Syvde is village and former 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, 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...

. The village located at the end of the Syvdsfjorden, in the municipality of 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:...

, about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) east of Fiskåbygd

Fiskåbygd

Fiskåbygd is a coastal village that is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Vanylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located southwest of Ålesund, east of Myklebust, and southwest of Rovdane. The village lies along the shores of the Vanylvsfjorden, east of...

. The former municipality is currently the eastern part of Vanylven, surrounding the Syvdsfjorden, but not including the Rovdestranda area. The village of Myklebost

Myklebost, Vanylven

Myklebost is a village in the Syvde area of the municipality of Vanylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Syvdsfjorden about east of the municipal center of Fiskåbygd and south of Rovdane. The village has a population of 428....

 and Syvde comprise an urban area of about 400 residents (2009).

History

The municipality of Syvde was established on 1 February 1918 when the old municipality of 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:...

 was split into Vanyvlen and Syvde. Initially, Syvde had a population of 1,260. On 1 January 1964, Syvde (along with parts of Rovde

Rovde

Rovde is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Rovde included the area on both the north and south sides of the Rovdefjorden. The northern area on the island of Gurskøy is currently part of the municipality of Sande and the southern area is part of Vanylven...

 were merged into Vanylven. Prior to the merger, Syvde had a population of 1,458.

Name

The name Syvde comes from the local 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...

, Syvdsfjorden. 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....

form is Sybðir which means "crooked" or "bent", referring to the shape of the fjord. The name was historically spelled "Søvde".