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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...
Hausberget
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Exciting history in a closed-down school building
Skule / School
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Gaute Losnegård
The closed-down school building at Holevik at Staveneset has been changed into a museum where the main theme is World War II. ...
Askvoll nursing home
Sjukehus / Hospital
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Gaute Losnegård
At Ask in Askvoll municipality, the county of Sogn og Fjordane for more than 40 years provided a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. Tuberculosi...
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...
Geita lighthouse
People and Society
Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
On the eastern Geita (literally: the Goat), a small island in the Buefjorden between Aralden and Værlandet, the Geita lighthouse is located. The easte...
Askvoll during the Viking Period
Slag / Battle
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Gaute Losnegård
Askvoll is centrally located on the sea lane, and in the surrounding area several sea battles were fought during the Viking Period. The Norse saga lit...
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...
Klausen Mekaniske Verksted Ltd.
Skipsverft / Ship yard
Published: 14.09.2001
Author:
Finn Borgen Førsund
The business at Bøvika was established by Jørgen Klausen in 1948. His brother Olav joined later, and became the manager. Until 1980, the operation w...
Vilnes church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Vilnes church is a longchurch built of logs located at Vilnes on the southern tip of the island of Atløy in the municipality of Askvoll. The church wa...
Askvoll church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Askvoll church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Askvoll. The church has a seating capacity of 425, and it was consecrated on 13 Decemb...
Bulandet 'bedehus' chapel
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Bulandet "bedehus" chapel is an extended "bedehus" built in wood, located on the point of Kjempeneset on the island of Musøya in the municipality of A...
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...
The Gjelsvik stone
Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
Professor Nikolaus Gjelsvik (1866-1938) was born at the farm of Gjelsvik in the municipality of Vevring, now Askvoll municipality. He is regarded as...
Father and son Bakke - prominent liberals from Holmedal
Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Gaute Losnegård
During the second half of the 1800s, there was a large-scale rise in Norwegian national culture and intellectual life, and at the head were the "rad...
The rock carvings at the point of Staveneset in Askvoll
Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Gaute Losnegård
On the weather-exposed Staveneset, one of the westernmost points on mainland Norway, we find ancient traces of human activities. ...
The great transformation in Stongfjorden
Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Gaute Losnegård
Stongfjorden was one of the first industrial sites in Norway, and its aluminium plant was the first in Scandinavia....
The mines at Grimelia
Gruve / Mine
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Finn Borgen Førsund
In June 1759, "Grimmeliens Kobberværk" was given royal privilege to run mining operations within a radius of about 20 kilometers. This included Sørd...
Trollefos Uldvarefabrik
Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Gaute Losnegård
For more than thirty years the Trollefossen waterfall on the farm of Engjabøen at Holmedal provided the woollen mill by the same name with electric ...
Helle Teglverk
Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Finn Borgen Førsund
From the 1890s until around 1920, the old municipality of Fjaler was the most industrialized of the municipalities in the county of Sogn og Fjordane...
Vårdal teglverk
Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Finn Borgen Førsund
From the 1890s until around 1920, the old municipality of Fjaler was the most industrialized of the municipalities in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. ...
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...
Menhir at Holmedal
Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 02.10.2000
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
In the summer of 1999 Harald Bakke from Holmedal rescued a menhir from ending up at the bottom of the sea. The stone had lain in the pebbles, and ...
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...
Memorial stone for the brothers Asbjørn and Vemund Melvær
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
Magnus and Marie Melvær lost their two sons during the war 1940-1945. Asbjørn, born 1908, died in captivity in Germany. Vemund, born 1922, was los...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kvammen chapel
Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 11.12.2002
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Kvammen chapel is a local church community centre built in concrete and red brick in the village of Kvammen, on the southern side of the Førdefjord in...
Stongfjorden 'bedehus' chapel
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 11.12.2002
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Stongfjorden "bedehus" chapel is a rebuilt "bedehus" built in wood. It is situated in the village of Stongfjorden in the municipality of Askvoll. The ...
Værlandet "bedehus" chapel
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 11.12.2002
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
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The road connection Værlandet-Bulandet
Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Kristin Ese
The archipelago of Værlandet - Bulandet consists of the area to the west of the Aldefjord. In 1981, Askvoll municipality forwarded a suggestion for a ...
Holmedal church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 03.09.2002
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Holmedal church is a wooden longchurch in the village of Holmedal in the municipality of Askvoll. The church seats 432 and was consecrated on 24 Novem...
"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...
