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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...

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 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...

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...

"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...

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 ...

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 stone for fallen soldiers from the Davik "sokn"

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 02.07.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On 17 May 2000, a memorial stone at the Davik church commemorating three men who lost their lives during the Second World War. Two of them died on a j...

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...

The main road at Bremangerlandet

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
A continuous road connection along the Bremangerlandet with ferry across to Måløy came in 1949. In 1977, the island of Frøya was connected to the high...

Boga

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In the lightly undulating landscape at Boga there lies an old house with several rooms on a small rise. In fact it looks like three houses built into ...

Alverstraumen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The hostelry in Alverstraumen was in operation in 1660, but we do not know for certain how old the place really is. From the time of the sagas the inn...

Bjørsvik

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Stein Byrkjeland
The industrial settlement Bjørsvik...

Verås

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
VERÅS – A FARM IN THE HEATH...

Fosnstraumen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Anne Karin Hufthammar Knut Andreas Bergsvik
At the southern end of the bridge between Radøy and Fosnøy archaeologists found an unusual Stone Age settlement. There was a thick “cultural layer” he...

Isdal

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Isdal one of the few clustered settlements left in the Hordaland communities, after the extensive changes taking place around the turn of the former c...

Håøy

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Birger Odland
Håøy lies centrally in one of the main shipping lanes going into Bergen --- with Håyøsund on the south side facing Meland, and Hagelsundet facing Lind...

Holmeknappen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ture Andersen
If you come by sea to Bergen and come up the Herdle Fjord, the yellow ochre marine shed at Holmeknappen is a well known landmark to starboard as you c...

Fløksand

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
THE MEAT KNIFE FROM FLØKSAND...

Frekhaug

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Frekhaug has been a large farm with well-off owners through many generations. The main house, a two storey building with a hipped roof, must have been...

Iden

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
IDEN – A NOBLE ESTATE ...

Kolåseidet

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Asbjørn Toft Gunnstein Kolstad
The little cowshed which lies on the fence at Kolåseidet, constructed in connection with the stone fence, has put its mark on the cultural landscape. ...

Isdalstø

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
POST AND TRANSPORT STATION ...

Litleoksa

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE LONGHOUSE AT LITLEOKSA...

Landsvik

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE CHIMNEY ROOM FROM LANDSVIK ...

Odland

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Edvin Odland Johs. Fosse Atle Ove Martinussen
The auger smithies in Odland and Fosse were amongst those which had the largest production of augers in the period between the Wars. Martinus Fosse bu...

Lygra

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Mons Kvamme
The heath landscape on outer Lygra, Utluro and Lurekalven will in future become part of a landscape protection area, to be maintained through traditio...

Mangersnes

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Bård Kolflåth
SMALL BOATS IN THE IRON AGE At Mangersnes, in a bog just by the sea, there is a layer about one metre thick with wood that has traces of cutting, sh...

Spjutøy

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Gunn Nordal
At Spjutøy and Straumsosen there are three entrances from Lurefjorden to the fjord basin inside. Right up the end of the 1800s the ferry could not rea...

Øvre Tveiten

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On an east-facing slope above Halllandsvatnet lies the farm hamlet of Øvre Tveiten, two kilometres north of Manger. The stone hayshed lies with its ga...

Seim

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland
Sæheim (Seim) at Lygrefjord is mentioned as one of the royal farms of Harald Hårfagre. Several of the first Norwegian national kings had their seat he...

Skaråsmyri

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
PEAT EXTRACTION IN SKARÅSMYRI...

Sylta

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Vassel

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Skule
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aud Karin Skagen
The small, white-painted schoolhouse at Vassel is a modest, but worthy representative for the school in the rural community – an institution for knowl...

Ystebøtræet

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Tofting

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

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...

Memorial at Rugsund church for war victims in the Second World War

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 16.12.2003
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The 19-year-old Johan Friis from Rugsund died in the first Norwegian shipwreck after the Second World War broke out in 1939. In 1994, the Rugsund "sok...

The fishermen monument at Bremanger

People and Society
Fiske / Fishing 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...

German coastal fort at Gottraneset

People and Society
Krigsplass / War site Minne / Reminder
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...

1905 - The municipality of Bremanger

Unionen oppløses 1905
Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 29.11.2004
Author: Karianne Schmidt Vindenes
In 1905, Norway became a completely free and independent country. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Norwegian Storting's (Parliament) resolut...