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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 British war graves at Eivindvik

People and Society
Plakett / Plaque
Published: 16.07.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On the churchyard at Eivindvik there is a small low stone with a text plaque. It was raised in remembrance of 16 British naval soldiers who lost their...

Mjømna church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Mjømna church is a so-called longchurch made of wood situated on the island of Mjømna, in the far western outskirts of the municipality of Gulen. Th...

Cholera gravesites in Gulen

Gravplass / Cementery
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the 19th century, there were two outbreaks of cholera in Norway, in 1831 and 1848. The first one did not reach western Norway but the second one ...

The trading post of Børholmen

Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
The small island of Børholmen is located on the ocean just to the south of the entrance to the Sognefjord. The islet is located between Kversøy to the...

The Anglian stone cross at Eivindvik

Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Ellingsen
Two ancient stone crosses at Eivindvik have probably experienced the "Gulating" (a judicial and legislative assembly) and the introduction of Christia...

The Celtic stone cross at Eivindvik

Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Ellingsen
Two stone crosses at Eivindvik have probably experienced "Gulatinget" (a judicial and legislative assembly) and the introduction of Christianity. On...

Memorial stone for - Niels Griis Alstrup Dahl

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
"Bread of stone and spirit of 'Striile' (local people), Dahl forced at Eivindvik". These are the frequently quoted words by Henrik Wergeland about the...

Memorial stone at Eivindvik for bailiff Bredvik

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Augustin Bredvik (1868-1952) was bailiff in Gulen for more than 40 years. "One of the pillars of western Norway" as the newspaper Firda put it in an o...

Memorial stone for war victims at Eivindvik

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The municipality of Gulen has four memorial stones for war victims from the Second World War. One stands at Byrknesøy, one on the churchyard at Mjøm...

Memorial stone for soldier Halvard Trædal

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Halvard Benjamin Trædal from Indre Oppedal lost his life in action in Valdres on 26 April 1940. He was first buried in Valdres, but his remains were...

Memorial stone for Konrad Byrknes at Mjømna church

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 10.06.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
After the mobilization on 9 April 1940, men from the whole county of Sogn og Fjordane mustered at Bømoen at Voss. From 19 April, some 2000 men were tr...

Gulen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Gulen church is a so-called longchurch made of wood, situated in the village of Eivindvik. With a seating capacity of 700, the church was consecrated ...

Herresalen - the vicarage at Eivindvik

Bolig / Residence
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Ellingsen
The elegant white house below the church at Eivindvik is called "Herresalen" and was the residence of "the second creator of Eivindvik", dean Niels ...

Dean Niels Griis Alstrup Dahl - public educator and welfare reformer

Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Ellingsen
Dean Niels Griis Alstrup Dahl (1778 - 1852) was called a public educator and a patriot. His work as a vicar is somewhat overshadowed by everything he ...

Gulatinget - the judicial assembly for western Norway

Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gaute Losnegård
Gulatinget was the assembly site for the jurisdiction of western Norway. From the early 10th century and for a period of about 400 years, the assembly...

Brekke church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Brekke church is a longchurch built in wood, located in the village of Brekke on the Risnesfjord in the municipality of Gulen. The church has a seat...

The Wergeland monument at Verkland

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
"Forget not, you are dust! Forget not, you are more than dust!" With these words from Henrik Wergeland Dagne Groven Myhren unveiled the new memorial...

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...

Byrknesøy chapel

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 27.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Byrknesøy chapel was originally a "bedehus" (a lay evangelical house) located in the extreme western part of the municipality of Gulen. The chapel, ...

Road and ferry between Byrknesøy and the mainland

Communications
Bru / Bridge
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
The road connection between the islands of Mjømna and Byrknesøy was officially opened on 13 September 1997. This was 40 years after the county governo...

The road Oppedal-Instefjord - an important part of the main road network

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
The road construction between Instefjord and Oppedal was an important link in the so-called Coastal Highway between Stavanger, Bergen and Ålesund, the...

The "Trondhjemske" postal road in Gulen

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 26.09.2005
Author: Kristin Ese
The postal road in Gulen was formerly a part of the "Trondhjemske" postal road. In 1868, the road was no longer used as a postal road as the post was ...

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...

Memorial stone for war victims at Byrknesøy

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 14.02.2002
Author: Hermund Kleppa
By the school at Byrknesøy stands a memorial for eight men who lost their lives during the Second World War. They were all from Mjømna "sokn" (sub-p...

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...

Stølsdalen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
The grey alder forest down by the river in Stølsdalen is full of life. The many birds are very busy finding enough to eat from day to day – but the bi...

Jonstein

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
When high school student Arne Handegard collected plants for a herbarium in 1962, he didn’t know what kind of rarity he had pressed into his notebook....

Hereiane

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Bjørn Moe
At Hereiane on warm summer days one you can walk barefoot up the hill from the fjord all the way up to 400 metres elevation. The naked, furrowed bedro...

Folgefonna

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Endre Skaar Inge Aarseth Stein Byrkjeland
The glacier is not only white – it is full of colour. The colours have several sources: glacial flour, desert dust, or living algae. And the light ref...

Sålesnes

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen, Nils Georg Brekke, Atle Sollesnes
Jondal has one of the country’s oldest slate quarries. Roof tiles have been extracted here since the end of the 1700s, but the quarry is much older. K...

