Ulvik herad is a municipality in Vestland county. It borders in the west to Voss herad, in the north to Aurland, in the east to Hol, in the south to Eidfjord, in the southwest to Ullensvang municipalities. Ullensvang is located in the province of Hardanger and was part of Hordaland county until the merger into Vestland county in 2020.
The village is located around the northeastern arms
of the Hardangerfjord, Osafjorden and Ulvikfjorden, and extends far
into the Hardangervidda, so that the northernmost of
Hardangerjøkulen, the westernmost of Hallingskarvet and Finse and
Hallingskeid are within the municipal boundaries.
The town of
Ulvik with Brakanes as its center has 521 inhabitants as of 1
January 2020, and is located almost in the heart of the Ulvikfjord
with the wood products and furniture industry and 4 hotels.
Agriculture is characterized by fruit and berry cultivation and
sheep farming.
Highway 7 and highway 13 pass through Ulvik. A
section of the Bergen line, with the line's highest station, Finse
station, runs through the municipality.
Ulvik
Poetry Festival is held every other year and for the ninth time in
2016.
Millennium site
The municipality's millennium site
is the common.
Known residents
Marcus Schnabel
(1744-1780), priest and linguist
Olav H. Hauge (1908–1994), poet
Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa (1910-1990), fiddler (hard fiddle)
Lars
Sponheim (1957-), Member of the Storting 1993-2009, leader of the
Liberal Party 1996-2009, Minister, County Governor of Hordaland
Terje Breivik (1965-), Member of the Storting (V) from 2013