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The Fjord - a blue lung

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Herman G. Gade

The West Coast of Norway, with its deep fjords that carve far into the high mountains, is one of the most characteristic and - many would say - beauti...

Last Ice Age

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Jan Mangerud

The continental glacier that covered Hordaland was like a great power that had decisive influence over our natural history. The glaciers which at the ...

Earth and stone

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

"Humus" is a word with great meaning. It is the soil we live from, in addition to the resources we get from the ocean. This layer of earth - sometimes...

Glaciers

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Atle Nesje Svein Olaf Dahl Arve Tvede Jostein Bakke

Two of Norway's - and mainland Europe's - largest glaciers, in addition to a number of smaller glaciers, lie in Hordaland. This eternal ice is easily ...

The farm Dyrdal

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 03.05.2007

Author: Åsmund Ohnstad

The Dyrdal farm is located down by the fjord on the northwest side of the Nærøyfjord and west of the river Dyrdalselva. The old farmyard lies on a ter...

Cover against the seal, hiding places at the water's edge

Felle / Trap

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

In a number of places along the coast, seal hunting from land has taken place. A sheltered bay with skerries and rocks near the shore was a good platf...

Urnes stave church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Urnes stave church is considered to be the queen of stave churches, and is one of the four Norwegian cultural heritage sites to be found worthy of bei...

Farmers and Settlements

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

From 4,500 to 5,000 years ago most of Hordaland was a landscape of forest, right out to the coast and the islands. With our inner eye we can see old o...

Farm flour mills in Solund

Mølle / Mill

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

Few associate grain cultivation with the Solund landscape. Nonetheless, even in the smallest of streams there are visible signs of flour milling. Le...

The trading post of Gåsvær

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 30.08.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

The island of Gåsvær is located far to the west in the sea between the Lågøyfjord and Gåsværosen in Solund. From the Lågøyfjord the one-kilometer-lo...

The trading post of Steinsundholmen

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 30.08.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

Steinsundholmen is an islet in Indre Steinsund, the strait between Steinsundøy and Sula in Solund municipality. On this islet there were an inn and ...

Ospa - idyll with dramatic war history

Krigsplass / War site

Published: 30.08.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

In 1943, the motor torpedo boat MTB 345 had to go in to Ospa in Solund because it ran out of fuel. It could not go on, and was detected by German pl...

The sheepfold - beauty shop of the wild sheep

Plass / Spot

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

Granite stone fences on to a crag, with green patches around and stones rolled to the side on the beach to make room for the rowboat: the sheepfold ...

Oyster cultivation in Solund

Fiske / Fishing Jordbruk / Farming

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

The rugged Solund coastline has a wealth of small, round fjords with narrow outlets, called "polls", bays, and coves which are well suited for the cul...

The boat repairman - essential element in the coast community

Båt / Boat Reparasjon / Repair

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

When the fisherman had had the misfortune to bump the boat into the sea floor so hard that the bailing pump had to work non-stop, and despair was gett...

Johan Schumann - sheep farmer at Hovden

Person / Person

Published: 27.09.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On a crag on the island of Hovden to the west of Florø stands a three-metre-high stone in commemoration of Johan Schumann. The memorial stone was e...

Paul Berstad - local singer and folk-tune collector

People and Society

Musikk / Music Person / Person

Published: 28.09.1999

Author: Liv Fridtun (1970 - )

Paul Berstad (1908-1993) was an excellent local singer, and, in addition, he was an important source for the folk-tune tradition in the western part o...

Skjeggedal

Communications

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Selje church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Selje church is a wooden longchurch located north of the Seljesanden beach in the municipality of Selje. The church, with a seating capacity of 500,...

Leikanger church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Leikanger church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Leikanger on the eastern side of Stadtlandet in the municipality of Selje. The churc...

The memorial chapel at Ervik and the "Sanct Svithun" tragedy

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In the autumn of 1943 the coastal express steamer "Sanct Svithun" was bombed by allied aircraft in the shipping lane off Stad. More than 50 persons pe...

Oldra - big arms depot in rock cave

Krigsplass / War site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

During the Second World War, there was on the island of Oldra a depot with large quantities of weapons and other war materials. The depot was disclo...

The churchyard at Ervik

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Gravplass / Cementery

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

"Many were left (out on the sea) and will never rest in consecrated soil. And the ocean is tireless (..) nobody knows who will fall victim to the ocea...

Hesjedals waterfall

Published: 06.02.2024

Forest and memorial stone at Ersholmen

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen

On the small island of Ersholmen between the mainland and the island of Selja the first attempt at afforestation at Selje was carried out by the vicar...

