Utne

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|settlement_type = Village

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|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Western Norway

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Vestland

|subdivision_type3 = District

|subdivision_name3 = Hardanger

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|subdivision_name4 = Ullensvang

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|postal_code = 5778 Utne

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Utne is a village in Ullensvang municipality in the Hardanger region of Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern end of the Folgefonn Peninsula, at the confluence of the Sørfjorden and Hardangerfjorden. The village is the site of Utne Church. The village of Alsåker lies about {{convert|10|km}} to the west on the northern shore of the peninsula and the village of Vikebygd lies about {{convert|20|km}} to the south along the eastern shore of the peninsula.{{cite web|url=http://snl.no/Utne|title=Utne|author=Store norske leksikon|author-link=Store norske leksikon|language=no|access-date=2014-06-03}}

Utne is a ferry port with regular ferry routes from Kinsarvik to Kvanndal via Utne, connecting the two sides of the fjord. Utne is also home to the Utne Hotel, Norway's oldest hotel in continuous operation, founded in 1722.{{cite web |url=http://www.bergen-guide.com/367.htm |title=Utne |work=Bergen Guide |publisher=Bergen Promotion |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010827205936/http://www.bergen-guide.com/367.htm |archive-date=2001-08-27 |url-status=dead }}

Name

Utne, in Norwegian, probably has some pre-Germanic elements (i.e. before approx. 200 CE). Other place-names in the area also has an element of pre-Germanic and unknown origins.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} It has been suggested that it derives from "Út-tún", meaning the hamlet or farmstead that is "out". This fits with the village's position at the tip of a peninsula that sticks out into the Hardangerfjorden. This is however uncertain.{{cite book|title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt|edition=12|author-link=Oluf Rygh|last=Rygh|first=Oluf|publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri|date=1919|location=Kristiania, Norge|pages=459|url=http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_visetekst.prl?s=n&Vise=Vise&KRYSS182034%4040731=on|language=no}}

Media gallery

File:Hardanger ferry.jpg|The ferry stopped at Utne

File:Utne Halfway stop.jpg|View of Utne from the ferry

File:Utne Hotell.JPG|Utne hotel

File:Utne 1933 Wilse.jpeg|Utne in 1933

File:Utne_in_sun.JPG|Utne as seen from ferry during summer

References

Category:Villages in Vestland

Category:Ullensvang