Eidfjord is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Eidfjord was separated from Ulvik May 1, 1891. (Eidfjord was merged with Ullensvang from January 1, 1964 to January 1, 1977.)
Eidfjord has two townships, Eidfjord and �vre Eidfjord. Eidfjord is the municipality center situated by Eidfjorden, and is a major cruise harbour. Eidfjord has several tourist sites, like the Sima Power Plant built into the mountain itself, the waterfall V�ringsfossen with a free fall of 182 m and large parts of Europe's largest mountain plateau,Hardangervidda. Here is also the Hardangervidda Natursenter.
Name
The municipality is named after Eidfjorden (Old Norse Ei�afj�r�r). The first element is the genitive case of the name of the farm Ei�ar, the old church site. The second element is fjord. The name of the farm is the plural form of ei� which means "land between two waters" (in this case: the fjord and the lake of Eidfjordvatnet).
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 13 July 1984. The arms show a reindeer antler, as the first known settlers in the area were reindeer hunters. The reindeer has been of importance for the population here for many centuries. The antler also symbolizes the rivers that run from the mountain into the fjord