The church site Bø on the island of Selja

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen

Bø is the name of a farm on the eastern side of the island of Selja. Bø is one of the oldest farm names in Norway, indicating a big, central farm on a...

Dragseidet

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Historisk monument / Historical monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

Dragseidet occupies a famous place in Norwegian history due to one major event: the christening assembly in 997, when King Olaf Tryggvason assembled i...

Storsundet - important base for resistance activity during the war

Krigsplass / War site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

Storsundet in Solund became an important base and a hub for resistance activity in the Sogn district during the war. The Shetland traffic used the p...

The 'marsh men' at Stadlandet

Foretak / Association

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen

According to the Voting Rights Act from 1814, the right to vote in rural areas was limited to officials and land owners. The Act did not require any m...

The artist Bernt Tunold

Person / Person

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen

When were you born, asked the journalist who interviewed Bernt Tunold in 1934. In 1577, replied Tunold. In 1577, asked the puzzled reporter. What happ...

The artist Isak Ræfsnes

Person / Person

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen

Isak Refsnæs (1852 - 1928) from Stadlandet painted both landscapes and portraits. Nevertheless, he is best known as a "marine" painter and interpreter...

Utvær lighthouse - the landmark furthest to the west

Communications

Fyrlykt / Lighthouse

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

From 1900 to 1920, 37 lighthouses were built in this country. One of these was the Utvær lighthouse, and its impressive and solid construction was bui...

The Solund shipping lanes - communication arteries between north and south

Sund / Strait

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

Many a travelling sailor at the helm has wished that the Solund sea-lanes were much shorter. A good thing, then, that the islands were blessed with go...

The pirate case at Utvær 1667

Historisk hending / Historical event

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Alf Strand

In the summer of 1666, an English privateer forced some fishermen to pilot them to Utvær, where the chapel was looted. The fishermen were tried in c...

Ships going down and running aground in Solund

Ulukke / Accident

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

The archipelago of Solund was brutal for sailing vessels in strong westerly winds. But motor vessels went wrong as well, with tragic consequences. A...

Herring bays and seine rocks

Vik / Inlet

Published: 29.03.2000

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

Nature was generous in providing herring bays and mackerel coves in Solund. Fjord branches from north to south were ideal places for plankton in the s...

The steamship quay - economic and social innovation

Kai / Quay

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

With the steamship quays, the communities got a new look. In the 1920s, after years of hazardous toil in boarding boats, the first quays in Solund a...

The first roads in Solund

Communications

Veg / Road

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

Slim and agile, state road 606 winds through the Solund landscape. But it came at a price to knock one's way through the conglomerate, in order to con...

Hardangervidda – Crossing the Uplands

Communications

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per M. Bremnes

Slepa, the ancient “drove roads” across the plateau, date back to prehistoric times. Through the centuries cattle have been driven to the markets in t...

"Springar" from Solund

Musikk / Music

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

A variant of the traditional folk dance "springdans" is the Solund "springar". This dance, and fiddle music written down after fiddle players in wes...

Hordaland – a historic region

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Geir Atle Ersland

“It was on such a chilly, silver-grey morning that the Hørde folk, the Harudes of Caesar and Tacitus, must have come running in from the sea on the wi...

Lykling - soapstone

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Øystein Jansen

SOAPSTONE FOR BERGEN'S CHURCHES ...

Husefjellet - signal station in the mountain

Krigsplass / War site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

From the signal station on Husefjellet the Germans could monitor the traffic through the shipping lane of Indre Steinsund. In addition, they had an ...

Rosesmuggrenden

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik Trygve Fett

THE COMMUNITIES AROUND SANDVIKEN...

Kvernhusvågen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kåre Ness

Dale power station

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

In 1923 Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap (BKK) expropriated large areas for power plants and development of hydropower started soon afterwards. ...

Lavik

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Karl Egil Johansen

THE LAYMAN CHIEFTAINS FROM LAVIK...

Tungodden - signal station in a rain of bullets

Krigsplass / War site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

It is hard to believe that the Germans would build a signal station on the outermost point of Oddenova. The temptation became too great for the alli...

Hana

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Øystein Jansen

The track around Selja

Communications

Veg / Road

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen

Selja, the holy island which has such an important place in our history, is situated about one kilometre off the mainland. The island covers an area o...

Finsefetene

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

The old warning beacons in Selje

Historisk monument / Historical monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen

In former times burning beacons formed part of a network of warning system that the enemy was on their way. At times of unrest and national emergencie...

Lussand-roadwork

Communications

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The road along the north side of the Hardanger fjord - between Øystese and Eide in Granvin – was literally built “by hand”. The construction work sta...

