| Official Name: | Norheimsund |
| 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: | Hardanger |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Kvam |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.85 |
| Population As Of: | 2019 |
| Population Total: | 4399 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1143 |
| Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
| Postal Code: | 5600 Norheimsund |
| Elevation M: | 6 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Coordinates: | 60.3708°N 6.1456°W |
Norheimsund is the administrative centre of the municipality of Kvam in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern side of the Hardangerfjord, about 80km (50miles) from the city of Bergen. The village of Øystese lies about to the northeast and the village of Vikøy lies about southeast of Norheimsund. The village of Steine is a suburb, immediately to the west of Norheimsund. The 3.85km2 village (which includes the neighboring village of Øystese) has a population (2019) of 4,399 and a population density of .[2]
Norheimsund has a lot of tourist traffic, especially in the summers. The waterfall Steinsdalsfossen, as of 2006 the 6th most visited natural tourist attraction in Norway, is located in Steine, just west of Norheimsund[3] before the entrance to the Toka Gorge.
Norheimsund is the seat of municipal government and largest commercial center in the municipality with about 50 stores. There is also some industry in the village with factories, wood processing plants, and food processing plants. The newspaper Hordaland Folkeblad is published in Norheimsund.[4] Norheimsund Church is located in the village. The Norheimsund Upper Secondary School is also located here. The waterfront area in Norheimsund has been redeveloped and beautified, and has won awards for development (in 2000) and for attractiveness (in 2013).[5]
The downtown center of Norheimsund was destroyed by a large fire on 7 October 1932. It was rebuilt with very functionalist-style architecture (rather than historic). During the Nazi occupation of Norway during World War II, the Germans had a large training camp at Norheimsund and large fortifications were built along the bay.