Sykkylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal

Møre og Romsdal

is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

 county

Counties of Norway

Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 430 municipalities...

, Norway

Norway

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. It is part of the Sunnmøre

Sunnmøre

Sunnmøre is the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. Its main city is Ålesund. The region comprises the municipalities of Giske, Hareid, Herøy, Norddal, Sande, Skodje, Haram, Stordal, Stranda, Sula, Sykkylven, Ulstein, Vanylven, Volda, Ørskog,...

 region

Districts of Norway

The country Norway is historically divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties and municipalities. The districts are defined by geographical features, often valleys, mountain ranges, fjords,...

. The administrative centre is the village of Aure

Aure, Sykkylven

Aure is a village which is the administrative center of the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Sykkylvsfjorden, just north of the Sykkylven Bridge. It is about north of Straumgjerde and east of Ikornnes.The village has a population of...

. Other villages include Ikornnes

Ikornnes

Ikornnes is a village in the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Sykkylvsfjorden, about east of Tusvik, north of Straumgjerde, and about west of the municipal center of Aure via the Sykkylven Bridge....

, Straumgjerde

Straumgjerde

Straumgjerde is a village in the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located where the lake Fitjavatnet empties into the Sykkylvsfjorden. It is about south of the municipal center of Aure and about south of Ikornnes. The mountain Råna lies south of the...

, and Tusvik

Tusvik

Tusvik is a small village in Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Storfjord about west of Ikornnes and west of Aure via the Sykkylven Bridge over the Sykkylvsfjorden....

.

General information

The municipality of Sykkylven was established on 1 August 1883 when it was separated from Ørskog

Ørskog

Ørskog is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Sjøholt. European Route E39 and European Route E136 runs through the municipality, connecting the towns of Ålesund and Molde.-General information:Ørskog was...

. The initial population was 2,029. On 1 June 1955, an area of Ørskog (population: 348) was transferred to Sykkylven.

Name

The municipality is named after the Sykkylvsfjorden

Sykkylvsfjorden

Sykkylvsfjorden is a fjord in the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The fjord is a branch off of the Storfjord. The villages of Sykkylven, Ikornnes, and Straumgjerde lie along the shores of the fjord. The Sykkylven Bridge crosses the fjord between Sykkylven and...

 (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....

: Síkiflir). The first element is sík which means "small lake

Lake

A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...

" or "inlet

Inlet

An inlet is a narrow body of water between islands or leading inland from a larger body of water, often leading to an enclosed body of water, such as a sound, bay, lagoon or marsh. In sea coasts an inlet usually refers to the actual connection between a bay and the ocean and is often called an...

" (referring to the lake, originally probably an inlet of Fetvatnet). The last element (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....

: -iflir) is also found in the names Sunnylven

Sunnylven

Sunnylven is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Stranda. It encompassed the areas around the Sunnylvsfjorden and Geirangerfjorden. The villages of Hellesylt and Geiranger were part of Sunnylven.-History:The municipality of...

 and Vanylven

Vanylven

Vanylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is Fiskåbygd. Other villages include Syvde, Rovdane, and Myklebost.-General information:...

 and the meaning is probably "fjord

Fjord

Geologically, a fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.-Formation:A fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice...

". The name was written Søkelven before 1889. From 1889 until 1917, it was spelled Søkkelven, and then since 1918 it has been written Sykkylven.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms

Coat of arms

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 is from modern times, and was designed by Kårstein Blindheim. The arms were granted in 1984 by royal decree. The figure represents the landscape of the Sykkylvsfjord and is reminiscent of a large mountain silhouette

Silhouette

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 from the municipality.

Churches

The Church of Norway

Church of Norway

The Church of Norway is the state church of Norway, established after the Lutheran reformation in Denmark-Norway in 1536-1537 broke the ties to the Holy See. The church confesses the Lutheran Christian faith...

 has two parishes within the municipality of Sykkylven. It is part of the Diocese of Møre

Diocese of Møre

The Diocese of Møre is a diocese in the Church of Norway which geographically consists of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Its bishop and cathedral are located in the county administrative center of Molde...

 and the Rural Deanery

Deanery

A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...

