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Cover against the seal, hiding places at the water's edge
Felle / Trap
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In a number of places along the coast, seal hunting from land has taken place. A sheltered bay with skerries and rocks near the shore was a good platf...
Farm flour mills in Solund
Mølle / Mill
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Few associate grain cultivation with the Solund landscape. Nonetheless, even in the smallest of streams there are visible signs of flour milling. Le...
Ospa - idyll with dramatic war history
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 30.08.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In 1943, the motor torpedo boat MTB 345 had to go in to Ospa in Solund because it ran out of fuel. It could not go on, and was detected by German pl...
The sheepfold - beauty shop of the wild sheep
Plass / Spot
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Granite stone fences on to a crag, with green patches around and stones rolled to the side on the beach to make room for the rowboat: the sheepfold ...
Oyster cultivation in Solund
Fiske / Fishing
Jordbruk / Farming
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The rugged Solund coastline has a wealth of small, round fjords with narrow outlets, called "polls", bays, and coves which are well suited for the cul...
The boat repairman - essential element in the coast community
Båt / Boat
Reparasjon / Repair
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
When the fisherman had had the misfortune to bump the boat into the sea floor so hard that the bailing pump had to work non-stop, and despair was gett...
Paul Berstad - local singer and folk-tune collector
People and Society
Musikk / Music
Person / Person
Published: 28.09.1999
Author:
Liv Fridtun (1970 - )
Paul Berstad (1908-1993) was an excellent local singer, and, in addition, he was an important source for the folk-tune tradition in the western part o...
Selje church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Selje church is a wooden longchurch located north of the Seljesanden beach in the municipality of Selje. The church, with a seating capacity of 500,...
Leikanger church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Leikanger church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Leikanger on the eastern side of Stadtlandet in the municipality of Selje. The churc...
The memorial chapel at Ervik and the "Sanct Svithun" tragedy
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
In the autumn of 1943 the coastal express steamer "Sanct Svithun" was bombed by allied aircraft in the shipping lane off Stad. More than 50 persons pe...
Oldra - big arms depot in rock cave
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
During the Second World War, there was on the island of Oldra a depot with large quantities of weapons and other war materials. The depot was disclo...
The churchyard at Ervik
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Gravplass / Cementery
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
"Many were left (out on the sea) and will never rest in consecrated soil. And the ocean is tireless (..) nobody knows who will fall victim to the ocea...
Forest and memorial stone at Ersholmen
People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Borgny Dam-Nielsen
On the small island of Ersholmen between the mainland and the island of Selja the first attempt at afforestation at Selje was carried out by the vicar...
The church site Bø on the island of Selja
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Borgny Dam-Nielsen
Bø is the name of a farm on the eastern side of the island of Selja. Bø is one of the oldest farm names in Norway, indicating a big, central farm on a...
Dragseidet
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Dragseidet occupies a famous place in Norwegian history due to one major event: the christening assembly in 997, when King Olaf Tryggvason assembled i...
Storsundet - important base for resistance activity during the war
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Storsundet in Solund became an important base and a hub for resistance activity in the Sogn district during the war. The Shetland traffic used the p...
The 'marsh men' at Stadlandet
Foretak / Association
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Borgny Dam-Nielsen
According to the Voting Rights Act from 1814, the right to vote in rural areas was limited to officials and land owners. The Act did not require any m...
The artist Bernt Tunold
Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Borgny Dam-Nielsen
When were you born, asked the journalist who interviewed Bernt Tunold in 1934. In 1577, replied Tunold. In 1577, asked the puzzled reporter. What happ...
The artist Isak Ræfsnes
Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Borgny Dam-Nielsen
Isak Refsnæs (1852 - 1928) from Stadlandet painted both landscapes and portraits. Nevertheless, he is best known as a "marine" painter and interpreter...
Utvær lighthouse - the landmark furthest to the west
Communications
Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
From 1900 to 1920, 37 lighthouses were built in this country. One of these was the Utvær lighthouse, and its impressive and solid construction was bui...
