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Sigurd Kvåle from Sogndal - short-story writer and writer of many talents

Person / Person

Published: 23.11.2001

Author: Gerd Vik

The writer Sigurd Kvåle (1902-1962), born in Sogndal, was in the inter-war years one of the most talented of the short-story writers who wrote in "nyn...

Monument commemorating Georg Distad

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 19.04.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On an oval-shaped stone on a grave at Fjærland church we find this inscription: GEORG DISTAD * BORN 18. June, 1915 * DIED IN ACTION IN * VALDRES 2...

Memorial commemorating the museum founder - landowner G. F. Heiberg

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 27.11.2003

Author: Hermund Kleppa

At the entrance to the museum "De Heibergske Samlinger - Sogn Folkemuseum" at Kaupangerskogen there is a memorial commemorating the founder, landowner...

Memorial stone commemorating the teachers training college student - Tomas Fondenæs

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 24.06.2005

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On the oldest part of the churchyard at Norum church there is a somewhat tall, obelisk-shaped memorial stone. The inscription indicates that a student...

Kaupanger Stave Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Kaupanger church is a stave church from about 1190. It is located on the grounds of Kaupanger Manor. The church has a seating capacity of 125, and it ...

The Loftesnes bridge in Sogndal

Communications

Sund / Strait

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

The Loftesnes bridge was the first bridge and road project in the county to be financed by toll money. The bridge was completed in 1958. In a 20-year ...

De Heibergske Samlinger - Sogn Folkemuseum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage

Museum / Museum

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Aage Engesæter

De Heibergske Samlinger - Sogn Folkemuseum is the cultural-historical museum for the people of Sogn. It is located at Kaupanger, comprising a large op...

Monument commemorating Henrik and Mette Dahl

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 16.08.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

17 May, 1914. "The day was solemn and fine in all respects. The weather was beautiful and calm. Just a soft breeze to open up the flags on the poles. ...

The Tingastad saw mill

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Sagbruk / Sawmill

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Aage Engesæter

Like a green oasis the farm of Tingastad lies in between steep and polished rocks and hostile screes on the shore under the mountain of Storehogen and...

Plaque commemorating the missionary Hans Schreuder at Kjørnes

Plakett / Plaque

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The missionary Hans Schreuder - the apostle of the Zulu people - was born in Sogndal. In 1992, mission friends erected a memorial stone in his honour....

Norum church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Norum church is a so-called longchurch (basilica type) made of wood and located on the area belonging to the farm Ylmeim in the municipality of Sognda...

The Slinde birch tree

Plante / Plant

Published: 29.04.2002

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The famous Slinde birch blew down in an autumn storm in 1874, but thanks to many painters, it is still very much ¿alive". Thomas Fearnley¿s painting...

Memorial stone at Fardal commemorating soldiers in the war years between 1807 and 1814

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

There are two memorial stones in the municipality of Sogndal commemorating soldiers who took part in the war against Sweden in the years between 1807 ...

Memorial stone commemorating - the county governor Hans Seip

People and Society

Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person

Published: 20.07.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Hans Seip (1881-1945) was county governor in Sogn og Fjordane from 1929 until he was removed from office by the Nazi regime in the summer of 1941. He ...

The Eggja runic stone

People and Society

Historisk monument / Historical monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Aage Engesæter

The Eggja stone is one of the best known runic stones ever found in Norway. It contains the longest known inscription of the old futhark (early runic)...

From riding path to road - between Kaupanger and Sogndal

Communications

Veg / Road

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

Kaupanger has always been an important historical place in Sogn. There is a reference to the place in the saga literature and it has been used as a ma...

1905 - The municipality of Sogndal

People and Society

Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution

Published: 20.02.2005

Author: Berit Selseng

In 1905, Norway became a free and independent country. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Storting¿s parliamentary resolution of 7 June. This ...