The coastal fort at Storeneset

Krigsplass / War site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge

At the point of Storeneset on the road out to Eltvik the Germans in 1942 built a coastal fort with six French field guns and a number of smaller guns ...

Hausberget

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

War memorial at Hovden in Ervik, and at Kjerringa

Krigsplass / War site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge

As early as in the winter of 1942-43, the Germans started the construction of a road from Ervik and up to Hovden, but it was only in the summer of 194...

Ålmerket

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

LARS KINSARVIK AND TROND LARSSON HUS I stova si på Ålmerket i Kinsarvik dreiv Trond Larsson Hus (1806–1878) i mange år ei blømande handelsverksemd. H...

Selje vicarage

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen

The vicarage at Selje has long-established traditions dating back to the Middle Ages, with the first written reference about 1350. The old name of the...

People from Solund go to the North

Transport / Transport

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Alf Strand

During the 30-year period 1860-1890 around eighty people from Solund moved north to fishing stations in Namdalen and Nordland. Their main reason was ...

Hugøy - signal station on Hugøyknolten

Krigsplass / War site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

Drawn back on the highest knoll, and built into the terrain, the lookout post at Hugøy was located, difficult to detect from the shipping lanes in t...

Støle

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

High above the sea and the beach flats, on one of the wide terraces shaped by the sea and the ice, lies the farm Støle (Stødle). The Old Norse name of...

Slåtterøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Bømlahamn

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Støle church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

The stone church at Støle may have been built around 1160 probably as a private chapel for the mighty Stødle clan. It is likely that it was Erling Ska...

Grindheim church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

The first church at Grindheim was a stave church with a free-standing steeple. The church was first mentioned in 1326, but was probably built long bef...

Skånevik - the trading post

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen

There are only two buildings left of the old trading and guesthouse settlement in Skånevik. They are in the centre, close to the main road passing thr...

Memorial stone for Johannes Haarklou

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 04.12.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Johannes Haarklou (1847-1925), born at Hårklau in Haukedalen, is one of the most versatile music composers Norway ever had. He studied in Germany an...

Kyrping

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen

The trading post down by the fjord at Kyrping does not belong to the oldest group of trading posts from the 1600s and 1700s. It was only after the lib...

Halsnøy Monastery

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

Halsnøy Monastery is situated in the midst of the lush fjord country in Sunnhordland, on one of the old spits, or “necks”, that has given name to the ...

Fjelberg

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The beautiful vicarage on the Fjelberg Island lies a few minutes walk up from the fjord, in a compact enclosure with the church south of the main buil...

Sunde

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Geir Røssland

In 1852 Haktor Thorsen erected two large warehouses on one of his farms in Sunde and started trading and salting herring. This was the start of an ind...

Rød

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

In 1969 Sigurd and Margreta Dønhaug donated a collection of around 170 historical cultural objects to Kvinnherad municipality. They wanted their gift ...

Rosendal Barony

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Per Jahn Lavik Anne Grete Honerød

The Barony of Rosendal lies in the grounds of the old noble estate of Hatteberg, on the north side of the Hatteberg river, around one kilometre up fro...

Kvinnherad Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Liden

The stately Kvinnherad Church with its characteristic profile set out against the mighty Malmangernuten in the background, gives you a rare feeling of...

Ænes

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

Ænes has been one of the prosperous farms at the Mauranger Fjord in medieval times. At the time of Harald Gilles, around 1130, we hear of GAUT at Ænes...

Årsand

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Below a south facing, steep rock at Årsand, there is one of the strangest ancient relics in the whole of Hordaland. The jutting rock wall forms a shal...

Espevær - the Trading Post

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kari Shetelig Hovland

In the sea west of Bømlo lies Espevær, half an hour’s rowing trip across the sound from Vespestadvågen. This is a well-run and well-maintained local c...

Rubbestadneset

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

THE ENGINE FACTORY AT RUBBESTADNESET...

Moster - The old church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Liden

Moster is mentioned as a church site already in the time of Olav Tryggvason. According to the sagas the king is supposed to have laid the foundations ...

Mosterhamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Mosterhamn is one of the old privileged trading posts situated centrally in the shipping lane, whether the ships sailed on Langenuten, Nyeleia through...

From Dense Forest to Open Heathlands

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Mons Kvamme

The outer frame - the coast, the fjord and the mountains - are an inheritance from the country's geological history. But what, more than anything else...

The Great Landowners, Gentry and Monasteries

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Ernst Berge Drange

REGIONS, ESTATES AND A GOOD MARRIAGE “The aristocracy is a gang of rough, impudent blokes. They came here to the country and make a lot of themselves...

Ryvarden

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

In the Islandic Landnåmabok there is a story that the explorer Floke Vilgjerdsson built a cairn “where meetest Hordaland and Rogaland” and the cairn w...

