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Skjeggedal

Communications

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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;...

Kjeåsen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

High up above the fjord, at a height of 600m lie the two holdings at Kjeåsen. Today you can drive there by car, through a new tunnel that the power en...

Bakholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ronny B. Skaar

On Austre Bakholmen, a small islet of around 15 acres between Hundvåko and Drøni, lies the oldest trading centres in Austevoll. For a long time this w...

Hufthammar

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Karl Johan Haugland

Farming in Austevoll has nearly all been in combination with fishing as the main industry. The farms in the district are therefore small, even in a we...

Krosshamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Krosshamn lies in the shipping lane northeast of Hundvåkøy, near Sandtorv. The name probably derives from the fact that this is Austevoll’s harbour si...

Strusshamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen

On the south side of Askøy, just west of Bergen, lies Strusshamn. The sheltered bay is one of the best harbours in Byfjorden, on the route south. At t...

Hop - Thomas Erichsens Minde

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen

From the 1500s Hop was noble estate for the law speaker in Bergen and Gulen judicial districts. Several of the law speakers were of noble descent, suc...

Lyse Monastery

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Marit Nybø

Lysøen

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jostein Mæland Stephan Tschudi Madsen

Lysøen, this fairytale castle with its Russian-inspired onion dome on the corner turret, stands as a reminder of the diversity of the period called Hi...

Engevik

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Kåre Engevik

Halfway into the Sævareidfjord lies the officer’s farm Engevik. In the beginning of the 1700s the farm was in part estate of the crown and owned by fa...

Engevikhavn

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Kåre Engevik

The guesthouse activity in Engevik in the 1700s could not have been very extensive. But a hundred years later a trading and guesthouse centre develope...

Holdhus church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anne Marta Hoff

The old church at Holdhus is one of the oldest timbered churches left in the west of Norway. The new church at Eide, built in 1889, replaced the churc...

Øpstad

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Samson L. Øpstad

The post house at Øpstad stands out in the landscape. An ochre yellow house with a loft and a white-painted house in Swiss style with ochre edgings, b...

Holsund

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Kvalvåg

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Kvalvåg on Stolmen is first mentioned as a trading post in 1655, and in 1731 the owner Jens Meyer, was granted a royal trading privilege....

Berge

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Olav Tveiten

Down by the fjord on the farm Berge in Tørvikbygd, is Stekkavika – a sheltered eastward facing harbour, protected against the fjord by headlands and r...

Bru

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Bruosen is one of the few river harbours in the county. As landing place for the churchgoers, this place and the boatshed environment follow a traditi...

Tangarås

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

From his loft window on the doctor’s farm at Tangarås the young Hans Ernst Kinck had a view of the fjord and the Mauranger mountains. The fjord settle...

Nes

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The farm Nes lies directly inside Mundheim on a forested headland in the fjord between Mundheimsvika and Bondesundet, a farm with an attractive and we...

Straume - Salmon

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

From times immemorial salmon and trout have been caught with various tools in the fjord and the streams here. Finds in the Stone Age settlements at Sk...

Gullbrå

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

From written sources we know that the farm Gullbrå was in use early in the 1600s. The Apostolic church in Bergen owned land here that it rented out, b...

Bolstad

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker

The village at Bolstadøyri acquired its structure around the middle of the 1800s, but from the old days there has been a meeting place here; court loc...

Evanger

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Evanger (from Old Norse ålvangr, “vang”, “voll” (field) where the horses may graze) is the place where the river from Vangsvatnet, the Voss watercours...

Vik

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The farm Vik in Jondal has been one of the earliest settled farms in Jondal; a good and fertile farm east of the river. Legends hold that mighty men h...

Torsnes

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Leif Galtung

When bishop J.Neumann was on a visitation in Hardanger in 1825 he also visited Torsnes, the seat of the Galtung family. They were then in the process ...

Svåsand

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Down by the fjord at Svåsand, close to the main highway, there is a long row of boathouses, one of the well-preserved, older boathouse locations along...

Herand - Tveiti sawmill

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Sverre Haugen Amund Tveiten

Tveiti sawmill in Herand is probably the last water-powered sash-saw in the country that has been in regular operation up to our time. There has been ...

Kvilekvål

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker Aslak L.Hellev

The story of Knute Nelson is like the story of Jack the Dullard. From narrow and poor conditions in his home country he worked his way up to become go...

