Sunnfjord (municipality)

Sunnfjord kommune
Municipality
Aerial view of the town of Førde
Coat of arms Vestland within Norway
Sunnfjord within Vestland
Coordinates: 61°27′08″N 5°51′26″E / 61.4522°N 5.8572°E / 61.4522; 5.8572
Country	Norway
County	Vestland
Established	1 Jan 2020
Administrative centre	Førde
Government
• Mayor	.
Area
• Total	2,208.13 km2 (852.56 sq mi)
• Land	2,065.34 km2 (797.43 sq mi)
• Water	142.79 km2 (55.13 sq mi)  6.5%
• Rank	27 in Norway
Population  (2023)
• Total	22,215
• Rank	56 in Norway
• Density	10.8/km2 (28/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	4.4%
Demonym	Sunnfjording[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-4647
Official language form	Nynorsk[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Sunnfjord is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Førde.

Economy: There is some mining.^[3]

Culture: The Eikaas Gallery shows the art studio of painter Ludvig Eikaas (d. 2010).^[4]

Settlements include

• Førde, [c. 10,000 or] 10,697 people live in that city (as of 2025)^[5]
• Naustdal, 1,280 live in that urban area (2024)
• Sande, Vestland, 983 people live there (as of 2024)^[6]

• Langhaugane, 856 people live there (as of 2024)^[7]
• Farsund, Vestland, 785 people live there (as of 2024)^[8]
• Skei, Vestland, 517 people live there (as of 2024)^[9]
• Vassenden, 327 people live there (as of 2024); That urban area is the seventh most populous, in the municipality.^[10]

Bruland

Bygstad

Erdal (Førde)

Flatene

Førde in Jølster (map), is a village

Grimeland

Hafstad

Halbrendslia

Haugum

Haukedalen

Hestadgrend

Hjelle gård

Holsen

Indre Hafstad

Klakegg

Skilbrei

Slåttebakkane

Slåtten

Svidal

Vikja i Viksdalen

Ålhus (map)^[11]

Part of a former municipality, Vevring, lies in Sunnfjord.^[12]

The geographical center of the municipality, is at Varden in Jølster (map).^[13]

• Kjell Opseth (d. 2017), politician, minister (government)