Jølstra
Jølstra is a river in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The 22-kilometre long river flows from the lake of Jølstravatnet down to the Førdefjorden.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Sunnfjord, Norway
- Also known as: “Jølster-Elv”, “Jolstra”, “Jolstro”, and “Jöstra River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum and Førde Church.
Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum
Museum
Photo: Sigrunespe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum is an art museum located in Førde, Norway. The museum was established in 1987. The museum was initially called the Sogn og Fjordane County Gallery, and it adopted its current name in 2000.
Førde Church
Church
Photo: Eirik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Førde Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Førde. It is the church for the Førde parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Førde and Førde.
Førde
Town
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Førde is the administrative centre of Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The town is located at the eastern end of the Førdefjorden, at the mouth of the river Jølstra.
Førde
Photo: Sigrunespe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Førde is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 586-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020.
Jølstra
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Sunnfjord Municipality, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Jølstra” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jølstrå”
- Danish: “Jølstra”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر چولسترا”
- German: “Jølstra”
- Irish: “Jølstra”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jølstra”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jølstra”
- Norwegian: “Jølstra”
- Polish: “Jølstra”
- Swedish: “Jølstra”
- Ukrainian: “Єлстра”
- “Jølstra”
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