 (Prosti) of Austre Sunnmøre.

style="font-size:medium"|Churches in Sykkylven

Parish (Sokn)	Church Name	Year Built	Location of the Church
Sykkylven	Sykkylven kyrkje	1990	Aure Aure, Sykkylven Aure is a village which is the administrative center of the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Sykkylvsfjorden, just north of the Sykkylven Bridge. It is about north of Straumgjerde and east of Ikornnes.The village has a population of...
Ikornnes	Ikornnes kyrkje	1978	Ikornnes Ikornnes Ikornnes is a village in the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Sykkylvsfjorden, about east of Tusvik, north of Straumgjerde, and about west of the municipal center of Aure via the Sykkylven Bridge....

Geography

Sykkylven is a part of the Sunnmøre

Sunnmøre

Sunnmøre is the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. Its main city is Ålesund. The region comprises the municipalities of Giske, Hareid, Herøy, Norddal, Sande, Skodje, Haram, Stordal, Stranda, Sula, Sykkylven, Ulstein, Vanylven, Volda, Ørskog,...

 region and is surrounded by the beautiful alpine mountain

Alpine climate

Alpine climate is the average weather for a region above the tree line. This climate is also referred to as mountain climate or highland climate....

 range Sunnmørsalpene

Sunnmørsalpene

Sunnmørsalpene is a collective term for the mountains range in Sunnmøre, Norway. The mountain range encircles the Hjørundfjorden in the municipalities of Volda, Ørsta, Stranda, and Sykkylven. These mountains have peaks reaching straight up from the fjord....

, including the mountain Råna

Råna

Råna is a mountain on the border of the municipalities of Sykkylven and Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The mountain is part of Hjelledalstindane mountains in the Sunnmørsalpene range. The tall mountain is located about east of the village of Store Standal in Ørsta and about south of...

. Most of the people in Sykkylven live along the Sykkylvsfjorden

Sykkylvsfjorden

Sykkylvsfjorden is a fjord in the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The fjord is a branch off of the Storfjord. The villages of Sykkylven, Ikornnes, and Straumgjerde lie along the shores of the fjord. The Sykkylven Bridge crosses the fjord between Sykkylven and...

, which is a branch of the Storfjord

Storfjord (fjord)

The Storfjord is a fjord in the Sunnmøre region, stretching from Hareid in the west to Tafjord and Geiranger east in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The Storfjord system includes the famous Geirangerfjord and Tafjorden, at small village of Stranda it branches off into...

. The Sykkylven Bridge

Sykkylven Bridge

Sykkylven Bridge is a concrete bridge that crosses the Sykkylvsfjorden in the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It connects the municipal center of Aure with the village of Ikornnes on the other side of the fjord....

 crosses the fjord connecting Aure

Aure, Sykkylven

Aure is a village which is the administrative center of the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Sykkylvsfjorden, just north of the Sykkylven Bridge. It is about north of Straumgjerde and east of Ikornnes.The village has a population of...

 to Ikornnes

Ikornnes

Ikornnes is a village in the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Sykkylvsfjorden, about east of Tusvik, north of Straumgjerde, and about west of the municipal center of Aure via the Sykkylven Bridge....

.

Economy

Sykkylven is well known for its furniture

Furniture

Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...

 industry with companies such as Ekornes

Ekornes

Ekornes ASA is a Norwegian furniture company. It is principally known for its luxury line of reclining armchairs and sofas sold under the trademark Stressless. The patented mechanism of knob-controlled friction sliders on steel tubing allows the recliners to adjust to shifting sitting positions...

, Hjellegjerde, Brunstad Møbler, Hjelle, and Cylindra.