{{Short description|Village in Bømlo Municipality, Norway}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Mosterhamn<ref name="name1" /><br />Moster<ref name="name2" /> |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = Breivika og Mosterhamn på Bømlo.jpg |image_caption = View of the village |mapframe = yes |mapframe-zoom = 11 |mapframe-marker = village |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Norway |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Western Norway |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Vestland |subdivision_type3 = District |subdivision_name3 = Sunnhordland |subdivision_type4 = Municipality |subdivision_name4 = Bømlo Municipality |timezone1 = CET |utc_offset1 = +01:00 |timezone1_DST = CEST |utc_offset1_DST = +02:00 |area_footnotes = <ref name="ssb" /> |area_total_km2 = 1.83 |population_as_of = 2025 |population_footnotes = <ref name="ssb" /> |population_total = 1431 |population_density_km2 = 782 |postal_code_type = Post Code |postal_code = 5440 Mosterhamn |coordinates = {{coord|59.69919|5.38585|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 1 |elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Mosterhamn, Bømlo |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/1-2270752/Norge/Vestland/B%C3%B8mlo/Mosterhamn |accessdate=2026-02-01 |publisher=yr.no}}</ref>}}
'''Mosterhamn'''<ref name="name1">{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn: Mosterhamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/694369 |access-date=2026-02-01 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}}</ref> or simply '''Moster'''<ref name="name2">{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn: Moster |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/876441 |access-date=2026-02-01 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}}</ref> is a village in Bømlo Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the small island of Moster in the southeastern part of Bømlo Municipality. The village lies along the Bømlafjorden.<ref name="snl" /> The {{convert|1.83|km2|acre|adj=on}} village has a population (2025) of {{formatnum:1431}} and a population density of {{convert|782|PD/km2}}.<ref name="ssb">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |date=2025-10-27 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/folketall/statistikk/tettsteders-befolkning-og-areal}}</ref>
The village is notable since the Old Moster Church is here and that is the site of the ''Mostratinget'', a thing in the year 998 when Olav Tryggvason is said to have brought Christianity to Norway and made it the national Church of Norway.<ref name="snl">{{Cite SNL|Mosterhamn|Mosterhamn|2026-02-01|Thorsnæs|Geir|2025-08-01}}</ref>
Prior to the opening of the Triangle Link bridge-tunnel network in 2001, Mosterhamn was one port of the Mosterhamn–Valevåg Ferry which crossed the Bømlafjorden.
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Category:Villages in Vestland Category:Bømlo Municipality