Helle Factories

Fabrikk / Factory

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

Dokumentet inneheld xml-feil! ' ' is an unexpected token. The expected token is ';'. Line 1, position 198....

The cannery at Askvoll

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Sunnfjord Fabrikk / Factory Fiske / Fishing

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

When Norway Foods' cannery at Askvoll was closed down in 1992, the production of sardines had gone on for a longer time at Askvoll that at any other p...

Sigurd Kvåle from Sogndal - short-story writer and writer of many talents

Person / Person

Published: 23.11.2001

Author: Gerd Vik

The writer Sigurd Kvåle (1902-1962), born in Sogndal, was in the inter-war years one of the most talented of the short-story writers who wrote in "nyn...

Exciting history in a closed-down school building

Skule / School

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gaute Losnegård

The closed-down school building at Holevik at Staveneset has been changed into a museum where the main theme is World War II. ...

Askvoll nursing home

Sjukehus / Hospital

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gaute Losnegård

At Ask in Askvoll municipality, the county of Sogn og Fjordane for more than 40 years provided a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. Tuberculosi...

Memorial stone for Bernt Askevold

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 31.10.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Close to the church at Askvoll there is a three-meter-high memorial stone commemorating Bernt Askevold. Into the back is carved: "Venner paa begge...

Geita lighthouse

People and Society

Fyrlykt / Lighthouse

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

On the eastern Geita (literally: the Goat), a small island in the Buefjorden between Aralden and Værlandet, the Geita lighthouse is located. The easte...

The inn at Sauesund

Losji / Accommodation

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

Sauesund, like most places with an inn, is situated on a sound. The old inn is at Atløy, in the municipality of Askvoll, with a view across the narr...

The trading post of Kjempenes

Hamn / Port

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

Bulandet is situated on the ocean westernmost in the municipality of Askvoll, comprising ten small islands. The trading post of Kjempenes, where the...

Askvoll during the Viking Period

Slag / Battle

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gaute Losnegård

Askvoll is centrally located on the sea lane, and in the surrounding area several sea battles were fought during the Viking Period. The Norse saga lit...

The Landscape

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Johan Naterstad

If you have passed Fossli on your way eastwards, where the Vøringsfossen waterfall plummets down the ravine carved by the Ice Age, a little further ah...

Memorial stone for fallen soldiers - from Værlandet and Bulandet

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 07.07.1999

In the churchyard at Værlandet there is a memorial stone for fallen soldiers from Værlandet and Bulandet. The stone stands on the grave of one of them...

Memorial stone for Ola Espedal

People and Society

Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person

Published: 13.07.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

People in the county of Sogn og Fjordane have honoured at least seven persons with memorial stones for their achievements in song and music. Two m...

Memorial stone for Sigurd Fossen

People and Society

Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person

Published: 13.07.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

People in the county of Sogn og Fjordane have honoured at least seven persons with memorial stones for their achievements in song and music. Two m...

Memorial stone for British war graves at Eivindvik

People and Society

Plakett / Plaque

Published: 16.07.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On the churchyard at Eivindvik there is a small low stone with a text plaque. It was raised in remembrance of 16 British naval soldiers who lost their...

Memorial stone for Ragnar Melvær

People and Society

Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person

Published: 05.09.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

"Youths erected this stone in gratitude for your loyalty to many good causes". These words are carved into the memorial stone for Ragnar Melvær on t...

Bygda Dyrdal

Landscape

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 01.10.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

A small greenstone (greenschist) axe from the Stone Age may be an indication that there has been a settlement since prehistoric times in the village o...

Årskog

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Arne Tislavoll

Årskog farm is situated in a typical coastal landscape in a gentle terrain that slopes down from the outlying heaths down towards the fjord. The farm ...

Engesund

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Stein Erik Gilj

For more than 350 years Engesund has been a place for hostelries and trading in the Fitjar islands. The place is centrally placed in the shipping lane...

Tjernagel

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

For almost three thousand years Tjernagelshaugen (the Tjernagel cairn) has lain as a landmark at the Bømlo fjord. The poet Torarin mentions the cairn ...

In Memory of Fartein Valen

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Ronny B. Skaar Bjarne Kortsen

“Fartein Valen is the key figure within newer Norwegian music. Not by way of being more popular than other younger composers, but because he aims at t...

Einstapevoll - the farm

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Einstapevoll (from einstape: “bregne” (fern)) lies on the west side of the Tittelsnes peninsula. Up to 1831 the farm was a vicarage belonging to Stord...

Haugsbø

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The single unit farm without a road to it, Haugsbø, is situated on the east side of the Tittelsnes peninsula facing Ålfjorden. As far back as the Mid...