The Solund shipping lanes - communication arteries between north and south
Sund / Strait
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Many a travelling sailor at the helm has wished that the Solund sea-lanes were much shorter. A good thing, then, that the islands were blessed with go...
The pirate case at Utvær 1667
Historisk hending / Historical event
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Alf Strand
In the summer of 1666, an English privateer forced some fishermen to pilot them to Utvær, where the chapel was looted. The fishermen were tried in c...
Ships going down and running aground in Solund
Ulukke / Accident
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The archipelago of Solund was brutal for sailing vessels in strong westerly winds. But motor vessels went wrong as well, with tragic consequences. A...
Herring bays and seine rocks
Vik / Inlet
Published: 29.03.2000
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Nature was generous in providing herring bays and mackerel coves in Solund. Fjord branches from north to south were ideal places for plankton in the s...
The steamship quay - economic and social innovation
Kai / Quay
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
With the steamship quays, the communities got a new look. In the 1920s, after years of hazardous toil in boarding boats, the first quays in Solund a...
The first roads in Solund
Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Slim and agile, state road 606 winds through the Solund landscape. But it came at a price to knock one's way through the conglomerate, in order to con...
"Springar" from Solund
Musikk / Music
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
A variant of the traditional folk dance "springdans" is the Solund "springar". This dance, and fiddle music written down after fiddle players in wes...
Husefjellet - signal station in the mountain
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
From the signal station on Husefjellet the Germans could monitor the traffic through the shipping lane of Indre Steinsund. In addition, they had an ...
Tungodden - signal station in a rain of bullets
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
It is hard to believe that the Germans would build a signal station on the outermost point of Oddenova. The temptation became too great for the alli...
The track around Selja
Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Borgny Dam-Nielsen
Selja, the holy island which has such an important place in our history, is situated about one kilometre off the mainland. The island covers an area o...
The old warning beacons in Selje
Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Borgny Dam-Nielsen
In former times burning beacons formed part of a network of warning system that the enemy was on their way. At times of unrest and national emergencie...
The coastal fort at Storeneset
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Kjell-Ragnar Berge
At the point of Storeneset on the road out to Eltvik the Germans in 1942 built a coastal fort with six French field guns and a number of smaller guns ...
Selje vicarage
Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Borgny Dam-Nielsen
The vicarage at Selje has long-established traditions dating back to the Middle Ages, with the first written reference about 1350. The old name of the...
People from Solund go to the North
Transport / Transport
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Alf Strand
During the 30-year period 1860-1890 around eighty people from Solund moved north to fishing stations in Namdalen and Nordland. Their main reason was ...
Hugøy - signal station on Hugøyknolten
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Drawn back on the highest knoll, and built into the terrain, the lookout post at Hugøy was located, difficult to detect from the shipping lanes in t...
The prison at Bryggja
Fengsel / Prison
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Rigmor Navekvien (1935 - )
Encircled by stately old trees is the old Bailiff's farmyard at Bryggja. One of the houses is called "Arresten" (the prison)....
The old road between Rimstad and Berstad
Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Gunnar Urtegaard
Between the farms of Rimstad and Berstad there used to be an old road, used by pilgrims, postmen and local people alike. There are still many traces o...
Alfred Maurstad - from Tuftene in the hamlet of Maurstadgrenda
Musikkinstrument / Musical Instrument
Musikk / Music
Musikkverk / Musical work
Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
The actor Alfred Maurstad (1896-1967) was born and grew up at Bryggja in the western part of Nordfjord. The home of his childhood was the smallholding...
The Church Site at Utvær
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 11.10.2000
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Anders Gjerde
The chapel at Utvær was most likely built some time in the 12th century. It was consecrated to St Clement - the patron saint of sailors - and it wa...
The stone house at Åsnes
Gardshus / Farm house
Published: 19.02.2001
Author:
Gunnar Urtegaard
At Åsnes between Bryggja and Lefdal there is a two-storey house with stonewalls all the way up to the roof ridge. Malvin J. Aasnes used to own the f...
