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Skjeggedal

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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;...

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...

Sunnfjord folkehøgskule - memorial commemorating a pioneer

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Sunnfjord folkehøgskule (folk high school)at Førde in Naustdal was established in 1902. "Ungdomsskolen i Søndfjord" was the headline in an announcemen...

Memorial stone at the point of Saltverkneset at Svanøy

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
"The youths from Sunnfjord will some time in the 20th century spend time and efforts in erecting a stone by the shores of Svanøy in memory of Hans N...

Sunnfjord folkehøgskule - memorial stone for principal

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In front of the oldest building at the Sunnfjord folkehøgskule there is a memorial stone. The stone was erected in 1933, in memory of Rasmus Øvrelid, ...

Sunnfjord Folkehøgskule - memorial stone over house fire fatalities

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
"In memory of the fatalities at Solvang" is cut into a stone in the churchyard of Førde parish church. Between 1 and 2 o'clock in the night of Saturda...

Hæreid - archaeology

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland
The biggest prehistoric burial site in Hordaland is situated at Hæreid. On top of the terrace expanse, inside the fine birch garden, is where they lie...

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...

Memorial stone commemorating Andreas Hesjedal

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 02.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Beside the church at Eikefjord there is a memorial stone commemorating Andreas Hesjedal who died in a terrible accident in Florø on 1 September 1945...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The storehouse at Fletene

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Gardshus / Farm house
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
With the year 1524 marked into a log, we have factual evidence for the age of this small house at Fletene at Holsen. Most likely Fletene is also the...

Førde church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Førde church is a basilica church in wood located on the farm Skei in the centre of Førde. It has 600 seats and was consecrated on 1 October, 1885 b...

Førdehuset community centre

Forsamlingshus / Assembly house
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
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"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...

Firda - the local newspaper for the whole county

Dialects and arts
Avis / Newspaper
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
The newspaper Firda is today by far the biggest newspaper in the county, and the only daily. The circulation in 2000 was 14,628. The newspaper cover...

The boat stop Steinen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
Steinen became the port of call for Førde. Several activities grew up here, for example the first manufacturing industries. Yet, like so many other bo...

The altarpiece in Førde church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkjekunst / Church art Måleri / Painting
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Quite a few people have become interested in the altarpiece in Førde church once they have seen it. It is unique, rich in motif, fine in the carving...

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...

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...

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...

Eidfjord church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anne Marta Hoff
The old stone church at Eidfjord has an open position on the terrace at Lægreid. In a diploma from 1310 it transpires that Torgeir on Sponheim donated...

Halne

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
At Halnefjorden, a few hundred metres east of Halne mountain lodge, lie the remains of two stone sheds – Halnelægeret. Some generations ago the cattle...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Varberg

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland

Måbødalen - road construction

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per M. Bremnes
THE ROADS THROUGH MÅBØDALEN...

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 ...

Jondal

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Torgeir Alvsaker
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kari Losnedahl
THE HOUSE FOR THE YOUTH MOVEMENT – STRONGHOLD OF NORWEGIANNESS...

Indre Vikane

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
INDRE VIKANE – A TRACE OF THE MIDDLE AGES IN THE LANDSCAPE ...

Herandsholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In 1754 the law officer Andreas Heiberg advised that a guesthouse location be established at Herandsholmen, as there were no lodging places for travel...

Bakko

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Everyone knows the famous painting by Tidemand & Gude “Brudeferden i Hardanger” (The Wedding Party in Hardanger) one of the great icons in the Nationa...

Hardanger Folk Museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik

Håhaugsteinen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Årekol

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
GUNNAR ANFINSEN ÅREKOL ...

Kinsarvik

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Kinsarvik has probably been a centre for the inner Hardanger districts back in prehistory. History tells us that in medieval times there was a marketi...

Seberg

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
HALLSTATT - LEKVE ...

Ulvik church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
CROSS CHURCH AND STAVE CHURCH...

Hallingskeid

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
THE MARKETPLACE AT HALLINGSKEID ...

Sponheim

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Vallaviki

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Bjarne Sørensen
When Anders Paulson Wallevik (1874-1965) took over the sloop “Haabet” after his father around 1900, he established a wide-ranging business, merchant, ...

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...

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

War grave memorial in Førde - Torberg Haaland

Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 03.02.2003
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Engineer and pilot officer Torberg Haaland was one of two from Førde who lost their lives in the service of their country during the Second World Wa...

The vicarage in Førde

Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
The vicarage in Førde has most likely always stood on the site where the old vicarage now stands, 350 metres south-east of the church, on the edge o...

Hjalmar Christensen - culture critic and author from Førde

Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
Hjalmar Christensen was a culture critic and author from Førde. He was most active in the capital, but all his life he held on to his childhood roots....

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...

Memorial in Florø commemorating those who died in the war 1940-1945

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the park by Florø church stands a towering memorial in commemoration of those who lost their lives in the war 1940-1945. "Our dead deserve a dign...

Memorial commemorating those who died during the Second World War - at Stavang church

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Close to the road up to the Stavang church there is a memorial stone. The names of five men are carved into the more than two-metre-high stone. Three ...

Memorial stone on the grave of Martin Luther Storm, principal of agricultural school

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 03.02.2003
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Martin Luther Storm, born 1836, is one of the most important names in the history of the agricultural schools in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. When ...

Memorial stone on the war grave at Reksta - shipmaster Bernhard Reksten

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 13.04.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the spring of 1942, 10 Norwegian ships left Gothenburg heading for England. Only two managed to break through the German blockade. Many ships were ...

Road stone monument at Standal - and road history source material

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 29.06.2005
Author: Odd Standal Hermund Kleppa
On the boundary between Øvre (Upper) Standal and Nedre (Lower) Standal there is a road stone monument. The year 1904 and the number 230 are carved int...

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...

Førde Hotell

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
Førde Hotell is today the smaller of the two hotels in Førde, but has a longer tradition. In older photos of Førde the hotel is always there, both b...

The canal through the strip of land called Florø-eidet

Communications
Kanal / Canal
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Harald J. Stavang
Before the city of Florø was established in 1860, the trade at Florelandet was located in the bay of Gaddevågen and at Eidet. In 1872/73, a canal wa...

War memorial at Florølandet

People and Society
Krigsplass / War site Minne / Reminder
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 bailiff farm of Volden

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
The bailiff farm of Volden is the only residence for high-ranking public officials in Førde which is even today the residence of a public official. ...

1905 - The municipality of Førde

Unionen oppløses 1905
Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 29.11.2004
Author: Kjerstin Risnes
In 1905 Norway became a free and independent state. The union with Sweden was dissolved by resolution of the Norwegian Storting (Parliament) on 6 June...

1905 - Gjert Holsen, member of the Storting

Unionen oppløses 1905
Person / Person Politikk / Politics Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 06.12.2004
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In 1905, Norway became a free and independent state. The union with Sweden was dissolved by resolution in the Storting on 7 June. This article is abou...

1905 - The Storting representative Ivar Lind

Unionen oppløses 1905
Person / Person Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 06.12.2004
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In 1905, Norway became a completely free and independent country. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Storting resolution of 7 June. This artic...

1905 in Florø - memories from that year written 40 years later

Unionen oppløses 1905
Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 29.01.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In 1905, Norway became a completely free and independent nation. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Norwegian Storting's resolution of 7 June....