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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 commemorating those who lost their lives during the Second World War from Selje.

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

18 persons from Selje lost their lives as a consequence of the Second World War. Many of these were seamen. The people of Selje erected the memorial...

Memorial stone at Ålfoten for Rasmus Nyvoll

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 02.07.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Rasmus Nyvoll, born 1909 at Ålfoten, fell in action in Italy in 1944. In 1951, a memorial stone dedicated to him was unveiled at Ålfoten church. It w...

Memorial for flight sergeant Erling Julin Olsen

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On the churchyard at Midtgulen there is a memorial dedicated to Erling Julin Olsen. The stone was erected in 1947 by the people of Svelgen c/o "Svelge...

Memorial stone for Anna Myklebust at Bryggja

People and Society

Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person

Published: 18.07.2002

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Anna Myklebust (1868-1942) from Bryggja put down an unusually high number of hours for the temperance movement. She established a children's lodge at ...

Memorial stone at Leikanger church in Selje

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 09.08.2002

Author: Hermund Kleppa

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War grave at Selje church - Oluf Ingebrigtsen Aarsheim

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 03.04.2003

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On Friday 19 October, 1945, the Selje church was filled to capacity by village people and others. The occasion was the funeral for Oluf Ingebrigtsen A...

War grave at Novelandet

Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person

Published: 02.07.2003

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Nearly 120 000 Americans lost their lives in the First World War, most of these at the front in France. One of them was Lorents Bakke from Bremanger. ...

War grave at Selje - Peder Sandvik

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 14.01.2004

Author: Hermund Kleppa

"In a statement from the chief command of the Norwegian Royal Navy he died on his post for the country." These words are written in the death notice o...

War grave at Selje - Reidar Drage

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 14.01.2004

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On 15 April, 1946, the cargo on a motor boat loaded with German ammunition caught fire on her way to a dumping site in Nordfjord. People jumped overbo...

The Tunold stone at Selje

Monument / Monument

Published: 18.02.2004

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The artist Bernt Tunold, born at Selje on 25 February, 1877, died in Bergen on 23 January, 1946, is held to be one of the great painters from wester...

War grave at Selje church - Ole Dagfinn Eide

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 12.05.2005

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Both during and after the war fatal accidents happened when people inadvertently stepped on mines. At Osmundvåg, the 18-year-old Ole Dagfinn Eide died...

The runic stone at Barmen

Historisk monument / Historical monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On the island of Barmen there is rune stone ¿south along the shore". The runes date from the elder futhark alphabet with 24 signs. The inscription has...

The fishermen monument at Bremanger

Monument / Monument

Published: 06.12.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In 1962, Amanda Igland in the Bremanger Fiskarkvinnelag (an association of fishermen's wives) launched the idea of erecting a memorial plaque at the...

Memorial stone of those who lost their lives at Nord-Vågsøy church

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Seven men from the former municipality of Nord-Vågsøy lost their lives during the war 1940-1945. On Sunday 16 September 1945, there was a memorial ser...

War grave at Nord-Vågsøy church - Ragnvald and Arthur Torheim

Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The brothers Ragnvald and Arthur Torheim lost their lives during the Second World War due to war actions. Both brothers are buried in the same grave o...

Memorial stone for allied airmen at Moldøen

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On 24 April 1945, 49 allied planes attacked war targets at Måløy. One plane was shot down and one crashed before it reached its target. Four airmen lo...

Remnants of a concrete base on the island of Silda - traces of an unusual shipwreck

Ulukke / Accident

Published: 14.01.2004

Author: Gunnar Silden Hermund Kleppa

On the night of 13 January 1925, SS "Aladdin" ran aground on the eastern side of Silda. The whole crew survived this dramatic accident, but it meant t...

The Ervik service - a centuries-old tradition

Festival / Festival

Published: 19.11.2005

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In the summer of 2003, a large number of people attended the Ervik service. The vicar gave a brief account of the tradition around this annual sermon ...

The old vaulted bridge at Maurstad

Communications

Bru / Bridge

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On the night of 11 October 1984, the more than 100-year-old vaulted bridge at Maurstad collapsed. A road-historical cultural monument was suddenly gon...

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