Skjold is a neighbourhood in Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

, 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...

. Located in Fana

Fana

Fana is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway.-History:Prior to 1972, Fana was an independent municipality which territory also included today's boroughs of Ytrebygda, Fyllingsdalen, and the southernmost part of Årstad.-Geography:...

 borough, it is a mostly residential area dominated by single-family homes and apartment buildings. Skjold is located to the south-west of Nesttun

Nesttun

Nesttun is an urban centre and neighbourhood in the southern parts of the city of Bergen, Norway, located approximately 10 km south of the city centre. It was the centre of Fana municipality, which merged with Bergen in 1972, and is today the administration centre of Fana borough. Nesttun...

 and east of Sørås. The area has an elementary

Elementary school

An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...

 school, Skjold skole, and a private Steiner-Waldorf elementary/lower secondary

Education in Norway

Education in Norway is mandatory for all children aged 6–16. The school year in Norway runs from mid August to late June the following year. The Christmas holiday from mid December to early January historically divides the Norwegian school year into two terms...

 school, Steinerskolen på Skjold. The basic statistical units

Basic statistical unit (Norway)

The basic statistical unit is a type of statistical unit used by Statistics Norway to provide stable and coherent geographical units for regional statistics in Norway. Basic statistical units are subdivisions of municipalities , and cover generally homogeneous areas...

 of Skjold and Skjoldhøgda had a combined population of 4967 as of January 1, 2009.

Transport

The main thoroughfare in Skjold is Norwegian Mational Road 582 (Fanavegen). The 4-lane road Norwegian Mational Road 580 (Fritz C. Riebers veg) runs to the west of Skjold, and intersects Rv 582 just north of Lagunen Storsenter

Lagunen Storsenter

Lagunen Storsenter is one of the largest shopping centres in Norway, and was in 2002 the fifth largest in Scandinavia, with a turnover of 2,540 billion Norwegian kroner. It is located in the borough Fana in Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The shopping centre was opened in 1985. It has 135...

. The second stage of the Bergen Light Rail

Bergen Light Rail

Bergen Light Rail is a light rail system in Bergen, Norway. The first stage of the project is a fifteen-station, stretch between the city center and Nesttun, which opened on 22 June 2010...

 system will pass through Skjold, and three of its stations three stations will be located in the area: Skjoldskiftet, Tors veg and Skjold.