Hesthamar

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Bjarne Sørensen

Hesthamar, some kilometres north of Utne, is one of the oldest residences for a district recorder in the country. In 1637, barely 50 years after the o...

Rekvemylna

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

If you enter the farmyard at Rekve, some kilometres from Bulken, where the road departs to Giljarhus, you no longer meet “the miller”, Knut Hernes, in...

Utne

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik

When sergeant Peder Larsen Børsem from Strandebarm was “demobilised” in 1721, following the large Nordic War, he married the Bergen lady Elisabeth Sch...

Finne

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Peter Bonde, who owned Finne towards the end of the 1200s, had a jumping stag in his family emblem. This stag is the origin for the heraldic blazon of...

Vangskyrkja

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidé

Vangskyrkja (Vangen church) is the largest of the medieval churches in Hordaland; one of the four “fjordung” churches in the county. A royal letter fr...

Jåstad

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The farm Jåstad, situated a few kilometres north of Agatunet, must have been a grand farm in medieval times. Torolf on Jåstad is mentioned as arbitrat...

Aga

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik

The grand farm Aga on the west side of Sørfjorden, came under protection in 1937, when the agricultural reform threatened to disperse the old clustere...

Mølster

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve

“Above the old Vossevangen lies the old Mølster family farm. It is situated on a hill, as family farms will do. It is as if chance has wanted to make ...

Fjose

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve

The farm Fjose lies uppermost in Tjukkebygdi, one of the good grain farms on the sunny side here. The woodcarver Styrk Fjose (1873-1937) came from thi...

Ringheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker

The farm Ringheim by Lundarvatnet is amongst the largest in Voss. It is divided into eight units and four cadastral numbers: Store Ringheim, Indre Rin...

Hjelmo

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

On the farm Hjelmo, furthest north in Øygarden, in the innermost part of a long bay, there is a fine boatshed collection with a church beside it. From...

Hernar

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Sigrid H.H. Kaland

Hernar is a small group of islands northwest of Seløy, an old outlying harbour on the western route. This is where ships were lying in wait for favour...

Vernacular arts and crafts

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

“Stay in the Peace of the Lord from the evil Eye of Envy as the Envied Earth will not let itself be ploughed. Here I eat my bread here I fear my ...

Møvik

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe

In the winter of 1849 the impoverished Fjell municipality was forced to put money into new burial places at Møvik and Bildøydalen, because of the ragi...

Holmen

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

HOLMEN AND THE KØLLE FAMILY Holmen lies by the fjord, innermost in Ulvikpollen. Originally this was a small smallholding or coast dweller’s place b...

Hopland

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Svein Indrelid

The farmhouses at holding No. 15 at Hopland are built together to form a long, continuous building, with dwelling house, hayshed and cowshed built in ...

Kjelstraumen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aud Karin Skagen

If you take the sea route north you have several options. The various routes have been dealt with in history, and through the Middle Ages the traffic ...

Krossøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aud Karin Skagen

Furthest north in the island community Rongevær, at the entrance to Fensfjorden, lies Krossøy. Belonging to the farm are the islands of Krossøy, Husøy...

Kræmmerholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Kræmmerholmen is one of the old privileged trading posts. From the 1600s all trading in West Norway took place in Bergen, and the farmers were obliged...

Brattholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The old guesthouse location in Brattholmen on the east side of Litlesotra, was probably established in the first half of the 1700s. A list from 1748 m...

Vernacular Architecture and the Landscape

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

”It is strange what expensive dwelling houses are being erected many places in the villages now.  Supposedly people think that they can do good b...

Notaholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The fishnet shed at Notaholmen stands as a reminder of the days when people used to row out on the fjord to set their nets. On Notaholmen the nets wer...

Ådland

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Ådland, innermost in the Samnanger Fjord is an old church centre and transport centre; a nodal point in the transport from sea to land. The white pain...

Glesvær - Trading post

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Åsmund Lien Atle Austestad

Glesvær is one of the oldest trading posts on the West Norwegian coast. In the 1700s and 1800s this was the most important fishing centre on Sotra. Th...

Golta - Long house

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

In the years between the wars a major registration of houses and house costumes, house construction methods, fireplaces and forms of housing clusters ...

Tælavåg

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ronny B. Skaar

Tælavåg has a significant place in the history of the German occupation in WWII. The small community by the sea, where for centuries people had made a...

