Stavfjord () is a fjord situated in Vestland county, Norway about North of Bergen. It is also part of a series of fjords that are located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The fjord begins in the Norwegian Sea and passes Eastward inland through the municipalities of Sunnfjord, Askvoll, and Flora for before meeting up with the Førdefjorden at Flokeneset.
History
On the South side of Stavfjord, on the Norwegian mainland, lies the small settlement of Grimeli, where copper mines were located between the 18th century and 1915. The mined copper was send to Førde to be melted there. The fjord's banks and bedrock consist of Cambro-Silurian sediments in which copper can be found in greenschist from the Ordovician period, which itself belongs to the Sunnfjord-Stavfjord ophiolite complex.
Settlements
In or along the shores of Stavfjord, lie a number of inhabited settlements alongside a number of small islands, islets and skerries, including: Grimeli, a settlement on the South side of the fjord. Askrova, an island located on the North side of the fjord. Svanøy, an island located on the North side of the fjord. Trefotskjær, a lighthouse located on a skerry inbetween Askrova and Svanøy.