Hardbakke is a village which is the administrative centre of the municipality of Solund

Solund

Solund is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. Solund is the westernmost island municipality in Norway, and the only municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county that is made up only of islands...

 in Sogn og Fjordane

Sogn og Fjordane

is a county in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality while the largest town is Førde....

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located on the west side of the island of Sula

Sula, Sogn og Fjordane

Sula is an island in the municipality of Solund in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The island is the main island of the municipality. The island is located at the end of the Sognefjorden in the Sognesjøen, about east of Holmebåen, the western-most point in Norway. The largest village on the...

. Hardbakke is located about halfway between Holmebåen

Holmebåen

Holmebåen is a point on the island of Steinsøy in an archipelago of small islands northwest of Utvær in the municipality of Solund in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, about west of the municipal center of Hardbakke. Holmebåen is the western-most point in Norway proper.-References:...

 and Losnegard

Losnegard

Losnegard is a very small village in the municipality of Solund in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. Constituting the easternmost point of the municipality, it is located near the end of the Sognefjord, about northeast of the municipal center of Hardbakke. Losnegard is the only settlement on the...

, the western- and eastern-most points in the municipality. The 0.29 square kilometres (71.7 acre) village of Hardbakke has a population (2009) of 246. Hardbakke has an elementary school and a secondary school, as well as a church.