Bygstad

Bygstad is a village in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the Dalsfjorden, about northwest of the innermost part of the fjord. The village of Sande lies about to the southeast of Bygstad and Førde Airport, Bringeland sits about east of the village.

History

The village is an old church site where there once was a stave church here dating back to the 13th century. The present Bygstad Church was built in 1845.

Notable people