Stedje church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Stedje church is a so-called longchurch (basilica type), built of wood and located at "Øvre Stedje" in the municipality of Sogndal. The church has a s...

Monument commemorating Hans Schreuder - the apostle of the Zulu people

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The Norwegian Missionary Society was founded in 1842. Two years later, the Society sent its first missionary to Africa, Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder...

Memorial stone commemorating Anna Cathrine Schreuder

People and Society

Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The memorial stone on the grave of Anna Cathrine Schreuder, mother of the missionary Hans Schreuder, is found at Stedje church in Sogndal. The idea to...

The runic stone at Stedje

Historisk monument / Historical monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Aud Ross Solberg

About 100 metres to the east of the Stedje church in Sogndal there is a runic stone measuring 1.89 metres in height and 0.39 metres in width. The st...

Fjærland church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Fjærland church is a so-called longchurch built of wood situated on the farm of "nedre Mundal" in the municipality of Sogndal. The church was built in...

Memorial stones commemorating Bolette Pavels Larsen

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The Bergen author Bolette Christine Pavels Larsen died on 8 December, 1904. Mrs Pavels Larsen was born in Sogndal, lived in Bergen, and over a long pe...

Memorial stone to Oscar II in Fjærland

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

King Oscar II visited Fjærland in the summer of 1879. Those who accompanied him up to the Bøyabre glacier and back, did not want any money for this jo...

Gravestone to commemorate German naval officer in Fjærland

People and Society

Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On 29 July, 1910, a German naval officer lost his life when he fell down the mountainside on the south side of the valley of Bøyadalen. His parents, H...

The bailiff's estate at Askelund

Bolig / Residence

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gunnar Urtegaard

About one kilometre from Balestrand towards Kvamsøy we find a beautiful building by the fjord. This is the old Bailiff residence - called Futegarden -...

The artist Hans Dahl

Person / Person

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gunnar Urtegaard

Hans Dahl from Granvin in Hardanger, built a summer resort in Balestrand in 1893. From 1919 he lived in Balestrand all year round. Dahl painted the sp...

Villa Lorna

Bolig / Residence

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gunnar Urtegaard

Villa Lorna is the only "Swiss" villa in Balestrand, which is built above the main road. However, the fjord is only a short distance away and the view...

The Artist Eilert Adelsteen Normann

Bolig / Residence

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gunnar Urtegaard

Eilert Adelsteen Normann (1848-1918) was going to be a merchant like his father, but ended up in Düsseldorf as an artist. He stayed in Germany for the...

Gertrude Abbott

Bolig / Residence

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gunnar Urtegaard

Gertrude Abbott (1866 - 1951) came from Philadelphia, USA. When she came to Norway and Balestrand, she fell in love with the place. She returned every...

Steigastølen mountain farm

Støl / Mountain farm

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Liv Janne Kvåle

Steigastølen, which is located straight under the Ølnesstølen mountain farm and close to Bergastølen, used to be the summer mountain farm for the farm...

The mountain farms at Lidal

Støl / Mountain farm

Published: 03.12.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The isolated farm of Lidal is situated down towards the sea on the east side of the Fjærlandsfjord. A narrow and steep valley leads up to the more o...

The Schreuder monument in Africa

Monument / Monument

Published: 06.04.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The missionary bishop Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder (1817-1882), born in Sogndal, was the first Norwegian missionary in Africa. He started his missiona...

Sogns Tidend - local newspaper 1877-1947

Avis / Newspaper

Published: 06.06.2003

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The local newspaper 'Sogns Tidend' was published in the years between 1877 and 1947 - the first few decades in Lærdal, but from 1903 in Sogndal. Durin...

The memorial stone from Nornes at Sogn Folkemuseum

Historisk monument / Historical monument

Published: 18.06.2002

Author: Hermund Kleppa

At Nornes in Sogndal there used to be three ancient memorial stones. Bishop Neuman refers to three of these in the early 19th century. I. C. Dahl pain...

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