Rekefjord
Rekefjord
Rægefjord (historic) | |
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Village | |
 View of the village from a 1910 postcard | |
Interactive map of Rekefjord | |
| Coordinates: 58°20′08″N 6°15′48″E / 58.33556°N 6.26331°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Western Norway |
| County | Rogaland |
| District | Dalane |
| Municipality | Sokndal Municipality |
| Elevation | 1 m (3.3 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 4380 Hauge i Dalane |
Rekefjord[2] is a harbour village in Sokndal Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located around the Rekefjord, about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west of the municipal centre of Hauge i Dalane. The village of Sogndalsstranda lies about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southeast of Rekefjord.
The Lille Presteskjær Lighthouse is located at the mouth of the fjord, just south of the village. A railway line was constructed in the 1860s for bringing ore from the Blåfjell Mines to Rekefjord for shipment. The railway has since closed and today it is a pedestrian and bicycle path.[3]
History
The villages of Sogndalsstranda and Rekefjord are located near each other and together, they were granted ladested rights in 1798. Together this two-point ladested was called Sogndal (historically spelled "Soggendahl"). This status gave them a monopoly on import and export of goods and materials in the port and in the surrounding district. On 1 January 1838, all of Norway was divided up into municipalities according to the formannskapsdistrikt law. The ladested of Sogndal was initially part of Sogndal Municipality (Norwegian: Sogndal herred; later spelled Sokndal).[4]
In 1845, the ladested was separated from Sogndal Municipality and became the new Sogndal ladested. Initially, Sogndal ladested had a population of 348 while Sogndal Municipality had a population of 2,819. On 1 July 1944, Sogndal ladestad was reunited with Sokndal Municipality, losing its small seaport status. Prior to the merger Sogndal had a population of 311.[5]
References
- ↑ "Rekefjord, Sokndal". yr.no. Retrieved 2026-04-18.
- ↑ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2026-04-17.
- ↑ Jacobsen, Nils; Lauritzen, Per Roger, eds. (2024-11-26). "Rekefjord". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2026-04-17.
- ↑ Brandsberg, Reidar (1988). Sogndal Ladested, Sokndal og Eigersund - i eldre og nyere tid (in Norwegian). Egersund: Fuglseth bok- og offsettrykkeri. ISBN 9788299181303.
- ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
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