Stryn Municipality
Stryn Municipality
Stryn kommune | |
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View of Stryn | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Vestland within Norway | |
Stryn within Vestland | |
| Coordinates: 61°50′19″N 06°51′46″E / 61.83861°N 6.86278°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vestland |
| District | Nordfjord |
| Established | 1843 |
| • Preceded by | Innvik Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Stryn |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Per Kjøllesdal (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,382.02 km2 (533.60 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,325.7 km2 (511.9 sq mi) |
| • Water | 56.32 km2 (21.75 sq mi) 4.1% |
| • Rank | #67 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 2,081.44 m (6,828.9 ft) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 7,311 |
| • Rank | #140 in Norway |
| • Density | 5.3/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +1.9% |
| Demonym | Stryning |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4651 |
| Website | Official website |
Stryn is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Stryn. The municipality is located along the innermost part of the Nordfjorden. Some of the main villages in Stryn Municipality include Loen, Innvik, Utvik, Randabygda, Olden, and Flo.
The 1,382-square-kilometre (534 sq mi) municipality is the 67th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Stryn Municipality is the 140th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 7,311. The municipality's population density is 5.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi), and its population has increased by 1.9% over the previous 10-year period.
Farming, forestry, fruit growing, animal breeding for furs, small manufacturing industries, tourism, and the service trades provide the main occupations. The river Stryneelva enters the village of Stryn from the east after passing through the Stryn Valley, from the large lake Oppstrynsvatn. The Jostedalsbreen National Park Center is on the shore of the lake.
Stryn Municipality has year-round glacier skiing at Stryn Sommerski. It is also the home of the footballer-brothers Tore André Flo, Jarle Flo and Jostein Flo, who grew up in the village of Stryn, as well as their footballing-cousin Håvard Flo who is from the town of Flo.