Grimstadfjord

Grimstadfjorden
Grimstadfjord
Grimstadfjord Location in Hordaland county
Location	Hordaland county, Norway
Coordinates	60°19′22″N 5°12′41″E / 60.3228°N 5.2115°ECoordinates: 60°19′22″N 5°12′41″E / 60.3228°N 5.2115°E
Primary inflows	Nordåsvannet
Primary outflows	Raunefjorden
Basin countries	Norway
Max. length	4 kilometres (2.5 mi)

Grimstadfjord or Grimstadfjorden is a small fjord in the municipality of Bergen in Hordaland county, Norway. The 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) long fjord lies on the western side of the Bergen Peninsula, and it divides the Laksevåg and Ytrebygda boroughs of the city of Bergen. The Grimstadfjorden lies just north of Bergen Airport, Flesland and the Norwegian naval base Haakonsvern lies on the northern shore of the fjord. The lake Nordåsvannet flows to the west into this fjord and then this fjord flows west into the large Raunefjorden. The island of Bjorøy lies at the western mouth of the Grimstadfjorden.^[1][2]

The German battleship Bismarck was moored here on 21 May 1941.^{[3] [4]}

Aerial reconnaissance photo taken by Flying Officer Michael Suckling of Bismarck anchored in Grimstadfjord, Norway

References

1. Hartvedt, Gunnar Hagen; Skreien, Norvall (2009). "Grimstafjorden". Bergen Byleksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 218. ISBN 978-82-573-1761-4.
2. Store norske leksikon. "Grimstadfjorden" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2014-08-30.
3. Baron von Mullenheim-Rechberg, Burkhard (1980). Battleship Bismarck, A Survivor's Story. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-87021-096-9.
4. Dagbladet 2004