Skjolden is a village in the municipality of Luster

Luster, Norway

Luster is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative centre is Gaupne. Other villages include Skjolden, Hafslo, Jostedal, and Veitastrond....

 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 at the end of the Lustrafjord, a branch of the Sognefjord

Sognefjord

The Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world. Located in Sogn og Fjordane county, it stretches inland to the small village of Skjolden...

. Skjolden is the innermost point of the Sognefjord

Sognefjord

The Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world. Located in Sogn og Fjordane county, it stretches inland to the small village of Skjolden...

, and is the length of the Sognefjord is measured from Skjolden to Ytre Sula

Solund

Solund is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. Solund is the westernmost island municipality in Norway, and the only municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county that is made up only of islands...

 island where the fjord meets to ocean. The valleys Mørkridsdal and Fortunsdal meet at Skjolden, just west of the Hurrungane

Hurrungane

Hurrungane is a mountain range in the municipalities Luster and Årdal in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway...

 mountains. Skjolden is home to about 200 people.

The village is located along the Sognefjellsvegen

Sognefjellsvegen

The Sognefjellsvegen or Sognefjellsveien is the highest mountain pass road in Northern Europe. It is located in Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane counties in Norway. It is a national tourist road and starts in the village of Lom in the municipality of Lom, it then travels over the Sognefjell mountain...

 road, about 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) west of the lake Prestesteinsvatnet

Prestesteinsvatnet

Prestesteinsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway, with a small part of the lake crossing over into the neighboring municipality of Lom . The lake sits at an elevation of above sea level. It lies along the south side of the Sognefjellsvegen road, just...

 and the mountain Fannaråki

Fannaråki

Fannaråki is a mountain in the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen National Park, just south of the lake Prestesteinsvatnet and the Sognefjellsvegen road...

. Skjolden is about 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) northeast of the municipal center of Gaupne

Gaupne

Gaupne is a village which is the administrative center of the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The village has a population of 1,075. The village is located along the Gaupnefjord, an arm of the Lustrafjord, about north of the village of Hafslo. The village of...

 and about 35 kilometres (21.7 mi) northeast of Hafslo

Hafslo

Hafslo is a village and a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Luster. The former municipality included the Hafslo village area, the Urnes stave church area , and the Veitastrond valley...

. North of the village is Breheimen National Park

Breheimen National Park

Breheimen National Park is a national park that was established in 2009. The park is located in the municipalities of Skjåk and Lom in Oppland county and in Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway...

, home of the glaciers Harbardsbreen

Harbardsbreen

Harbardsbreen is the 10th largest glacier in mainland Norway. It is located on the south side of the Tverrådalskyrkja mountain in the Breheimen mountain range in the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway....

 and Spørteggbreen

Spørteggbreen

Spørteggbreen is a glacier in the municipality of Luster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is the 12th largest glacier in Norway. It lies between the Jostedalsbreen and Harbardsbreen glaciers. The glacier lies inside Breheimen National Park...

 and the mountain Tverrådalskyrkja

Tverrådalskyrkja

Tverrådalskyrkja is a mountain on the border between the municipalities of Luster and Skjåk , Norway. It is part of the Breheimen mountain range within Breheimen National Park, just north of the large Harbardsbreen glacier...

.