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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...

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 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...

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 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 ...

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...

Memorial stone at the farm of Ytre Ålen for fallen soldiers in the war 1940-1945

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
A short distance from the sea at the farm of Ålen in Askvoll, there is a memorial stone for three young boys who lost their lives in the war 1940-...

Memorial stone at Askvoll church for fallen soldiers 1940-1945

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the churchyard at Askvoll, there is a memorial stone with 16 names, - all from the municipality of Askvoll, who lost their lives during the war...

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...

"Folkelånsvegen" (the people's loan road) - in the connection Askvoll-Førde

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
State road 609 connects the Askvoll peninsula with Førde through Stongfjorden without ferry. The 16-kilometre-long section from Øygard in Førde to Sel...

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...

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...

1905 - Askvoll Municipality

People and Society
Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 29.11.2004
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In 1905, Norway became a free and independent state. The union with Sweden was dissolved by resolution of the Norwegian Storting (Parliament) on 7 Jun...

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...

Strandebarm

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Atle Ove Martinussen
BOAT-BUILDING IN STRANDEBARM Doing work in addition to farming has long traditions in Strandebarm, and work connected to various craft activities has...

Vikingnes

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
STONE MOUNDS ALONG THE FJORD ...

Anchor at Værlandet - memorial of shipwreck

People and Society
Ulukke / Accident
Published: 30.11.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the night of 30 December 1919, the SS "Orm Jarl" ran aground to the west of Alden. Two salvage vessels arrived at the disabled ship, and for some t...

Øystese - Ingebrigt Vik museum

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Reidar Storaas
INGEBRIGT VIK – A CLASSICIST WITHIN NORWEGIAN SCULPTURE ...

Ålvik

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
BRONZE FIND FROM ÅLVIK...

Rosseland

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Around 50 years ago a runic stone came to light in a barn wall at Rosseland. On one of the flat sides 25 runic signs had been carved. The letters are ...

Sandven

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE COASTAL COMMUNITY AND SANDVEN HOTEL ...

Hardanger Maritime Museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Geir Madsen

Tveit

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Reidar Storaas

Vika

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The old smokehouse still left in the farmyard at Vikjo a little south of Omastrand, was protected in 1924. The smokehouse is from the 1500's. ...

Hamn

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
THE BOATSHED AT HAMN ...

The cannery at Askvoll

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
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...