Borgåsen

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Bjørn Myhre

In Etne there are no less than four defensive refuges. They are all situated in strategic positions, so that they have served as places of refuge and ...

Helgaberget

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Helgaberget – the holy hill – is a little rocky crag which thrusts itself a few metres above the terraced surface of Støle. The surface of the rock is...

Sæbøtunet

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Mo

When you come into the well-tended farm steading at Sæbø just above Etne centre, you get the impression of a Sunnhordland farm from well before the ti...

Klausen Mekaniske Verksted Ltd.

Skipsverft / Ship yard

Published: 14.09.2001

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

The business at Bøvika was established by Jørgen Klausen in 1948. His brother Olav joined later, and became the manager. Until 1980, the operation w...

Cannery at Sauesund

Fabrikk / Factory

Published: 01.10.2001

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

The production of canned crab on the Sogn og Fjordane coast was started and had the largest volumes at Askvoll. Crab fishing is also rich in this di...

Løkeland cannery at Atløy

Fabrikk / Factory

Published: 01.10.2001

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

The business was established by Sigurd Løkeland in 1922. Its principal product has been canned crab, au naturel or as paste. Until the 1960s, ca...

Vilnes church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Vilnes church is a longchurch built of logs located at Vilnes on the southern tip of the island of Atløy in the municipality of Askvoll. The church wa...

Askvoll church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Askvoll church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Askvoll. The church has a seating capacity of 425, and it was consecrated on 13 Decemb...

Bulandet 'bedehus' chapel

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Bulandet "bedehus" chapel is an extended "bedehus" built in wood, located on the point of Kjempeneset on the island of Musøya in the municipality of A...

Memorial stone over Christen Jenssøn

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Around 1950, a big slab of stone with an old inscription was found in the Askvoll churchyard. The carved letters CIS matched Christen Jenssøn, vicar...

The Gjelsvik stone

Monument / Monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Professor Nikolaus Gjelsvik (1866-1938) was born at the farm of Gjelsvik in the municipality of Vevring, now Askvoll municipality. He is regarded as...

Father and son Bakke - prominent liberals from Holmedal

Person / Person

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gaute Losnegård

During the second half of the 1800s, there was a large-scale rise in Norwegian national culture and intellectual life, and at the head were the "rad...

The rock carvings at the point of Staveneset in Askvoll

Historisk plass / Historical site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gaute Losnegård

On the weather-exposed Staveneset, one of the westernmost points on mainland Norway, we find ancient traces of human activities. ...

The great transformation in Stongfjorden

Fabrikk / Factory

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gaute Losnegård

Stongfjorden was one of the first industrial sites in Norway, and its aluminium plant was the first in Scandinavia....

Names in the Landscape

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Botolv Helleland

A tale of man and the environment...

The mines at Grimelia

Gruve / Mine

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

In June 1759, "Grimmeliens Kobberværk" was given royal privilege to run mining operations within a radius of about 20 kilometers. This included Sørd...

Trollefos Uldvarefabrik

Fabrikk / Factory

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gaute Losnegård

For more than thirty years the Trollefossen waterfall on the farm of Engjabøen at Holmedal provided the woollen mill by the same name with electric ...

Helle Teglverk

Fabrikk / Factory

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

From the 1890s until around 1920, the old municipality of Fjaler was the most industrialized of the municipalities in the county of Sogn og Fjordane...

Vårdal teglverk

Fabrikk / Factory

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

From the 1890s until around 1920, the old municipality of Fjaler was the most industrialized of the municipalities in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. ...

The small town of Undredal

Bygd / Village

Published: 25.09.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

Undredal is a very special small town, located about half-way into the Aurlandsfjord. Until the late 1980s, the town could only be reached by boat. To...

Fitjar - the King's farm

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

In front of Fitjar Church there is a memorial stone, sculpted by Anne Grimdalen and erected in 1961, for the thousand-year memorial of one of the most...

Rimsvarden

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Rimsvarden lies high and unencumbered, an enormous stone mound on the highest top with a wide view of the Fitjar rural community. With its 30 meters a...

Styvi

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 26.09.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

Styvi is one of the four hamlets or main farms along the Nærøyfjord. It consists of two farms and the "spring farm" of Hølmo. In addition, the farm ha...

Brandasund

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

On Gisøya Island, on the west side of Brandasund Sound, there is a very privileged trading post and traveller's Inn from the 1600s, with the North Sea...

Leirvik - The prison

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe

The district prison in Leirvik officially started operations in 1863. Together with the corresponding institutions in Voss and Bergen, this was Søndre...

Sagvåg

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Egil Nysæter

The pit saw on the property of the farm Valvatna, is the origin of the name Sagvåg. The sawmill is mentioned as early as 1564. The name of the place a...