Skogsvåg

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Øystein Frøiland

Kval i våg! Når det ropet gjekk, var det berre å få ut den kraftige kvalnota til å stengja vågen med, og så kunne veidinga ta til. I uminnelege tider ...

Ferstad

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Ferstad is well worth a visit. The farm lies on a little hillock south of Lekven: a beautiful official residence from the 1700s....

Osøyro

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The coastal settlement of Os begins to take form in the middle of the 1800s. This is when craftsmen and traders begin to settle at the river delta....

Gåssand

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The 28th November 1914 was a day to remember for the Os inhabitants. This was the day they could turn the switch on the wall and have electric light i...

Lyse chapel

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

The small white-painted chapel with the red brick tiled roof just south of the monastery ruins at Lyse was built in 1663 as a local chapel for the mon...

Ramsøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Nils Georg Brekke

“At thick of night a thundering knock on the door; the man in the house wakes up, jumps out and demands: Who cries? Yes, now you must out, the beacon ...

Herdla farm

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen

Numerous finds show that the settlement at Herdla goes back to prehistoric times, and the large estate at Herdla has enjoyed a central place in the na...

Bukken

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Liden

In Christian IV’s diary from Norgesreisa (trip to Norway) in 1599, we find the reference or anecdote that is the origin of the name Bukken. A Dutch fu...

Langøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Up to 1842 it was necessary to have a royal letter of privilege in order to carry out trade. According to the law only city dwellers were allowed to o...

Landro

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik

Landro has been the largest estate on Sotra, including 15 farms with reasonable conditions for agriculture. Their boathouses have had an excellent har...

Leirvik - The trading post

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe

Already in the Middle Ages the good harbour at Leirvik provided a connecting point. Here was a court of law, and a guesthouse was established here in ...

Orninggård

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Ådlandsstova

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The Ådland house is one of the biggest medieval houses still existing in West Norway. It is constructed from unusually large, hard fir wood, beautiful...

Kåravika

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Stord Teacher Training College

People and Society

Skule

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

In 1838 Stordøens Seminarium was established by the parish priest Claus H. Daae as head. This was the first seminary in West Norway and likewise one o...

Liarbø

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Arne Tislavoll Ivar Skre

Færøysund

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Harald Johan Sandvik

The old trading post lies at the sound between Stord and Færøy in Langenuen. There was a country store and steamship forwarding agent up to 1964. The ...

Smedholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Arne Tislavoll

Tveit

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

TWO NEIGHBOURS – THE DECORATIVE PAINTER AND THE FIDDLE MAKER ...

Tysse

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ivar Bård Aadland

As early as 1862 Svein L.Røsseland started a country store and lodging house at Ytre Tysse, and later on he became steamship agent and the first post ...

Mørkhølen

Communications

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Statens vegvesen Nils Georg Brekke Ivar Bård Aadland

Nordvik

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Nordvikasetret

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Træet

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Erling Virkesdal

Ask - The king's estate

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen

Strømsnes

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen

Herdla Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Liden

A letter from the Pope Eugenius 3 in 1146 mentions St. Nikolaus church at Herdla. This church belonged under Munkeliv monastery, which was founded in ...

Trellevik

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Åge Landro

Goltasundet

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Nils O. Golten

For generations the land-seine was the most important tool for catching herring and mackerel, and therefore a suitable casting bay was worth its weigh...

Knarrevik

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Haaland

Having passed well over the bridge across to Sotra you pass an industrial plant surrounded by a budding community; the mineral mill of A/S Norwegian T...

Li

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Turøyvarden

Communications

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Atle Ove Martinussen

Breiviksundet

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Sigmund Alsaker

There are still fishing sheds standing that were in use right up until the former turn of the century during the winter fisheries. The owners of these...

Kvernapollen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ronny B. Skaar

When the workers came to Kollsnes to start on the work with the landing for the gas terminal from the Troll field in the North Sea, they found the rui...

Sundvorøya

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Kåre Engevik

Mjånes

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Magnus Mjånes

Sævareid

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Kåre Engevik

Drageid canal

Communications

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kåre Dalland

Hammarsland

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Sigrid H.H.Kaland

Vinnesholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Erik Vangsnes

Selsneset

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kåre Dalland

Bekkjarvik

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Kvalesund

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Os rectory

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Ole Landmark

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Like so many other communities, Os community has also derived its name from the farm where the parish church was situated. Thus it is that the farm Os...

