Ikornnes
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Ikornnes is a village in the municipality of Sykkylven
Sykkylven
Sykkylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages include Ikornnes, Straumgjerde, and Tusvik.-General information:...

 in Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

 county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located along the Sykkylvsfjorden
Sykkylvsfjorden
Sykkylvsfjorden is a fjord in the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The fjord is a branch off of the Storfjord. The villages of Sykkylven, Ikornnes, and Straumgjerde lie along the shores of the fjord. The Sykkylven Bridge crosses the fjord between Sykkylven and...

, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Tusvik
Tusvik
Tusvik is a small village in Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Storfjord about west of Ikornnes and west of Aure via the Sykkylven Bridge over the Sykkylvsfjorden....

, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of Straumgjerde
Straumgjerde
Straumgjerde is a village in the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located where the lake Fitjavatnet empties into the Sykkylvsfjorden. It is about south of the municipal center of Aure and about south of Ikornnes. The mountain Råna lies south of the...

, and about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the municipal center of Aure
Aure, Sykkylven
Aure is a village which is the administrative center of the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Sykkylvsfjorden, just north of the Sykkylven Bridge. It is about north of Straumgjerde and east of Ikornnes.The village has a population of...

 via the Sykkylven Bridge
Sykkylven Bridge
Sykkylven Bridge is a concrete bridge that crosses the Sykkylvsfjorden in the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It connects the municipal center of Aure with the village of Ikornnes on the other side of the fjord....

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The 0.93 square kilometres (229.8 acre) village has a population (2009) of 829. This gives the village a population density of 891 PD/km2. The village is home to the largest furniture manufacturer in Norway, Ekornes
Ekornes
Ekornes ASA is a Norwegian furniture company. It is principally known for its luxury line of reclining armchairs and sofas sold under the trademark Stressless. The patented mechanism of knob-controlled friction sliders on steel tubing allows the recliners to adjust to shifting sitting positions...

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