Litlabø

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe

The first finds of pyrite at Litlabø in Stord came to light in 1864. Forty years later sulphuric ore was mined from an open mine. From 1874 to 1880 it...

Hystad - burial mounds

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

The biggest collection of prehistoric burial relics in Stord is to be found in Hystadmarka. There are still 16 burial mounds and two stone rings visib...

Sørhuglo

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe

The tax collector’s farm at Sørhuglo is one of the many farms for state employees in Hordaland. According to history, “Futastovo” was built by the tax...

Memorial at Måløy commemorating fishermen lost at sea

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In the years between 1756 and 1955, 84 fishermen in all from the municipality of Sør-Vågsøy were lost at sea. In 1957, a memorial was unveiled close t...

Fishermen monument at Nord-Vågsøy church

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

At Nord-Vågsøy church, there is a memorial for fishermen who are lost at sea. It was erected by local people in 1998....

Memorial for those who died in the war at the marketplace in Måløy

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In the former municipality of Sør-Vågsøy, 17 men and women died in wartime actions during the Second World War. 16 of these lost their lives due to wa...

The sea warehouse foundation walls on the islands in Flora

Sjøbu / Sea house

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Trond Strømgren

In connection with the rich herring fisheries in the Kinn parish in the 19th century, hundreds of fish salteries were built to process the enormous qu...

The Kinna church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Harald J. Stavang

The Kinna church is built in stone, probably some time in the 12th century. It is the oldest and the only one of its kind in the region of Sunnfjord, ...

The Svanøy estate

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

Furthest south at the entrance to the Førdefjord, with the Stavfjord to the south and the Brufjord to the north, lies the beautiful and fertile island...

The Olaf cross at Svanøy

Historisk monument / Historical monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Svanøy was in former times a central place in the outer Sunnfjord region with a bailiff's residence and a church of its own. On the old churchyard o...

The Erikstad farm on the island of Svanøy

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Erikstad - locally pronounced er'sta - is located in the western part of Svanøy. The farmyard is situated a short distance up from the bay of Erstad...

Traces of mining on the island of Svanøy

Gruve / Mine

Published: 07.07.1999

From the quay at Svanøybukt there is a gravel road going east to Nordneset. At the last house, the road continues as a tractor road or path. A rusty i...

The Ytterøyane lighthouse

Fyrlykt / Lighthouse

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Harald J. Stavang

The Ytterøyane lighthouse, the biggest in Sunnfjord, was built in 1881, and has withstood hurricanes and airplane attacks. This lighthouse is one of...

The Stabben lighthouse

Fyrlykt / Lighthouse

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Harald J. Stavang

In 1866/87, a sturdy lighthouse with a solid reinforced stone and mortar foundation was built on a slippery, rounded-off skerry in the middle of the...

The Kvannhovden lighthouse

Fyrlykt / Lighthouse

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Harald J. Stavang

In 1895, a lighthouse was built at Kvannhovden, and it became operational on 5 November the same year. It had a common wick lamp, and only in 1932, ...

Florø Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

Florø church is a so-called longchurch built in wood in the centre of Florø city. The church, which has a seating capacity of 650, was consecrated o...

Eikefjord church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

Eikefjord church is a cruciform church built in wood located in the village of Eikefjord in the municipality of Flora. The church - with 350 seats - w...

Nordal church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Nordal church is a wooden longchurch located on the farm of Nordalen far to the north-east in the municipality of Flora. The church, which can seat ...

The fishing village of Rognaldsvåg

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Trond Strømgren

Rognaldsvåg is the main village on the island of Reksta, in the westernmost part of the municipality of Flora. The settlement on Reksta probably goe...

War memorial at Florølandet

Krigsplass / War site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge

Only in the spring of 1942 did the major influx of German soldiers start at Florølandet. At the same time, an extensive construction of fortifications...

The Thor Solberg statue

Monument / Monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Harald J. Stavang

At Florø Lufthamn (Airport) there is a statue of a stocky man in his forties. The man looks towards the sky, and he is about to fulfil the dream of hi...

Mjømna church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Mjømna church is a so-called longchurch made of wood situated on the island of Mjømna, in the far western outskirts of the municipality of Gulen. Th...

Cholera gravesites in Gulen

Gravplass / Cementery

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In the 19th century, there were two outbreaks of cholera in Norway, in 1831 and 1848. The first one did not reach western Norway but the second one ...

The trading post of Børholmen

Hamn / Port

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

The small island of Børholmen is located on the ocean just to the south of the entrance to the Sognefjord. The islet is located between Kversøy to the...

