Official Name: | Ramstad |
Other Name: | Ramsta |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Trøndelag#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Central Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Trøndelag |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Namdalen |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Nærøysund |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 7950 Abelvær |
Coordinates: | 64.7452°N 11.2323°W |
Elevation M: | 15 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Ramsta or Ramstad (Old Norse: Hrafnista) is a small farming village in Nærøysund municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located about half-way between the villages of Abelvær and Steine on an island near the mouth of the Foldafjord.
It was the home of a family from which came several heroes in a group of legendary sagas called the Hrafnistumannasögur. The islands of Nærøy were an old central meeting place, not only for the people of Namdalen, but also for people from neighbouring districts.[2]