Bøverfjorden
Bøverfjorden (sometimes Bæverfjord[1][2] or Bøverfjord[1][3]) is a village in the municipality of Surnadal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It lies on the shore of Hamnesfjord along County Road 65 where the Bøvra River empties into the fjord.[4]
Bøverfjorden Bæverfjord, Bøverfjord | |
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Village | |
Bøverfjorden Location in Møre og Romsdal Bøverfjorden Bøverfjorden (Norway) | |
Coordinates: 63°1′29″N 8°35′33″E | |
Country | Norway |
Region | Western Norway |
County | Møre og Romsdal |
District | Nordmøre |
Municipality | Surnadal |
Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Post Code | 6644 Bæverfjord |
Name
Locally, the name of the village is pronounced Bøffjorn.[5] The name is derived from Old Norse Bifrarfjǫrðr 'beaver fjord'[6] with substitution of the Norse first element by Low German bever.[5]
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References
- "Bøverfjorden, Surnadal (Møre og Romsdal)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- Store norske leksikon: Surnadal.
- Möbius, Michael, & Aaron Möbius. 2014. Stefan Loose Reiseführer Norwegen. Ostfildern: Dumont Reiseverlag, p. 628.
- Norgeskart: Bøverfjorden.
- Nordland, Ingvil. 2009. Normering av stedsnavn i skjæringspunktet mellom vedtaksorgan og grunneier. Master's thesis. Oslo: University of Oslo, Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies, p. 99.
- Helland, Amund. 1911. Norges land og folk topografisk-statistisk beskrevet. Topografisk-historisk beskrivelse over Romsdals amt. Kristiania: H. Aschehoug & Company, p. 57.
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