International cooperation

Sogndal municipality has several international contacts:
Mount Horeb, Dane County, USA
Sogndal kommune has had an international cooperation with Dane County since 1992. This friendhip was in 2003 into an Sister City Agreement with Mount Horeb – a town near Madison, Wisconsin. A student exchange will take place this spring and summer.

More information about emigration from Norway to USA

UMlalazi Municipality (Eshowe), KwaZulaNatal, South Africa
Twinning agreement since 2004 with many forms for cooperation:
 

  • Primary school Trudvang skule and Thembalesizwe School: teacher and pupil cooperation
  • De Heibergske Samlinger-Sogn Folkemuseum and Zululand Historical Museum
  • Sogndal Rotary Klubb and Eshowe Rotary Club.


In addition there are plans to cooperate on tourist industry and also University College of Sogn og Fjordane.

Sogndal kommune is a sending organisation for Aktive Youth. One youth volunteer is in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in Spring 2007. The volunteer organisation Frivilligsentralen sends and hosts youth volunteers.

Some schools also have international projects:

Kaupanger skule

 

 
Trudvang skule

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Kontaktinformasjon

Sogndal kommune

Postadresse
Postboks 153
6851 SOGNDAL

Besøksadresse
Gravensteinsgata 17
6856 Sogndal
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