Balestrand is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center was the village of Balestrand. Other villages in the municipality included Ese, Kvamme, Låne, Sæle, Tjugum, and Vetlefjorden.
View of Balestrand
View of Balestrand village (left), the Esefjorden (center), and the Fjærlandsfjorden (right)
A view to Vetlefjorddalen and Bårddalen from a lookout spot at the top of the serpentine County Road 13
Painting: Munken gård i Esefjorden by Adelsteen Normann
Sogn og Fjordane was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the county administration was in the village of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality. The largest town in the county was Førde.
Aurlandsfjord
Myklebustdalen valley east of Byrkjelo
The village of Hoddevik on the Stad peninsula in Selje
Some old houses in Lærdalsøyri, Lærdal