The Church Site at Husøy
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Anders Gjerde
Husøy chapel was most likely built in the autumn of 1717 or in spring, 1718. At the same time the chapel at Utvær was torn down. The Husøy chapel ¿s...
Filippiner-Lund famous and loved missionary
People and Society
Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
David Olai Lund, better known as Filippiner-Lund, is regarded as one of our greatest missionaries. He saw early where he had to go and prepared very c...
Memorial stone for Jon J. Hop
People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone
Person / Person
Published: 10.01.2001
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
Jon J. Hop was the first person from Solund to lose his life in the war 1940-1945. He was a crew member on a vessel on its way to pick up flour at V...
The potato shipwreck at Seglsteinen
Skipsvrak / Ship wreck
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In the pitch-dark night in December 1944, a German convoy is sailing north across the waters of Sognesjøen. No lighthouses are lit, yet the leader b...
The old schoolhouse at Hardbakke
People and Society
Skulehus / School building
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Hardbakke was the second place in Solund which had a schoolhouse. From 1870 onwards, the schoolchildren could climb up the stone steps to a spacious c...
"Påting" - environment friendly young coalfish fishing
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In early evening in the summer, a fleet of motor boats from western Solund headed west. Their destination was the numerous fishing grounds far out, ...
The old youth association house at Hardbakke
Forsamlingshus / Assembly house
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
After years on the road between schoolhouse, private homes, and vicarage barn, it was an unbelievable relief for the Hardbakke youth association when ...
Water level marks in Solund
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Plakett / Plaque
Published: 19.12.2001
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Along the entire Norwegian coast, so-called water level marks were chopped into the rock in the 19th century. 123 such marks are known today, and two ...
Clip fish-drying in Solund
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 19.12.2001
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Memorial stone for Anna Myklebust at Bryggja
People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone
Person / Person
Published: 18.07.2002
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
Anna Myklebust (1868-1942) from Bryggja put down an unusually high number of hours for the temperance movement. She established a children's lodge at ...
Road building in Solund - scramble for state road
Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Kristin Ese
Funds for new public roads were in the 1930s mainly allocated to interior regions and to linking roads. The need for roads in the county of Sogn og Fj...
Memorial stone at Leikanger church in Selje
People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 09.08.2002
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
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The Hess family business at Buskøy
Handel / Trade
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The old patrician seat of Buskøy, with a trade and inn-keeping license from 1705, has been the home of several enterprising and successful people. For...
Mannseidet - royal road and national cultural site
Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Kristin Ese
In former days travelling along the Norwegian coast took mostly place on sea. The old roads across the strips of land called Mannseidet and Dragseidet...
The Losna knights - important men in our national history
People and Society
Øy / Island
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
During the 1300s and the 1400s, Losna was the seat and the base of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the country. A good nose for fi...
1905 - Solund Municipality
People and Society
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 7 Jun...
Memorial stone over fallen on Hersvik churchyard
People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 25.03.2003
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Hermund Kleppa
On each of the three churchyards in Solund, there is a memorial stone with the names of the 16 from Solund who were victims of the Second World War. T...
War grave at Selje church - Oluf Ingebrigtsen Aarsheim
Person / Person
Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 03.04.2003
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
On Friday 19 October, 1945, the Selje church was filled to capacity by village people and others. The occasion was the funeral for Oluf Ingebrigtsen A...
Shore seine fishing for fat herring in Solund
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
A rusty bolt in a bay can be the only visible memory of shore seine fishing, from times when the sheer momentum of the herring shoal coming from the w...
War grave at Selje - Peder Sandvik
Person / Person
Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 14.01.2004
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
"In a statement from the chief command of the Norwegian Royal Navy he died on his post for the country." These words are written in the death notice o...
War grave at Selje - Reidar Drage
Person / Person
Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 14.01.2004
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
On 15 April, 1946, the cargo on a motor boat loaded with German ammunition caught fire on her way to a dumping site in Nordfjord. People jumped overbo...
