Mosterhamn Explained

Official Name:Mosterhamn
Other Name:Moster
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Vestland#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Western Norway
Subdivision Name2:Vestland
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Sunnhordland
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Bømlo
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Area Total Km2:1.8
Population As Of:2019
Population Total:1375
Population Density Km2:764
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:5440 Mosterhamn
Elevation M:2
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Coordinates:59.6992°N 5.3856°W

Mosterhamn or simply Moster is a village in Bømlo municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the small island of Moster in the southeastern part of the municipality of Bømlo. The village lies along the Bømlafjorden. The 1.8km2 village has a population (2019) of 1,375 and a population density of .[2]

The village is notable since the Old Moster Church is here and that is the site of the Mostratinget, a thing in the year 998 when Olav Tryggvason is said to have brought Christianity to Norway and made it the national Church of Norway.[3]

Prior to the opening of the Triangle Link bridge-tunnel network in 2001, Mosterhamn was one port of the Mosterhamn–Valevåg Ferry which crossed the Bømlafjorden.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mosterhamn, Bømlo (Hordaland). yr.no. Norwegian. 2015-02-19.
  2. Web site: Statistisk sentralbyrå . Statistics Norway . 1 January 2019 . Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality .
  3. Web site: Mosterhamn. Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 2015-02-19.