overlooking the Måbødalen valley and the Vøringfossen waterfall, just off Rv7. The hotel owns

378-401: Was granted on 13 July 1984. The official blazon is " Azure , a reindeer antler argent " ( Norwegian : På blå grunn eit kvitt reinsdyrgevir ). This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is a reindeer antler . The antler has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The reindeer antler

399-456: Was not well-liked by the population of Eidsfjord, and so on 1 January 1977, part of the merger was undone, and the area of the "old" Eidfjord Municipality (population: 1,223) was separated to form its own municipality once again. On 1 January 2022, the roughly 7-square-kilometre (2.7 sq mi) Ytre Bu area of Ullensvang Municipality (population: 24) was transferred to the neighboring Eidfjord Municipality. The municipality (originally

420-594: Was that the regions of Hallingdal and Valdres belonged to the bishop of Stavanger and the easiest way to reach them from Stavanger was by sailing up the Hardangerfjord to Eidfjord , and then traveling over the Hardangervidda plateau to Hallingdal and Valdres. Eidfjord Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services , senior citizen services, welfare and other social services , zoning , economic development , and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality

441-486: Was transferred back to Ulvik Municipality . Eidfjord existed as a municipality from 1891 until 1964 when a major municipal merger took place as a result of municipal reform in Norway due to the Schei Committee . Eidfjord Municipality (population: 983), most Kinsarvik Municipality (population: 1,513), and Ullensvang Municipality (population: 2,358) were all merged into one large Ullensvang Municipality . This merger

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