Tørvikbygd

Tørvikbygd (coord 60°18′02″N 06°10′09″E / 60.30056°N 6.16917°E / 60.30056; 6.16917) is a village in Kvam municipality Hardanger, Vestland, Norway.

The village is located on the west side of Hardanger Fjord, around 13 km south of the community center Norheimsund.

The prefix «Tør-» comes from «tyri» («pitch pine»), from old Norwegian "turvi", which meant fat Pine wood.

[1] The village is located at Norwegian national road 49, and is associated by ferry connection with Norwegian national road 550, on the east side of the Hardangerfjord to Jondal.

In 1965 Tørvikbygd area was transferred to Kvam municipality.