Eidfjord

Eidfjord lies at the inner end of Hardangerfjord, where steep mountains rise above the water and routes lead towards the high plateau. Its old stone church, dedicated to St James, is first mentioned in a testament of 1310. A grave slab names Ragna Åsolvsdotter, known as Rike-Ragna, as the woman who had it built. Later local tales made her a powerful and formidable figure, while the church served the farms of the fjord district through the centuries.