Bømlafjorden

The Stord Bridge seen from the fjord

Bømlafjorden (English: Bømla Fjord)[1][2][3] is a fjord in Hordaland, Norway, and the outer-most part of the Hardangerfjord. The Bømlafjord Tunnel crosses under Bømlafjorden.

History

King Magnus IV of Sweden and Norway drowned in a shipwreck in the fjord in 1374.

On February 21, 1945 the vessel D/S Austri was attacked by British aircraft and sunk in the fjord. The passengers included German military personnel, prisoners of war, and civilian passengers,[4] among them the judge and newspaperman Gerhard Jynge.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Norsk kulturarv: Ryvarden Lighthouse.
  2. ↑ Norwegian Coastal Administration: VTS Centres.
  3. ↑ Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 41–42 (1994), pp. 7–8.
  4. ↑ Mjånes, Willy Edvin. 2010. Sjøverts kommunikasjon på Haugalandet. Årbok for Haugalandmuseene, pp. 14–51. Haugesund: Haugalandmuseene, pp. 41-42, 45.
  5. ↑ DigitaltMuseum: Det gamle skatollet.
  6. ↑ Olderkjær, Ove A. 2015. Kystruta skoten i senk av sine eigne. Bergens Tidene (February 20).

Coordinates: 59°38′N 5°17′E / 59.633°N 5.283°E / 59.633; 5.283


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