Myrdal Station

“All aboard” Myrdal station has been a junction on The Bergen Railway for over 100 years. There is no road connection to Myrdal, and the old navvies road, which was mostly used during the construction of The Bergen- and Flåm Railway, is only accessible by hiking and biking today. Many are surprised to learn that Myrdal was more than just a train station when The Bergen- and Flåm Railway was built. After WW II a tightly woven community of 142 people lived here, a number that declined through the years, to no residents after 2017. Stationmaster Stenberg started the first private school in his own home, with a teaching governess. The first public school was established on the second floor of the locomotive stable, and later moved to the house of assembly after the locomotive stable burnt down. In 1921 a separate school was built at Myrdal and had, a swimming pool in the basement, as the first school in the old county of Sogn og Fjordane. The school offered summer tuition only, for the first few years, but early offered complete schooling and was in full operation until 1982. Myrdal fostered several good winter sport athletes, among other track keeper Gunnar Hjeltnes, who was national downhill champion in 1951 and finished 7th. in the Oslo Olympics, the year after.