{{Short description|Village in Sokndal Municipality, Norway}} {{Use dmy dates |date=October 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Sogndalsstranda |other_name = Sogndalsstrand<ref name="name" /><br />Strondo<ref name="name" /> |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = Sogndalstrand01.JPG |image_caption = View of the village |mapframe = yes |mapframe-zoom = 11 |mapframe-marker = village |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Norway]] |subdivision_type1 = [[List of regions of Norway|Region]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Western Norway]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Norway|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Rogaland]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Norway|District]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Dalane]] |subdivision_type4 = [[List of municipalities of Norway|Municipality]] |subdivision_name4 = [[Sokndal Municipality]] |timezone1 = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset1 = +01:00 |timezone1_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |utc_offset1_DST = +02:00 |postal_code_type = Post Code |postal_code = 4380 Hauge i Dalane |coordinates = {{coord|58.32297|6.28466|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 8 |elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Sogndalsstranda, Sokndal |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/1-4308/Norge/Rogaland/Sokndal/Sogndalsstranda |accessdate=2026-04-18 |publisher=[[yr.no]]}}</ref>}}
'''Sogndalsstranda'''<ref name="name">{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/910244 |access-date=2026-04-17 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=[[Norwegian Mapping Authority|Kartverket]] |language=no}}</ref> is a harbor village in [[Sokndal Municipality]] in [[Rogaland]] county, [[Norway]]. The village is located at the mouth of the river [[Sokno]], about {{convert|2|km}} south of the municipal centre of [[Hauge, Rogaland|Hauge]] and also about {{convert|2|km}} southeast of the village of [[Rekefjord]]. The [[Jøssingfjorden]] lies about {{convert|2.7|km}} southeast of the village.
The village has about 280 residents and it has become a tourist destination since the 1990s. The old village has many wooden buildings and warehouses. These buildings and the surrounding area were protected by law in 2005. Locally, the area is also known as simply ''Strondo''.<ref name="snl">{{Cite SNL|Sogndalsstranda|Sogndalsstranda|2026-04-17|Thorsnæs|Geir|2024-11-25|editor2-first=Per Roger|editor2-last=Lauritzen}}</ref>
==History== The village grew up starting in the 1600s and by the 1660s, there was a beach resort located in Sogndalsstranda (historically spelled ''Sogndalstrand''). The villages of Sogndalsstranda and [[Rekefjord]] are located near each other and together, they were granted ''[[ladested]]'' rights in 1798. Together this two-point [[ladested]] was called ''Sogndal'' (historically spelled ''"Soggendahl"''). This status gave them a monopoly on import and export of goods and materials in the port and in the surrounding district. On 1 January 1838, all of Norway was divided up into municipalities according to the [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law.<ref>{{cite book |last=Brandsberg |first=Reidar |title=Sogndal Ladested, Sokndal og Eigersund - i eldre og nyere tid |publisher=Fuglseth bok- og offsettrykkeri |year=1988 |isbn=9788299181303 |location=Egersund |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
The ladested of Sogndal was initially part of [[Sokndal Municipality|Sogndal Municipality]] ({{langx|no|Sogndal herred}}; later spelled ''Sokndal''). In 1845, the ladested was separated from Sogndal Municipality and became the new [[Sogndal Municipality (Rogaland)|Sogndal ladested]]. Initially, Sogndal ladested had a population of 348 while Sogndal Municipality had a population of 2,819. On 1 July 1944, Sogndal ladestad was reunited with Sokndal Municipality, losing its small seaport status. Prior to the merger Sogndal had a population of 311.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>
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[[Category:Villages in Rogaland]] [[Category:Sokndal Municipality]]