Agatunet

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Agatunet

90 minutes
Agatunet is Norway's largest preserved farm cluster. It sits on the west side of Sørfjorden, between Odda and Utne on road 550.
The settlement has 45 listed buildings, the oldest from the Middle Ages, plus ten boathouses down by the fjord. The main building is Lagmannsstova, built around 1220 by the knight and lawmaker Sigurd Brynjulvson. It's the oldest documented courtroom in Norway, and one of the few medieval wooden buildings still standing on its original site.

Sigurd was an advisor to King Eirik Magnusson. He disappeared in a storm on the fjord around 1302. His gravestone, showing a knight with sword and shield bearing three lilies, became the coat of arms for Ullensvang municipality.

The farm was protected in 1937 when agricultural reforms threatened to break up the old clustered settlement. Before the Second World War, nine farming families lived here, around 200 people in total.

Today it's a museum with guided tours, a café, and exhibitions. They bake traditional Krotakake on Fridays during summer. There's also a hiking trail from the car park to a Viking Age harbour.

Open daily in summer. Rest of year by appointment.

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