The Tunold stone at Selje
Monument / Monument
Published: 18.02.2004
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
The artist Bernt Tunold, born at Selje on 25 February, 1877, died in Bergen on 23 January, 1946, is held to be one of the great painters from wester...
Atlantic bluefin tuna fishing - big fisheries in the 1950s
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In the course of the 1950s, tuna fishing became big fisheries, which in the summer season employed a great many fishermen and vessels from Solund. The...
Solund church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 05.02.2003
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Solund church is a so-called longchurch made of wood, situated in the municipal centre of Hardbakke in Solund. The church has a seating capacity of 20...
Bernhard Færøyvik - pioneer in coast vessels history
Person / Person
Published: 25.03.2003
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Bernhard Færøyvik from Solund was one of our most prominent vessel historians. He was a pioneer as well as an adviser in drawing and visualizing the o...
Memorial stone over fallen on Solund churchyard at Hardbakke
People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 25.03.2003
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Hermund Kleppa
On each of the three churchyards in Solund, there is a memorial stone with the names of the 16 from Solund who were victims of the Second World War. F...
Memorial stone for fallen on Husøy churchyard at Straumen
People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 25.03.2003
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Hermund Kleppa
On each of the three churchyards in Solund, there is a memorial stone with the names of the 16 from Solund who were victims of the Second World War. T...
Many-sided activities vital in Solund
Fiske / Fishing
Jordbruk / Farming
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In order to survive on the rugged islands in the west, the people had to harvest from the sea as well as from the land. The money came more easily fro...
Hersvik Church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 05.02.2003
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Hersvik church is a wooden longchurch located on the farm of Hersvik in the northern parts of the municipality of Solund. The church has a seating ca...
War grave at Selje church - Ole Dagfinn Eide
Person / Person
Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 12.05.2005
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
Both during and after the war fatal accidents happened when people inadvertently stepped on mines. At Osmundvåg, the 18-year-old Ole Dagfinn Eide died...
Fishing ground bearings - the key to the harvest of the sea
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Plass / Spot
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Most of the fishing ground bearings (called ¿méd" in Norwegian) are today forgotten. But once, having good fishing bearings for oneself could be compa...
The fishing industry at Færøy
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The seine-drying facility at Færøy is enormous. Yet it is only one part of the fishing industry which grew up and expanded in this place in the course...
Nordstranda "bedehus" chapel at Stadlandet
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 22.05.2005
Author:
Laura Marie Fure
In 2003, the Nordstranda "bedehus" chapel at Stadlandet could celebrate its centenary. This chapel has throughout the years been well known and much u...
The salteries - sea houses moved from the trading posts
Sjøbu / Sea house
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
A large number of houses from the westernmost parts of Solund have been on the move. Still, none have been more exposed and have tasted more of the ...
Begla - weapons depot with sinister shadows
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The bay of Beglevågen in westernmost Solund must be the smallest in the country. Here the resistance movement had a weapons depot during the Second ...
Ancient relics in bog and stone
Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The rocky ground in Solund did not invite people to carve art into it. But there were numerous shelters which were suitable as living quarters for t...
Utvær "skipreide" - area of defence with "leidang" ships and beacons
Øy / Island
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The Solund islands are on the doorstep of communication across the North Sea, centrally and strategically, with good harbours and plenty of hiding p...
Wartime Shetland traffic - fishing boats go west
Transport / Transport
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
A short distance to Shetland and a rugged coastline with good harbours and excellent hiding places for people and vessels were the reasons why Solun...
The runic stone at Barmen
Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
On the island of Barmen there is rune stone ¿south along the shore". The runes date from the elder futhark alphabet with 24 signs. The inscription has...
Sloops in the Sognefjord trade
Transport / Transport
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
From times immemorial, the people from Solund have bartered and sold their produce in Bergen and in communities along the Sognefjord. The cargo vess...
The scenes in the village hall Bygdetun
Måleri / Painting
Published: 21.02.2001
Author:
Gunnar Urtegaard
When the old Bygdetun village hall was opened at Bryggja in 1935, people could also admire the beautiful scenes painted by the Nordfjord artist Erli...