The trading post of Skjerjehamn

Hamn / Port

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

Skjerjehamn is located furthest to the north-west on the island of Sandøy, on what used to be an islet, but now linked to the main island by means o...

The inn at Glavær

Losji / Accommodation

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

Glavær is located just to the south of the entrance to the Sognefjord between Hille and Hisarøy. Glavær actually consists of several islands, and th...

The Anglian stone cross at Eivindvik

Historisk monument / Historical monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gunnar Ellingsen

Two ancient stone crosses at Eivindvik have probably experienced the "Gulating" (a judicial and legislative assembly) and the introduction of Christia...

Memorials for war airmen at Askvoll

People and Society

Plakett / Plaque

Published: 03.12.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On Midsummer Eve, 23 June 1943, an Allied airplane crashed on the shore near the home of Chester Saltskår at the point of Stavenes. The two Norwegian ...

The Celtic stone cross at Eivindvik

Historisk monument / Historical monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gunnar Ellingsen

Two stone crosses at Eivindvik have probably experienced "Gulatinget" (a judicial and legislative assembly) and the introduction of Christianity. On...

Vingen rock-carving site

Archaeology

Historisk plass / Historical site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Årstein Svihus

The Vingen site is today the second biggest rock-carving field in Norway with some 2000 figures. Nevertheless, it was a stroke of good luck that made ...

The burial mounds at Botnane

People and Society

Gravplass / Cementery Historisk plass / Historical site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Årstein Svihus

On the mainland side of Bremanger, close to the border to the municipality of Flora, lies the hamlet of Botnane with the farms of Øvrebotnen, Sørbotne...

Hjølmo

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

In the steep hillside in Hjølmodalen, a small side valley from Øvre Eidfjord (Upper Eidfjord), which has been a key entrance to the Hardanger Plateau,...

The old church yard at Grotle

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Gravplass / Cementery

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In the year of culture 1997, the people of Bremanger decided that the old churchyard at Grotle should be the memorabilia of the county. The church of ...

Vetvik - the big farm that was deserted

People and Society

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Årstein Svihus

On the northwest coast of Bremangerlandet - with the ocean as its neighbour, we find the deserted hamlet of Vetvik. Earlier this was a small rural com...

The Rugsund trading post

Hamn / Port

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

The old trading post of Rugsund is located in a beautiful natural setting on the eastern tip of the island of Rugsundøy. Rugsund, the strait between t...

The warehouses and boathouses at Kalvåg

Bygd / Village

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

Kalvåg enjoys a sheltered location on the eastern side of the island of Frøya. Throughout many centuries this was a good harbour for fishermen in the ...

The fisherman shacks at Liset

People and Society

Fiske / Fishing Grend / Hamlet

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Årstein Svihus

On the western side of the farm Liset at Bremanger, there is a peaceful place. Only a few old foundation walls remain, bearing witness to hectic ac...

Monument commemorating Georg Distad

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 19.04.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On an oval-shaped stone on a grave at Fjærland church we find this inscription: GEORG DISTAD * BORN 18. June, 1915 * DIED IN ACTION IN * VALDRES 2...

The mountain farm of Myklebustsætra at Ålfoten

People and Society

Støl / Mountain farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Årstein Svihus

On the road between Ålfoten and Svelgen is the valley of Myklebustdalen with the mountain farm of Myklebustsætra located close to the lake of Sætrav...

Ålfoten church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Ålfoten church is a cog-joint wooden longchurch in the village of Ålfoten in the municipality of Bremanger. The church can seat 100, and it was buil...

Måbø

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen

Måbø is the uppermost farm in Måbødalen. This narrow and steep mountain valley has been one of the routes from the fjord communities up to the mountai...

"Knut" and two other six-oared boats

Communications

Båt / Boat Transport / Transport

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Årstein Svihus

The "Sunnfjord boat" used to be the common boat type in the Sunnfjord area, but already 150 years ago, it was beginning to lose ground to a modified...

Memorial for the poet vicar Claus Frimann

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Claus Frimann, born 1746, was vicar at Davik for 42 years. He is known as the poet vicar in Nordfjord, best known perhaps for his book "Almuens sanger...

Hydroelectric power and industry at Svelgen

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Bygd / Village

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

In Bremanger the water resources formed the basis for the development of the industrial town of Svelgen. It took some time before any establishment ...

The German coastal artillery fortifications at Tangane

People and Society

Krigsplass / War site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge

In the autumn of 1940, The German navy started the construction of a coastal fort at Tangane. The construction work was led by Germans, but much work ...

German coastal fort at Ospeneset

Krigsplass / War site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge

In the autumn of 1941, German officers came to the point of Ospeneset on an inspection tour. Early in 1942, people in the area had to move from their ...

