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Birkeland, Vestland

Birkeland is a village in Austevoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Huftarøy, just to the north of the village of Storebø, the municipal centre. Birkeland is included in the urban area of Storebø which had a population (2025) of .

Name

The village is named after the old Birkeland farm (). The first element is which means 'birch forest' and the last element is which means 'land' or 'farm'.

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