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Olden church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Olden church is a wooden longchurch located at the farm of Brynestad in the municipality of Stryn. The church, with a seating capacity of 500, was con...

Utvik church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Utvik church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Utvik in the municipality of Stryn. The church, with a seating capacity of 350, was co...

Ljosheim chapel

Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Ljosheim chapel, built in concrete and wood, is situated on the farm of Mykløy in the valley of Oldedalen in the municipality of Stryn. The chapel has...

Nordsida church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
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Randabygd church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Randabygd church is a wooden longchurch situated a short distance up from the quay in the village of Randabygda. The church has a seating capacity o...

Rystestøylen mountain farm

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Støl / Mountain farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
Rystestøylen is an old mountain farm for the farms at Raudeberg. There could be as many as 40 cows there in the summer. Girls from the farms took care...

The Kannestein rock -a unique rock formation

Naturformasjon / Natural structure
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
The Kannestein rock is a unique rock formation in the bay of Kvalheimsvika on the island of Vågsøy. The eclogite rock is located on the farm of Nord-...

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...

Memorial stone of those who lost their lives at Nord-Vågsøy church

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Seven men from the former municipality of Nord-Vågsøy lost their lives during the war 1940-1945. On Sunday 16 September 1945, there was a memorial ser...

War grave at Nord-Vågsøy church - Ragnvald and Arthur Torheim

Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The brothers Ragnvald and Arthur Torheim lost their lives during the Second World War due to war actions. Both brothers are buried in the same grave o...

Memorial stone for allied airmen at Moldøen

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On 24 April 1945, 49 allied planes attacked war targets at Måløy. One plane was shot down and one crashed before it reached its target. Four airmen lo...

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...

Remnants of a concrete base on the island of Silda - traces of an unusual shipwreck

Ulukke / Accident
Published: 14.01.2004
Author: Gunnar Silden Hermund Kleppa
On the night of 13 January 1925, SS "Aladdin" ran aground on the eastern side of Silda. The whole crew survived this dramatic accident, but it meant t...

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...

The Måløy Bridge - Norway's longest bridge in 1974

Communications
Bru / Bridge
Published: 02.09.2005
Author: Kristin Ese
The Måløy Bridge was officially opened for traffic in the summer of 1974. The bridge project was realized by means of a strong local involvement and i...

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...

Memorial stone at the Bremanger church for those who died in action

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
At the Bremanger church at Bremangerlandet there is a memorial stone commemorating those who died in the Second World War from the former municipality...

Memorial for those who died in the war at the marketplace in Måløy

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the former municipality of Sør-Vågsøy, 17 men and women died in wartime actions during the Second World War. 16 of these lost their lives due to wa...

Fishermen monument at Nord-Vågsøy church

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
At Nord-Vågsøy church, there is a memorial for fishermen who are lost at sea. It was erected by local people in 1998....

Memorial at Rugsund church for war victims in the Second World War

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 16.12.2003
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The 19-year-old Johan Friis from Rugsund died in the first Norwegian shipwreck after the Second World War broke out in 1939. In 1994, the Rugsund "sok...

Memorial commemorating shipwreck at Vågsøy 1931

People and Society
Plakett / Plaque
Published: 16.09.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In December 1931, the Panama-registered wessel "Venus" was wrecked off Vågsøy. Only two out of a crew of 13 were rescued. Nine men hailed from Shetlan...

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...

Mountain farming in the valley of Skogadalen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Støl / Mountain farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
Until the 1920s, the villages of Allmenningen and Eldevika had a common mountain farm in Skogadalen in the former municipality of Davik. In the 1920s,...

German coastal fort at Ospeneset

People and Society
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
In the autumn of 1941, German officers came to the point of Ospeneset on an inspection tour. Early in 1942, people in the area had to move from their ...

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 fishermen monument at Bremanger

People and Society
Fiske / Fishing Monument / Monument
Published: 06.12.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In 1962, Amanda Igland in the Bremanger Fiskarkvinnelag (an association of fishermen's wives) launched the idea of erecting a memorial plaque at the...

German coastal fort at Gottraneset

People and Society
Krigsplass / War site Minne / Reminder
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
In 1942, the landowner of Gottraneset had to move from his farm to Berle. The following year the Germans moved their guns from Berle out to new positi...

The Furesund inn

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
The farm of Furesund is located on the island of Furøy just southwest of Florø. The strait itself lies between Furøy and Ausa. The water is deep wit...

The trading post of Osmundsvåg

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
Osmundsvåg is located on the peninsula between the strait of Ulvesundet and Sørpollen, with the waters of Sildegapet to the north. On the northernmo...

The trading post of Vågsberget

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
On the south side of the island of Vågsøy, at the entrance to the Vågsfjord we find the old trading post and inn of Vågsberget. The trading post with ...

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 Smørhamn

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
At the southernmost point of Bremangerlandet is the old inn of Smørhamn. The sea entrance from the west is narrow, and it is necessary to stay close t...

The Rugsund trading post

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
The old trading post of Rugsund is located in a beautiful natural setting on the eastern tip of the island of Rugsundøy. Rugsund, the strait between t...

The trading post of Måløyna

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
The shipping lane along the coast has always passed through the strait of Ulvesundet, between the island of Vågsøya and the mainland. The small island...

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 ...

1905 - The municipality of Bremanger

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 (Parliament) resolut...

1905 - Vågsøy municipality

Unionen oppløses 1905
Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 16.03.2005
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
In 1905, Norway became a completely free and independent country. The union with Sweden was dissolved by a parliamentary resolution of the Norwegian S...