Herand - geologi

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Øystein Jansen
SCULPTURES IN THE BEDROCK...

Oksen

Weather and climate
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Endre Skaar
OKSEN – A WEATHER PREDICTOR...

Djønno

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
LION ANT...

Husedalen

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
OLD PINE FORESTHardangervidda has no more beautiful entryway for hikers than Husedalen. The river, its waterfalls and the expansive landscape is well ...

Kinso

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
SALMON OF KINSO RIVER...

Huse housing development

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Vidar Valen
RADON GAS IN THE GROUND The country's most comprehensive mapping of radon in homes has been carried out in the housing development Huse in Kinsarvik....

Ullensvang vicarage

Weather and climate
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Endre Skaar
Well over 200 years ago, the priest Niels Hertzberg started making climate observations at the vicarage at Lofthus in Ullensvang. Hertzberg was active...

Opedal

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
FRUIT-GROWING ON FLOOD DEPOSITS The old road through Opedal and Helland in Lofthus gives a beautiful introduction to the Fruit Kingdom, both when in ...

Veivatnet

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Stein Byrkjeland
From Kinsekvelven river and inward to Lake Veivatnet, we can wander through one of Hardangervidda's many fertile areas. A number of finicky plants gro...

Hårteigen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
Hårteigen, «the grey signpost», as the name suggests, is a landmark for mountain hikers on the western plateau. The piece of mountain is also a monume...

Bleie

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: William Helland-Hansen
"What an adventure it was, that big ships came from foreign lands, to collect something so simple as ice. They came like a gust from the wider world, ...

Velure

Weather and climate
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Endre Skaar Inge Aarseth
ANNUAL AVALANCHES South of Velure the mountainsides plunge from 1500 metres right down into Sørfjorden. No place along the fjord has snow avalanches ...

Kvalvikane

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
In Ålvik quartz has long been used to produce ferro-silicon. The quartz was collected from the other side of the fjord, from the mountainside above Kv...

Lote

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
BRIDAL OAK AT LOTE – THE THICKEST IN NORWAY ...

Matskorhæ

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
QUARTZ AND ANATASE...

Kalvanes

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Arve Tvede Bjørn Moe
On the 17th of January, 1993, the area between the towns of Odda and Eitrheimsneset were struck by a giant avalanche. One person was killed, and there...

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...

Buardalen Valley

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Atle Nesje Bjørn Moe
Buarbreen glacier was one of the first destinations during the period of increasing tourism in Odda in the 1800s. Foreigners came by the thousands, mo...

Sandvin

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
It is not easy to know what the conditions are at the nesting grounds when one is far away in winter - perhaps in France or the Mediterranean. At Sand...

Opo

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
OPO – THE RIVER THAT DOESN'T CARVE DEEPER River Opo in Odda has a fall of 88 metres over the two kilometres from Lake Sandvinvatnet to Sørfjorden. Th...

Låtefossen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
Låtefossen waterfall, or more correctly, waterfalls, plunge 165 metres down the mountainside, 51 of them in free fall - to the enchantment of the many...

Grytøyrelva

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
A WELL-ACCOMMODATED RIVER...

Valldalen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Arvid Odland Kåre Utaaker
Valldalen or Valdalen, the name that the locals used in past times, had been a permanent settlement for a long time, and later the biggest mountain-fa...

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...

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 ...

Dalsøyra "bedehus"

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 02.06.2006
Author: Olav Molde
The layment movement was very strong around 1900. Laymen preachers from various Christian organizations travelled around in the villages, holding meet...

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...

The first ferry connection in western Sogn

Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
One of the most important road and ferry connections today with a high volume of traffic is the connection between Lavik and Oppedal in western Sogn. ...

Memorial stone for Ivar and Andrine Svardal

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 13.10.2006
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the summer of 1956, the temperance people in the municipalities of Brekke and Gulen met at Rutledal. There was a special solemn atmosphere that day...

Memorial stone for Edvin Færøy

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 13.10.2006
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Edvin Færøy lost his life in action in Valdres on 20 April 1940. He was first buried in Valdres but was later moved home and buried on the churchyard ...

War remnants at Rutledal

People and Society
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
As early as in May 1940, the Germans came to Rutledal and built a land-based facility for launching torpedoes. Later on they started building a coasta...

War remnants at Risenes

People and Society
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
In June 1942, the Germans issued an evacuation order to the owners of the four farms at Rise, and the farmers and their families were only given three...

The inn at Glavær

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
Glavær is located just to the south of the entrance to the Sognefjord between Hille and Hisarøy. Glavær actually consists of several islands, and th...

The wooden clog factory at Selvågen

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
The farm of Selvågen is located in a small bay on the east side of the strait of Brandangersundet in Gulen. In 1900, a wooden clog factory was estab...

The trading post of Skjerjehamn

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
Skjerjehamn is located furthest to the north-west on the island of Sandøy, on what used to be an islet, but now linked to the main island by means o...

The master builder Anders O. Korsvold

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Person / Person
Published: 28.04.2003
Author: Anders Gjerde
Along the Sognefjord and in the mountains between Sogn and eastern Norway and elsewhere in the county there are many elegant buildings that the mast...

1905 - Gulen municipality

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 resolution of 7 June...