German coastal fort at Gottraneset

Krigsplass / War site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge

In 1942, the landowner of Gottraneset had to move from his farm to Berle. The following year the Germans moved their guns from Berle out to new positi...

The trading post of Vågsberget

Hamn / Port

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

On the south side of the island of Vågsøy, at the entrance to the Vågsfjord we find the old trading post and inn of Vågsberget. The trading post with ...

The Bakkejekta sloop

Communications

Båt / Boat Hamn / Port Handel / Trade

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gaute Losnegård

To commemorate a time when all transport of goods between the Dalsfjorden and Bergen went by sea on vessels powered by the wind, the Bakkejekta sloop ...

Kråkenes lighthouse

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Fyrlykt / Lighthouse

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gunnar Urtegaard

In 1906, a lighthouse station was built at Kråkenes under pressure from the Kristiansund Skipper Association. The lighthouse is located to the west of...

The fishing village of Torskangerpollen

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Hamn / Port

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

On the western shores of the island of Vågsøy, in the innermost part of the bay of Kvalheimsvika, where it tapers off and turns south, the fishing v...

Boat-landing facilities at Kråkenes

Plass / Spot

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gunnar Urtegaard

The people of Kråkenes have always been faced with bad landing sites. There were five known sites: Storehola, Keila, Stiksvika, Bleke and Synstestøa...

Agastølen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Whoever wanders the mountain plateau will form time to time hit upon old mountain summer farms, with solid old stone sheds, half sunk into the ground;...

The old Kvalheim road

Communications

Veg / Road

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gunnar Urtegaard

The village of Kvalheim has the ocean as its next-door neighbour and the landing conditions have always proved difficult in bad weather. There was a s...

The prison at Bryggja

Fengsel / Prison

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Rigmor Navekvien (1935 - )

Encircled by stately old trees is the old Bailiff's farmyard at Bryggja. One of the houses is called "Arresten" (the prison)....

The old road between Rimstad and Berstad

Communications

Veg / Road

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gunnar Urtegaard

Between the farms of Rimstad and Berstad there used to be an old road, used by pilgrims, postmen and local people alike. There are still many traces o...

Kapellneset - the first church site on the island of Vågsøya

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The first church building on Vågsøy, a chapel church, was built in 1580 on a point south of Raudeberg. This point was later called "Kapellneset". This...

Cultural monument of the church site on the island of Silda

People and Society

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On the island of Silda there was a church from about 1320 to 1580. It was a chapel church in the parish of Selje. It was no longer in use after a new ...

The pilots on the island of Silda

Hamn / Port

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gunnar Urtegaard

In former times pilots lived on the island of Silda. The northern harbour was a "waiting harbour" for ships heading north past Stad. In bad weather ...

The trading post of Osmundsvåg

Hamn / Port

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

Osmundsvåg is located on the peninsula between the strait of Ulvesundet and Sørpollen, with the waters of Sildegapet to the north. On the northernmo...

The trading post of Måløyna

Hamn / Port

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

The shipping lane along the coast has always passed through the strait of Ulvesundet, between the island of Vågsøya and the mainland. The small island...

The trading post of Bryggja

Bygd / Village

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

Bryggja is located on the northern shore of the Nordfjord, just to the east of the entrance to the fjord. The place was separated from the farm Runn...

Alfred Maurstad - from Tuftene in the hamlet of Maurstadgrenda

Musikkinstrument / Musical Instrument Musikk / Music Musikkverk / Musical work Person / Person

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The actor Alfred Maurstad (1896-1967) was born and grew up at Bryggja in the western part of Nordfjord. The home of his childhood was the smallholding...

The stone walls at Kvalheim

Steingjerde / Stone fence

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gunnar Urtegaard

The village of Kvalheim is situated north of the bay of Kvalheimsvika on the western shoreline of the island of Vågsøya. In 1900, 188 persons lived th...

Måløyraidet - The Martin Linge memorial

Monument / Monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Martin Linge, actor and military officer, was killed during the British-Norwegian raid on Måløy on 27 December, 1941. He was buried with German milita...

Memorial stone at the Bremanger church for those who died in action

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

At the Bremanger church at Bremangerlandet there is a memorial stone commemorating those who died in the Second World War from the former municipality...

The memorial monument at Ålfoten

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

A short distance below the church at Ålfoten there is a 4.5-metre-high stone monument to commemorate soldiers from Ålfoten who took part in the war ...

Memorial stone at Holmedal for fallen soldiers in the World War 1939-1945

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Six men from the Holmedal parish (earlier Fjaler municipality, now Askvoll) lost their lives during the World War 1939-1945: three on Norwegian me...

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