Skjoldastraumen

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|official_name = Skjoldastraumen

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|native_name =

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|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline =

|image_caption = View of the village

|pushpin_map = Rogaland#Norway

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Rogaland county

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Norway

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Western Norway

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Rogaland

|subdivision_type3 = District

|subdivision_name3 = Haugaland

|subdivision_type4 = Municipality

|subdivision_name4 = Tysvær

|timezone1 = CET

|utc_offset1 = +01:00

|timezone1_DST = CEST

|utc_offset1_DST = +02:00

|postal_code_type = Post Code

|postal_code = 5567 Skjoldastraumen

|elevation_m = 23

|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Rogaland/Tysv%C3%A6r/Skjoldastraumen/|title=Skjoldastraumen, Tysvær (Rogaland)|publisher=yr.no|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2015-09-21}}

|coordinates = {{coord|59|25|55|N|05|36|49|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}

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Skjoldastraumen is a village in Tysvær municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the Skjoldafjorden, about {{convert|10|km}} east of the village of Grinde and about {{convert|5|km}} northwest of the small village of Yrke. The village lies on one of the narrowest parts of the fjord, and is the location of one of the only actively-used seawater locks in Norway. The village is the site of the Skjoldastraumen Church, a wooden structure built in a long church style in 1910.{{cite web|url=https://snl.no/Skjoldastraumen|title=Skjoldastraumen|author=Store norske leksikon|authorlink=Store norske leksikon|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2015-09-21}}

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Category:Villages in Rogaland

Category:Tysvær

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