Bryggja is a village in eastern part of the municipality of Vågsøy

Vågsøy

Vågsøy is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality's administrative center is the town Måløy. Vågsøy is also the name of the main island in the municipality with an area of...

 in Sogn og Fjordane

Sogn og Fjordane

is a county in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality while the largest town is Førde....

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located along the north shore of the Nordfjord

Nordfjord

Nordfjord is a fjord and a traditional district in the northern part of Sogn og Fjordane county in Western Norway. The district comprises the municipalities of Selje, Vågsøy, Bremanger, Eid, Gloppen, Hornindal, and Stryn. Nordfjord covers an area of and is home to a population of approximately...

. The village is located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of the urban area of Degnepoll

Degnepoll

Degnepoll or Deknepollen is a village in the municipality of Vågsøy in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. Degnepoll is an eastern suburb of the town of Måløy, which it is connected to by a long Måløy Bridge. It is also located about west of the village of Bryggja...

–Tennebø

Tennebø

Tennebø is a village in the municipality of Vågsøy in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located about southeast of Degnepoll and about from the municipal center of Måløy. The lake Degnepollvatnet is just north of the village of Tennebø...

–Måløy

Måløy

is a town and the administrative centre of the municipality of Vågsøy in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. Måløy is located on the southeastern side of the island of Vågsøy, about northeast of the village of Holvik and about south of Raudeberg. The Måløybrua connects the town to the village of...

 in Vågsøy and it is about 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) west of Stårheim

Stårheim

Stårheim is a village in the municipality of Eid in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The population of the area was 439 people. Stårheim is located in the western part of Eid on the north shore of the Nordfjord, about west of the municipal center of Nordfjordeid and about across the Nordfjord...

 in neighboring Eid

Eid, Norway

Eid is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The village of Nordfjordeid is the administrative center of the municipality. Other larger villages are Mogrenda, Stårheim, Haugen, Kjølsdalen, Heggjabygda, and LoteEid is...

 municipality. In 2009, Bryggja had a population of 333 people, and the area of the village was 0.56 square kilometres (138.4 acre).

Notable residents

• Audun Endestad
  Audun Endestad
  Audun Endestad is a Norwegian-born American cross country skier, author and field guide. He is a past Olympic, World & National Team cross-country skier.-Biography:...
  
  , a famous Norwegian-American Olympic
  1984 Winter Olympics
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   cross-country skiier
  Cross-country skiing
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  , was born in Bryggja in 1953