Lysefjord is a fjord located in the Ryfylke area in southwestern Norway. The 42-kilometer long fjord lies in Forsand municipality in Rogaland county,

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Lysefjord is a fjord located in the Ryfylke area in southwestern Norway. The 42-kilometer long fjord lies in Forsand municipality in Rogaland county, about 25 kilometers east of the city of Stavanger. The name means light fjord, and derives from the lightly coloured granite rocks along its sides. Like all fjords, it was carved by the action of glaciers in the ice ages and was then flooded by the sea when the glaciers retreated. Who knows, one day the glaciers may return? But not yetÉ

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