The ferries on the Dalsfjord
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Kristin Ese
Long before the heated debates about a bridge across the Dalsfjord, there was conflict about roads across and around the Dalsfjord. The roads had to w...
Road between Askvoll and Stongfjorden
Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Kristin Ese
Stongfjorden was one of the first industrial villages in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, with the first aluminium plant in Scandinavia. The industrial...
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...
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...
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...
Skjervet - river theft
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
At the end of the last ice age the ice flowed out of Hardanger fjord in such a fury that it forced the meltwater from Voss to run back uphill toward G...
Seglberget
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Stein Byrkjeland
HOUSE MARTINS IN STONE WALLS...
Granvinsvassdraget
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Stein Byrkjeland
Randolf Knotten
After the ice age, Granvin Fjord reached all the way up under Skjervsfjossen waterfall. Just a thousand years later, as a result of the rising of the ...
Joberget
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Flowering lime is one of nature's blessings: The nectar gives clear honey. The flower is used as folk medicine. From the inner bark of the lime tree o...
Lussand - geology
Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Hardangerfjorden kløyver Hordaland i to. Den etter måten rettlinja fjorden skjer seg liksom på skeive inn i landet. Ikkje som Sognefjorden og Nordfjor...
Uranes
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
One of the most magnificent deciduous forests in Hordaland grows along the border with Kvam. The rich growth comes from the phyllite and mica schist b...
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...
Havås
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
WORLD FAMOUS BOTANIST Johan Havaas (1864–1956) lived at the little farm, Havås, far up on the slope on the southwest side of Lake Granvinsvatnet. He ...
Raundalen
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Stein Byrkjeland
Thousands of years ago - when the climate was warmer than today - there was probably a lot of moose in Hordaland. We know this from finds of bone from...
Mjølfjell
Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Haakon Fossen
KETTLE HOLE LANDSCAPE AND TOXIC SOIL BY MJØLFJELL...
Jordalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
During the last ice ages, parts of the Voss river system were stolen and sent down Nærøydalen valley to Nærøy Fjord (Nærøyfjorden). Before this big ri...
Holo
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Mary Losvik
I Kvassdalen var det aktiv stølsdrift med mjølking av kyr og geitehald nokre år inn i vårt tusenår, og slik hadde det vore i meir enn to hundre år. Så...
Vikafjellet
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Stein Byrkjeland
The largest reindeer herd in Hordaland - outside of Hardangervidda - lives in the mountainous area between Voss/Vaksdal and Sognefjorden....
Myrkdalsdeltaet
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Stein Byrkjeland
Mykdal delta had an unusually diverse bird life, right up until 1987. The Myrkdal delta should have been protected, and the plans were prepared. Despi...
Ulvund
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Mary Losvik
One of the oldest farms in Myrkdalen, Ulvund, is recognized as one of 14 areas in Hordaland having an especially valuable cultural landscape. The dirt...
Nordheim
Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
"And here these endless kingdoms and these toils for a rich working life far and wide have lain and slept for a hundred thousand years! Right up until...
Lønaøyane
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Stein Byrkjeland
The Strandaelvi river is forever protected from the development of hydropower. The Lønaøyane islands – which comprise the delta furthest north in Lake...
Vossagran
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Knut Nedkvitne
Stein Byrkjeland
How did the spruce tree get to Voss? Did the seed or small spruce plants get help from people, for example, to make it here unscathed? Nobody knows....
Vossavangen
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Arve Tvede
WATER FROM THE GROUNDEssentially all of the inhabitants at Vossavangen receive their tap water from the large sand- and gravel deposits at Prestegards...
Bømoen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Bordalsgjelet
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Deep down between the stone polished phyllite bedrock in Bordalsgjelet canyon, there is a cascading river. In close cooperation with hard polishing st...
Rekvesøyane
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Stein Byrkjeland
The sediment that was deposited from the river Dyrvo has created the fan-shaped delta Rekvesøyane. The bit of land farthest out toward the water gets ...
Vosso
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Stein Byrkjeland
Geir H. Johnsen
There is probably no bigger salmon to be found in the whole wide world than in Vosso. The average size varies from season to season of course, but for...
The Vosso river network
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Arve Tvede
The Vosso is Hordaland's main artery, she has never run more richly than in our times, and no other river in western Norway carries so much water. The...
Vangsvatnet
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Arve Tvede
150 YEAR BATTLE AGAINST FLOOD It is figured that if nature had her way, a so-called hundred-year flood would increase the water level in Lake Vangsva...