The Ervik service - a centuries-old tradition
Festival / Festival
Published: 19.11.2005
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
In the summer of 2003, a large number of people attended the Ervik service. The vicar gave a brief account of the tradition around this annual sermon ...
The old vaulted bridge at Maurstad
Communications
Bru / Bridge
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
On the night of 11 October 1984, the more than 100-year-old vaulted bridge at Maurstad collapsed. A road-historical cultural monument was suddenly gon...
Solund emigrants go west
Amerikareisa
Utvandring / Emigration
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Alf Strand
In 1848, the first family emigrated from Solund. Up to 1924, some 200 persons from Solund had found a new home in the USA, and most of them settled ...
Conglomerate for nuisance, benefit, and decoration
Naturformasjon / Natural structure
Published: 25.03.2003
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The glacier did not reach out to the westernmost islands of Solund. In return, it left a rich collection of conglomerate stone eastward on the islands...
The Solveigsæter legend - a dramatic love story across county borders
Sagn / Legend
Published: 21.02.2001
Author:
Rigmor Navekvien (1935 - )
Hermund Kleppa
County and municipal borders have never constituted any barriers or fences between people. People have always had contact across the borders - more or...
"Gardfjøs" with bear protection at Kleivane
Gardshus / Farm house
Published: 21.02.2001
Author:
Rigmor Navekvien (1935 - )
Hermund Kleppa
Fagerlia is located close to one kilometre from Totland (RV 15) on the road up to the farm Fagerlia. In former times most farmers at Totland had a "ga...
Ervik church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 05.09.2002
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Ervik church is a longchurch built in brick and concrete, located in the bay of Ervika, far to the west at Stadtlandet in the municipality of Selje....
Room to commemorate Russian prisoners of war
People and Society
Minne / Reminder
Published: 12.05.2005
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
After the Second World War, 21 corpses were found at the camp for prisoners of war at Ervik in Selje. They were first buried on the graveyard at Ervik...
The memorial at Ospa - the MTB 345 tragedy
People and Society
Slag / Battle
Published: 20.04.2005
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
On Monday 28 July, 2003 a memorial of a wartime occurrence was unveiled in Solund. It was sixty years to a day after the seizure of the Norwegian moto...
Memorial stone commemorating those who lost their lives during the Second World War from Selje.
People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
18 persons from Selje lost their lives as a consequence of the Second World War. Many of these were seamen. The people of Selje erected the memorial...
The shirt factory at Selje
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 25.11.2002
Author:
Finn Borgen Førsund
"Selje Skjortefabrikk" is located in the centre of Selje. The factory was built in a village without any other industry after the Second World War. Th...
War memorial at Hovden in Ervik, and at Kjerringa
People and Society
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Kjell-Ragnar Berge
As early as in the winter of 1942-43, the Germans started the construction of a road from Ervik and up to Hovden, but it was only in the summer of 194...
The trading post of Bryggja
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Bygd / Village
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
Bryggja is located on the northern shore of the Nordfjord, just to the east of the entrance to the fjord. The place was separated from the farm Runn...
The trading post of Steinsundholmen
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 30.08.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
Steinsundholmen is an islet in Indre Steinsund, the strait between Steinsundøy and Sula in Solund municipality. On this islet there were an inn and ...
Indrøy trading post
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Clearly visible in the shipping lane of Ytre Steinsund, the trading post of Indrøy is situated. It is a striking example of how a self-made man buil...
Husøy trading post
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
Husøy is one of the westernmost islands in the western Sogn district. The topography is one of rocks, islets, and islands. Blue ocean and grey rock....
The trading post of Gåsvær
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 30.08.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
The island of Gåsvær is located far to the west in the sea between the Lågøyfjord and Gåsværosen in Solund. From the Lågøyfjord the one-kilometer-lo...
1905 - The municipality of Selje
Unionen oppløses 1905
Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 29.11.2004
Author:
Gunnar Urtegaard
In 1905, Norway became a free and independent country. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Storting¿s parliamentary resolution on 7 June. This ...
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