Official Name: | Espedal |
Other Name: | Espedalen |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Vestland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Espedalen |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Vestland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Sunnfjord |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Fjaler Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 6968 Flekke |
Coordinates: | 61.2683°N 5.325°W |
Elevation M: | 204 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Espedal is a valley and hamlet in the municipality of Fjaler in Vestland county, Norway. It is located about southwest of the municipal center of Dale, and about southwest of the village of Flekke. The area is owned by the Espedal family.
Espedal is featured in the 2007 documentary film True Norwegian Black Metal which focused on some aspects of the life of black metal performer Kristian "Gaahl" Espedal. Espedal has been popularly mistaken for a village, a misconception perpetuated by the aforementioned documentary.[2]