Other villages include Ænes, Åkra, Dimmelsvik, Eidsvik, Hatlestrand, Herøysund, Høylandsbygd, Ølve, Sæbøvik, Sundal, Sunde, Uskedal, and Valen.

[6][7] In the southern part of Kvinnherad you will find the typical fjord landscape of western Norway.

On 1 January 1907, a small area northwest of the villages of Ølve and Husa (population: 67) was transferred from neighboring Tysnes municipality to Kvinnherad.

This removed forty residents and 37.1 square kilometres (14.3 sq mi) of land area from the municipality.

The first element may be derived from the word tvinnr which means "double", likely referring to the two rivers running through Rosendal, the administrative centre of the municipality.

[1] On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Kvinnherad.

The official blazon is "Argent, a pall wavy azure" (Norwegian: På kvit grunn ein blå gaffelkross laga med bølgjesnitt).

The design of the arms show the confluence of two blue rivers into one on a white or silver background.

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Kvinnherad is made up of 35 representatives that are elected to four year terms.

The most notable of which include Kvinnherad Church, the Bondhusbreen glacier, the shipping mural in Høylandsbygd, and Radiohola.

It is a museum, which offers valuable information about the Union with Denmark, an important period of Norwegian history.

[5] It was one of the locations of the 1958 film "The Vikings" starring Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and Ernest Borgnine.