Ulven camp

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Os station

Communications

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ralph Wilson Anders Kåre Engevik

On Sunday July 1st 1894 the Nesttun-Os railway was opened. “On the platform Consul Gade wished the railway the best of luck, whereupon the first train...

Søvik

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jon Søvik

Finnås rectory

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe

WOODEN CLOGS AND POTATOES ...

Tjeldstømarka

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland Nils Georg Brekke

There is no place in Hordaland where there are so many over-wintering song swans as in Tjeldstømarka. And there are few places in the county that have...

Osa

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Espen Eide

At the bottom of the Osa fjord there is a cultural landscape marked by great contrasts; the wide terraces and the river delta at the fjord contrast wi...

Bergensbanen

Communications

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T.Helleve Atle Ove Martinussen

Already at the beginning of the 1870s demands were made that there had to be a railway connection between Bergen and East Norway. The first section be...

Frøystein

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The farm Frøystein by the Ulvik fjord is commonly called Fryste. In 1614 the name was written Frøstemb – an obvious Danish influence – and the form Fr...

Hellisøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Hellisøy lighthouse was lit for the first time in 1855. The characteristic red cast-iron tower with two white belts is 33m high and a light height of ...

Vinappen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Vinappen lies on a low hill to the very west on the island. Here you have an amazing panorama of the sea. Originally the area was grazing land for cat...

Storegraven

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

The first mention of Granvin church in written sources is in 1306, but the church location must be far older than this. The farm Storegraven is centra...

Kongstun

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

In the Middle Ages the farmers were under obligation to transport state officials. The bishops were entitled to 18 horses when they travelled about on...

Øvre Folkedal

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Folkedal, which today is like a small “detour” from the main highway, was in the Middle Ages centrally situated in one of the most important roads bet...

Hummelfossen

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

As early as 1906 the Matre and Haugsdal waterway was bought up by the businessman Blauuw from Bergen; the first “waterfall speculator” in the Matre ar...

Botnen

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Fyksesundet and Botnagrenda present a fine experience of the landscape and cultural history; a geographically isolated local settlement with extensive...

Mollandseid

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aud Karin Skagen

In Mollandsvågen, close by the river that runs from Mollandsvatnet (lake) into the fjord, are two water-powered circular saws and a mill. This small i...

Havrå

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

In the sunny, steep fjord landscape along Sørfjorden on the east side of Osterøy is the farm Havrå. The small “hamlet” is one of the few undisturbed f...

Valestrandsfossen - tanning industry

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Haaland

Valestrand became a centre for the tanning industry in Osterøy; one of the old crafts that has developed into a local industry with many places of wor...

Hamre Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

Hamre Church has, by all accounts been one of the four main churches in Horda County in the Middle Ages. Hamre was a main church for the whole of Hord...

Hosanger church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

On Christmas Day 1795, at 5 a.m., the lightning struck the church in Hosanger. After three hours, the timbered church from the 1600s, which had replac...

Otterstad

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Tthe Otterstad farms lie in the innermost part of Mofjorden, on the northwest side of the river. The row of stave-built boatsheds that belong to the f...

Nottveit

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

In one of the frame-built haysheds at Nottveit, at holding No. 3, we discover that several of the staves have a medieval look, with large dimensions a...

Stølsheimen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Dagfinn Moe Aud Karin Skagen Nils Georg Brekke

The large mountain area between Modalen, the Voss communities and Sogn is one of the finest mountain pasture areas in West Norway. In older times this...

Øystese - Kvam rural museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

KVAM RURAL MUSEUM ...

Norheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Norheim, “the farm by the narrow sound” is mentioned in a diploma from the Middle Ages and in an inheritance document. This is one of the large farms ...

Vikøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

Through Adolph Tidemand’s detailed close-ups of smokehouses in Kvam, the vicarage in Vikøy, where he lived during his painting trips through Hardanger...

Vangdal

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Nils Georg Brekke

At Salthamaren in Vangdalsberget it is thought that salt was burned some time in history, and deep layers of coal in the ground show that fire has bee...

Skålafjøro

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

THE SHIPYARD AT SKÅLAFJØRO...

Gjerde

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Gjuvsland

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe Mary Losvik Nils Georg Brekke

For time immemorial, probably all the way back to the Middle Ages, animals from the Homestead at Gjuvsland have grazed on the sunny slopes on the sout...

Tjernagelsholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Gjerde church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

Skånevik - Norwegian engine museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Åkrafjorden

Communications

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Magnus Saltnes Ingvald Skålnes

Frette

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

THE FRETTE PAINTERS...

Undarheim

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Fet

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anne Hilde Nagel

Seim

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Tveito

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe

THE HAUGA HOUSE AND THE SKILBECK COLLECTION ...

Røldal

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén Harald Jordal

The stave church in Røldal was one of the key pilgrimage churches in West Norway. The church was probably built between 1250 and 1350, and in the high...

Dyrskard

Communications

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Nils Nonås Harald Jordal

Right from the start the road across Haukelifjell was a road from “fjord to fjord”, from the bottom of Sørfjorden to Dalen in Telemark. The connection...

Kinsarvik church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Peter Helland-Hansen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

By all accounts the church in Kinsarvik must have been one of the four main churches in the old Horda County. The stone church standing today was rest...

Huse

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The farm Huse is situated on a broad terrace in the valley above the church and the commons ground in Kinsarvik. Huse is one of the largest farms in K...

Staup

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve

The farm STAUP lies on a shelf in the terrain above Løno. From the highway E16 it is possible to glimpse the houses through the trees. The farm is wit...

Tvinne

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker

Following the introduction of fixed postal deliveries in Norway from 1647, post farms were appointed where the farmer was under obligation to bring th...

Helleland

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik

The old “recorder residence” at Helleland has been both residence for the district recorder and officer’s residence. The main building, which came und...

Ullensvang church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Ullensvang church, situated beside the vicarage, in idyllic surroundings on the headland just inside Lofthus municipality, is mentioned for the first ...

Måge

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Sigrid H.H. Kaland

Steatite is a type of stone that is abundant in Hardanger. There are large steatite deposits in the mountain below Folgefonna. These deposits are visi...

Oppheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ole Didrik Lærum

In the slope above Oppheim church lies the old vicarage at OPPHEIM. If you stroll up the road from the church you will arrive in a farmyard marked by ...

Stalheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker Kaare Tønneberg

Stalheim is situated between Stalheimsfossen and Sivlefossen, in a community with the farms Sivle and Brekke. The most likely explanation of the name ...

Stalheimskleiva

Communications

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker

From the oldest times on record in Norway one of the most important traffic arteries between west and east Norway has passed across Bolstad – Voss – S...

Tyssedal

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Randi Bårtvedt

Today Tyssedal appears like a classical industrial community, a picture of modern Norway from the turn of the former century until today. A/S Tyssefal...

Odda - The tourist town

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Randi Bårtvedt

The pioneering tourists in the 1830s-40s brought a momentum in the tourist traffic to the fjord and mountain country Norway. At the time Odda was a hi...

Reinsnos

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Inge Reinsnos

The mountain settlement Reinsnos is situated at nearly 700 metres above sea level at the end of the Reinsnos lake; an entry point to the Hardanger pla...

Tokagjelet

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth Nils Georg Brekke

There is a sharp transition between the wide valley at Kvamskogen and the narrow Tokagjelet. The transition is no less dramatic when we come out of th...

Litlandsvatnet

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen Nils Georg Brekke

Large quantities of nickel ore have been mined from Litlandsvatnet, between Lonevågen and Hosanger. The discovery was made in 1875. During the period ...

Nedre Helland - Sand Quarries

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth Nils Georg Brekke

The three spades in the municipal coat of arms for Modalen are sand spades. Sand quarrying has brought income and employment. As much as 70,000-80,000...

Odda - The industrial town

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Karsten Eitrheim Endre Skaar Nils Georg Brekke

In 1908 the new power station in Tyssedal was completed. A/S Tyssefaldene provided power for the carbide and cyanide factory that was built in Odda. T...

Bu

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Skredhaugen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Reisete

Communications

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik

CROSSING THE GLACIER ...

Espe

Communications

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik

HORSE DEALERS AND CATTLE TRADERS...

Heggjagarden

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The transport exchange on the farm Vik in Eidfjord was an important part of the communication network in older times. This is where people secured tra...

Hårbrekke

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Skogasel

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

A RENAISSANCE LODGING HOUSE ...

Haugatun

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Torgeir Alvsaker

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen

Close to the main road at Bru lies a large well-proportioned building with classical features; of size most like a church, with church vestibule and a...

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