Lingering in one place for a while gives you a chance to get below the geology and to peek a bit into the people and their culture. Della and I liked this strategy - Solvorn and the region around the Lustrafjord are charming, and there is enough to do and see to justify staying in one one place for about a half a week before moving on. We went up into the high mountains, explored a remote but accessible glacier, and wandered through the remote valley villages between the large town of Sogndal and the large village of Lom. Had we more time we would have headed for a coastal village, such as Alesund, or taken the small boat that plies the lengthy west coast of Norway from Bergen in the south well into the Arctic Circle in a few days. We were deeply impressed at the friendliness and education of Scandinavians.
Drivers are polite.
The roads don't help either. As a consequence, Oslo is a day's drive from Kobenhavn and Malmo, and the fjords add the best part of another day from Oslo. Nonetheless, we recommend hiring a car - the ride through this rugged terrain is lovely, and the best remote places are very difficult and SLOW to reach by public transportation. Once upon a long time ago a large mound of the Earth was uplifted in the region that separates Norway and Sweden today. Being in the path of the humid air currents entrained by the jet stream, the high mound was buffeted by snow storms.