Hamlagrø
Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Bjørn Moe
The type of underlying rock can be decisive for how many different types of plants are found in an area. In the area around Hamlagrø-lake the diversit...
Teigdalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Nils Georg Brekke
It is not surprising that there are several folk tales connected to the large and unusual scree deposit that is found at Langeland, uppermost in Teigd...
Fadnesskaret
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
DECIDUOUS FOREST IN FADNESSKARET ...
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...
Brekkhus
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Johannes Gjerdåker
BREKKHUS IN TEIGDALEN – A CRAFT CENTRE...
Byrkjehaugen
Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Svein Indrelid
On the farm Bø, close to the highway between Bulken and Voss lies Byrkjehaugen, one of the largest burial mounds in West Norway. Originally it was aro...
Lydvo
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
LYDVALOFTET ...
Olavskrossen
Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Svein Indrelid
Johannes Gjerdåker
Fleischers Hotel
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Aslak T. Helleve
Ole Bull-akademiet
Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Jostein Mæland
Sigbjørn Berhoft Osa and Ole Bull - Akademiet...
Sverrestigen
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Johannes Gjerdåker
In the year 1177 king Sverre was travelling from East Norway towards Bergen, but at Voss he was met by an army of farmers who forced him to turn round...
Sledasteinen
Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Svein Indrelid
“THE DANCERS” ON THE SLEDA STONE...
Rekve
Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Jostein Mæland
FIDDLERS FROM REKVE...
Gjernes
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Ole Didrik Lærum
MAGNUS DAGESTAD ...
Mula
Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Svein Indrelid
Johannes Gjerdåker
MULA – A DESERTED FARM FROM THE MIDDLE AGES...
Nesheim
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Aslak T. Helleve
NESHEIMSTUNET ...
Myrkdalen
Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Johannes Gjerdåker
SJUR BYGD...
Gjøstein
Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Svein Indrelid
Brekke
Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Johannes Gjerdåker
PER SIVLE ...
Trå
Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Svein Indrelid
Sigrid H.H. Kaland
A WOMAN’S GRAVE FROM VIKING TIMES In a woman’s grave on the farm Trå remains of a bronze ladle and runic inscriptions were found many years ago. Buri...
Kjerland
Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
On the farms Kjerland and Røynstrond, east of the river that flows into the fjord, we find many decorative painters who belong to the so-called sòleki...
Ystås
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
THE JOINED HAMLET AT YSTÅS ...
Nedre Folkedal
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
For many years the Folkedal scythe had a good reputation. Immediately above the highway through Folkedal there is a long brick building, on the inner ...
War graves on Shetland - captain Kristoffer Lutenthun
Gravstein / Gravestone
Person / Person
Published: 17.03.2006
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
On 3 February 1940, the SS "Hop" left Bergen for England in ballast. The boat never got there. Three weeks later, the newspaper Firda Folkeblad had a ...
Anna Karina Stang
Musikk / Music
Musikkverk / Musical work
Person / Person
Published: 28.09.1999
Author:
Liv Fridtun (1970 - )
Anna Stang (1899-1996) is a fine representative of the singing tradition in the western Sunnfjord district. Her repertoire was varied and comprised di...
The steep hairpin bends of "Stalheimskleiva"
Veg / Road
Published: 03.05.2007
Author:
Åsmund Ohnstad
"Stalheimskleiva" is the name of the spectacular road in the steep mountainside in the innermost part of the valley of Nærøydalen leading up to the ...
The struggle for bridge across the Dalsfjord
Communications
Bru / Bridge
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Kristin Ese
The Dalsfjord bridge has been the most hotly debated communications project in the county and has led to bitter political controversy. The start was t...
Løkeland cannery at Atløy
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 01.10.2001
Author:
Finn Borgen Førsund
The business was established by Sigurd Løkeland in 1922. Its principal product has been canned crab, au naturel or as paste. Until the 1960s, ca...
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...
Cannery at Sauesund
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 01.10.2001
Author:
Finn Borgen Førsund
The production of canned crab on the Sogn og Fjordane coast was started and had the largest volumes at Askvoll. Crab fishing is also rich in this di...
Helle Factories
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Finn Borgen Førsund
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The inn at Sauesund
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
Sauesund, like most places with an inn, is situated on a sound. The old inn is at Atløy, in the municipality of Askvoll, with a view across the narr...
The trading post of Kjempenes
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
Bulandet is situated on the ocean westernmost in the municipality of Askvoll, comprising ten small islands. The trading post of Kjempenes, where the...
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