A village with just 80 inhabitants, but 500 goats.
Set in a dramatic and spectacular location, Undredal is such a small
place that mass tourism is impossible!
The village is
renowned for its tiny stave church and for its long tradition in the
making of goats cheese, both white and brown.
Until 1988
Undredal had no road connection. It relied on the seaway as it had
done for 1000 years,
Undredal church was first historically noted in
1320. The first data on land ownership in Undredal dates from
1522.
"Andfind on Sop" and "Laffritz on Underdall", two of the
five wealthiest men in Sognefjord are mentioned.
Around 1660
a branch of the family Sop of Bergen started a saw mill in Undredal.
Timber was at the time in great demand from England and The
Netherlands.
Today Undredal shows positive trends unlike many
other provincial places. A stable population, some tourism, a few
businesses, an Inn, a colonial store and small scale cheese
production that improves the livelihood of its goat farmers. The
bi-annual Goat Cheese Festival is one way which Undredal promotes
itself.
