Mundheim is a village in southern Kvam

Kvam

Kvam is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. The parish of Vikør was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Parts of Strandebarm were merged with Kvam on 1 January 1965...

 municipality, 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...

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From 1837 Mundheim was administratively a part of Strandebarm

Strandebarm

Strandebarm is a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.It was created in 1837 as Strandebarm formannskapsdistrikt. In 1863 the rural district Jondal, located on the opposite shore of the Hardangerfjord, was separated from Strandebarm to constitute a municipality of its own...

. On 1 January 1902 Varaldsøy

Varaldsøy

Varaldsøy is a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.Varaldsøy is an island in the Hardangerfjord in western Kvinnherad. The village of Varaldsøy is located on the island....

 was separated from Strandebarm to create a separate municipality. The municipality consisted of the island Varaldsøy as well as the mainland district of Mundheim. On 1 January 1964 Mundheim was moved to Kvam whereas the rest of Varaldsøy became a part of Kvinnherad

Kvinnherad

Kvinnherad is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. The parish of Kvindherred was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Fjelberg, most of Varaldsøy and parts of Skånevik merged with Kvinnherad on 1 January 1965.The municipality is the 5th in size in Hordaland...

. The part of Mundheim which joined Kvam had 300 inhabitants.