Official Name: | Skjoldastraumen |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Rogaland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Rogaland county |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Rogaland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Haugaland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Tysvær |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 5567 Skjoldastraumen |
Elevation M: | 23 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 59.4319°N 5.6136°W |
Skjoldastraumen is a village in Tysvær municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the Skjoldafjorden, about east of the village of Grinde and about northwest of the small village of Yrke. The village lies on one of the narrowest parts of the fjord, where there is one of the only actively-used seawater locks in Norway. The village is the site of the Skjoldastraumen Church.[2]