Kalvåg is a village located on the southeast side of the island of Frøya

Frøya, Sogn og Fjordane

Frøya is an island in the western part of the municipality of Bremanger in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The island is located just to the southwest of the big island of Bremangerlandet and its highest point is Fanneskarvarden at an elevation of ....

 in the municipality of Bremanger

Bremanger

Bremanger is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Bremanger is the only municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, which is located in two districts. The north-eastern parts comprising Oldeide, Berle, Rugsund, Davik, Isane and Ålfoten is located in Nordfjord, while Bremanger, Kalvåg,...

 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...

. Kalvåg is on the coast along the Frøysjøen, the southern entrance to the Nordfjord

Nordfjord

Nordfjord is a fjord and a traditional district in the northern part of Sogn og Fjordane county in Western Norway. The district comprises the municipalities of Selje, Vågsøy, Bremanger, Eid, Gloppen, Hornindal, and Stryn. Nordfjord covers an area of and is home to a population of approximately...

. Kalvåg has a population (2009) of 351. The village of Kalvåg was the administrative centre of Bremanger

Bremanger

Bremanger is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Bremanger is the only municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, which is located in two districts. The north-eastern parts comprising Oldeide, Berle, Rugsund, Davik, Isane and Ålfoten is located in Nordfjord, while Bremanger, Kalvåg,...

 until 1964 when the municipality was enlarged and the administration was moved east to Svelgen

Svelgen

Svelgen is a village in the municipality of Bremanger in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. Svelgen, the municipal center of the municipality, has a population of 1,189. It is located at the end of the Nordgulen fjord, about northeast of Midtgulen Church...

.

Today the village of Kalvåg has a unique collection of old waterfront buildings, reputed to be the largest and best-kept waterfront environment in the county. Many of the old wharf buildings have been restored and converted to provide accommodation. The harbor

Harbor

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 is very good, with spacious public quays

Wharf

A wharf or quay is a structure on the shore of a harbor where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.Such a structure includes one or more berths , and may also include piers, warehouses, or other facilities necessary for handling the ships.A wharf commonly comprises a fixed...

. Frøya Church

Frøya Church

Frøya church is a wooden "long church" in Kalvåg on the island of Frøya, in the municipality of Bremanger, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway...

 is located about 1.5 kilometre (0.93205910497471 mi) northeast of the center of Kalvåg. Throughout the municipality of Bremanger, there are tourist

Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...

 destinations such as Grotlesanden, the Hornelen

Hornelen

Hornelen is a mountain in the municipality of Bremanger, in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. At , it is the highest sea cliff in Europe, and has for a long time been used as a landmark for naval navigation. The horizontal distance from the summit to the sea shore is approximately...

 cliff, rock carvings at Vingen

Rock carvings at Vingen

The Vingen rock carvings are located near Frøysjøen in the municipality of Bremanger in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.- History :...

, and the old trading stations of Rugsund and Smørhavn.

Name

The first part of the name Kalvåg (previously spelled Kalvaag) comes from the verb kala which means "to make cold" or "to freeze". The second element is the genitive case of the Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....

 vágr which means "bay

Headlands and bays

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", therefore the name could be explained as a bay which often freezes in winter.

Notable residents

• Nikolai Astrup
  Nikolai Astrup
  Nikolai Astrup was a Norwegian painter.-Biography:Astrup was born in Bremanger in Nordfjord, but grew up in Ålhus in Jølster where his father worked as a priest. He was the great-grandson of Nils Astrup, a one-term member of parliament...
  
   was born in Kalvåg in 1880.
• Heidi Grande Røys
  Heidi Grande Røys
  Heidi Grande Røys is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. She became Minister of Modernisation in 2005, renamed to Minister of Government Administration and Reform since 2006 in the second cabinet Stoltenberg. She was replaced by Rigmor Aasrud in 2009.-References:...
  
   is a member of Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet