Tjoflot

Tjoflot is a village in the municipality of Ullensvang^[2] in Norway's Hardanger district, in Vestland county.

Tjoflot
Village
Tjoflot and Oksen in the winter. View from the ferry between Kvanndal and Utne.
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Coordinates: 60°26′54.18″N 6°39′18″E
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Vestland
District	Hardanger
Municipality	Ullensvang
Elevation [1]	184 m (604 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	5719 Vallavik

Tjoflot lies next to the sea on the Oksen Peninsula, with Hardanger Fjord in front of the village to the southwest and Mount Oksen (1,241 meters or 4,072 feet) rising behind it.^[3] The village obtained a road connection in 1984.^[4]

The origin of the village name Tjoflot, as the toponym is written today, is uncertain. Descendants from Ytrabødn (also known as Garen or Erlingsgarden),^[4] the main farm in the settlement, usually write their surname as Tjoflot or Tjoflaat.

Genealogical records show that the toponym was previously spelled Þiodaflar in 1378, Thiodhaflar in 1427, Tiodaaflaa in 1463, Tyofflo in 1521, and Thioflodt in 1667. The locals say that Tjod (or Þjod) means 'people' and that the name originates from the location of an old assembly site at a level area where such an assembly could be held.^[4][5]

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  The boathouse area inside the bay at Tjoflot
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  View from Tjoflot across Samla Fjord in Hardanger Fjord in July 2006
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  View from Tjoflot toward Kinsarvik and Lofthus in Hardanger Fjord. In the foreground the fjord splits into South Fjord and Eid Fjord.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Tjoflot include:

• Nils Tjoflot (1865–1898), violinist^[6]

References

1. "Tjoflot, Ullensvang (Hordaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
2. "Ullensvang". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
3. Erber, Audrey (2004). Norwegian Family Histories, 1585–1850: A Peek at the Lives of the Ancestors of our Families Who Settled in Columbia County, Dane County, and Green County, Wisconsin, in the 19th Century. Oak Park, IL: Author. p. 139.
4. Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin. "Om Tjoflot i Hardangerfjorden". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
5. Elgqvist, Eric (1944). Skälv och skilfingar. Lund: Olins antikvariat. p. 101.
6. Rolland, Frank Henrik (October 6, 2015). "Nils og steintjønndalsfela". Folkemusikk: magasinet for folkemusikk og folkedans. Retrieved March 26, 2018.