Førde is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Førde Airport, Bringeland is the regional airport (16 kilometres from the city centre), and flights connect Oslo and Bergen with Førde. The largest hospital in Sogn og Fjordane county is located here. The annual international Førde Folk Music Festival is held during the summer. The local newspaper is called Firda. The hospital in Førde serves a catchment-area of aprox. 100 000 people. Førde is situated between many mountains.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Førde (Norse Fjörðr nominative and Firði dative), since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word fjörðr m 'fjord' (refering to the fjord now called Førdefjorden).
