Bygstad

Bygstad
Village
View of the village in the foreground, along the fjord
Bygstad Bygstad Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
Coordinates: 61°22′25″N 05°38′26″E / 61.37361°N 5.64056°ECoordinates: 61°22′25″N 05°38′26″E / 61.37361°N 5.64056°E
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Sogn og Fjordane
District	Sunnfjord
Municipality	Gaular
Elevation[1]	3 m (10 ft)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code	6977 Bygstad

Bygstad is a village in Gaular Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the Dalsfjorden, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of the innermost part of the fjord. The municipal center, Sande, is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the southeast of Bygstad and Førde Airport, Bringeland sits about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of the village.

The village is an old church site where there once was a stave church here dating back to the 13th century. The present Bygstad Church was built in 1845 and it serves the western part of the municipality of Gaular.^[2]

Notable residents

• Jenny Ellaug Følling, a Norwegian politician
• Kristian Lien, a Norwegian politician

References

1. "Bygstad" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
2. Store norske leksikon. "Bygstad" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-12-02.