Folgefonna National Park

Folgefonna National Park has an area of 545.2 km². It spans the municipalities of Jondal, Kvinnherad, Etne, Odda and Ullensvang. The national park was opened by Queen Sonja on May 14th 2005. Folgefonna is a collective term for three glaciers in the park, of which the southern one is Norway's third largest glacier.

The name

The first element is folge f 'thin layer of snow', the last element is the finite form of fonn f 'mass of snow, glacier made of snow'.

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