Hardanger

Hardanger
District
Lofthus
Districts of Vestland:   Nordfjord   Sunnfjord   Indre Sogn   Ytre Sogn   Nordhordland   Midthordland   Sunnhordland   Hardanger   Voss
Country	Norway
County	Vestland
Region	Western Norway
Adm. Center	Odda (town)
Area
• Total	6,266 km2 (2,419 sq mi)
Population  (2009)
• Total	22,810
• Density	3.6/km2 (9.4/sq mi)
Demonym	Harding

Hardanger is a traditional district in the western part of Norway, dominated by the Hardangerfjord and its inner branches of the Sørfjorden and the Eid Fjord. It consists of the municipalities of Ullensvang, Eidfjord, Ulvik and Kvam, and is located inside the county of Vestland.

The area is dominated by the vast Hardangervidda plateau in the east and the large Folgefonna glacier on the central Folgefonna peninsula. The district was selected as the millennium site for the old Hordaland county.

In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, Hardanger was a petty kingdom with its capital at Kinsarvik.^{[citation needed]}