Flåmselvi

Flåmselvi Moldo
The river as seen from the Flåm Line railway
Location
Country	Norway
County	Vestland
Municipalities	Aurland, Ulvik
Physical characteristics
Source	Omnsbreen glacier
• location	Finse, Ulvik Municipality, Norway
• coordinates	60°37′51″N 7°29′04″E / 60.63077°N 7.48443°E / 60.63077; 7.48443
• elevation	1,532 metres (5,026 ft)
Mouth	Aurlandsfjorden
• location	Flåm, Aurland Municipality, Norway
• coordinates	60°51′54″N 7°07′11″E / 60.86501°N 7.11963°E / 60.86501; 7.11963
• elevation	0 metres (0 ft)
Length	40 km (25 mi)

Flåmselvi^[1] or Moldo^[2] is a 40-kilometre (25 mi) long river in Vestland county, Norway. The river begins as runoff from the Omnsbreen glacier about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of Finse in Ulvik Municipality. The river is known as the Moldo river in this area. It then flows through a series of lakes heading to the northwest where it crosses into Aurland Municipality. The Bergen Line follows the river to Myrdal. At Myrdal, the river goes over the Kjosfossen waterfall and it follows Flåmsdalen valley and heads to the north. When it reaches the village of Flåm, it empties into Aurlandsfjorden, a branch off the main Sognefjorden (Norway's longest fjord).^[3][4]

References

1. "Informasjon om stadnamn: Flåmselvi". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2025-11-23.
2. "Informasjon om stadnamn: Moldo". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2025-11-23.
3. "Flåmselvi" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
4. Thorsnæs, Geir; Selland, Svein-Gunnar, eds. (2023-01-04). "Flåmselvi". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2025-11-23.

External links

• Media related to Flåmselvi at Wikimedia Commons