Frierfjord

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Tug boats at the Frierfjord, near Norsk Hydro at Herøya

Breviksbrua seen from the island Bjørkøya. The tower for the Grenland Bridge further up the fjord can be seen in the background.

Frierfjorden is a fjord in the Grenland traditional district in the county of Telemark, Norway. It stretches from Brevik in until the mouth of the Porsgrunn river (in Norwegian Porsgrunnselva). At the fjord mouth, Breviksstrømmen, it is about 300 m across and is crossed by the Brevik bridge (in Norwegian Breviksbrua). Somewhat further in a new bridge, the Grenland bridge (in Norwegian Grenlandsbrua) also crosses the fjord, carrying (E18) across Norway's highest cable stayed bridge.

Frierfjord has a great deal of commercial ship traffic, including to Rafsnes in Bamble, Norsk Hydro in Porsgrunn and Norske Skog Union in Skien.

The name Frier comes originally from the old Norse and means beautiful.

Brevik Bridge

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