> “Mjøsa is like a mini-ocean, or a really large fjord,” says marine archaeologist Øyvind Ødegård from NTNU.
I cringe every time people call a lake a fjord.
I cringe every time people call a lake a fjord.
But truth to be told, in some parts of Norway, the word “fjord” can refer to a narrow fresh water lake, often with steep sides. Moreover, some Norwegian lakes have names ending in -fjord (or -fjorden, being the definite form). Randsfjorden and Tyrifjorden are two examples.