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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Halhjem
|other_name             = Haljem
|native_name            =
|nickname               =
|settlement_type        = Village
|image_skyline          = Halhjem 01.jpg
|image_caption          = View of the ferry quay in 2008
|pushpin_map            = Vestland#Norway
|pushpin_label_position = left
|pushpin_mapsize        =
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location of the village
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Norway]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[List of regions of Norway|Region]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Western Norway]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Norway|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Vestland]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Districts of Norway|District]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Midhordland]]
|subdivision_type4      = [[List of municipalities of Norway|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name4      = [[Bjørnafjorden (municipality)|Bjørnafjorden]]
|timezone1              = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset1            = +01:00
|timezone1_DST          = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset1_DST        = +02:00
|postal_code_type       = Post Code
|postal_code            = 5200 Os
|elevation_m            = 12
|elevation_footnotes    = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Hordaland/Os/Haljem/|title=Haljem, Os (Hordaland)|publisher=[[yr.no]]|language=no|access-date=2014-08-08}}</ref>
|coordinates            = {{coord|60|08|55|N|05|25|45|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Halhjem''' is a village in [[Bjørnafjorden (municipality)|Bjørnafjorden]] municipality in [[Vestland]] county, [[Norway]].  The village is a suburb of the municipal centre of [[Osøyro]], located immediately to the north.  The village is the site of an important ferry [[quay]] along the [[European route E39]] highway which runs between the major cities of [[Bergen]] (to the north) and [[Stavanger]] (to the south).  The population of Halhjem in 1999 was 991,<ref>{{cite journal | author=Statistics Norway | title=Urban settlements. Population and area by municipalities. Revised figures. 1 January 1999. | date=1999 | url=http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/beftett_en/arkiv/tab-2000-12-18-01-en.html | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070129124433/http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/beftett_en/arkiv/tab-2000-12-18-01-en.html | archive-date=29 January 2007 }}</ref> but since 2001 it is considered a part of the urban area of [[Osøyro]].<ref>{{cite journal | author=Statistics Norway | title=Omitted settlements | date=2001 | url=http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/beftett_en/arkiv/tab-2001-12-06-06-en.html | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070323012806/http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/beftett_en/arkiv/tab-2001-12-06-06-en.html | archive-date=2007-03-23 }}</ref>
The ferry quay has two different ferry routes that stop here to cross the [[Bjørnafjorden]].  There is a ferry from Halhjem to [[Våge, Tysnes|Våge]] on the island of [[Tysnesøya]] in [[Tysnes]] municipality, to the southeast.  There is also a ferry (that is part of the E39 highway) from Halhjem to Sandvika, just north of the village of [[Fitjar (village)|Fitjar]] in [[Fitjar]] municipality, to the south.
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