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Johan Schumann - sheep farmer at Hovden

Person / Person

Published: 27.09.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On a crag on the island of Hovden to the west of Florø stands a three-metre-high stone in commemoration of Johan Schumann. The memorial stone was e...

Helle Factories

Fabrikk / Factory

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

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The cannery at Askvoll

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

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...

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...

The inn at Sauesund

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

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...

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...

Cannery at Sauesund

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...

Løkeland cannery at Atløy

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...

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...

The sea warehouse foundation walls on the islands in Flora

Sjøbu / Sea house

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Trond Strømgren

In connection with the rich herring fisheries in the Kinn parish in the 19th century, hundreds of fish salteries were built to process the enormous qu...

The Kinna church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Harald J. Stavang

The Kinna church is built in stone, probably some time in the 12th century. It is the oldest and the only one of its kind in the region of Sunnfjord, ...

The Svanøy estate

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

Furthest south at the entrance to the Førdefjord, with the Stavfjord to the south and the Brufjord to the north, lies the beautiful and fertile island...

The Olaf cross at Svanøy

Historisk monument / Historical monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Svanøy was in former times a central place in the outer Sunnfjord region with a bailiff's residence and a church of its own. On the old churchyard o...

The Erikstad farm on the island of Svanøy

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Erikstad - locally pronounced er'sta - is located in the western part of Svanøy. The farmyard is situated a short distance up from the bay of Erstad...

Traces of mining on the island of Svanøy

Gruve / Mine

Published: 07.07.1999

From the quay at Svanøybukt there is a gravel road going east to Nordneset. At the last house, the road continues as a tractor road or path. A rusty i...

The Ytterøyane lighthouse

Fyrlykt / Lighthouse

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Harald J. Stavang

The Ytterøyane lighthouse, the biggest in Sunnfjord, was built in 1881, and has withstood hurricanes and airplane attacks. This lighthouse is one of...

The Stabben lighthouse

Fyrlykt / Lighthouse

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Harald J. Stavang

In 1866/87, a sturdy lighthouse with a solid reinforced stone and mortar foundation was built on a slippery, rounded-off skerry in the middle of the...

The Kvannhovden lighthouse

Fyrlykt / Lighthouse

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Harald J. Stavang

In 1895, a lighthouse was built at Kvannhovden, and it became operational on 5 November the same year. It had a common wick lamp, and only in 1932, ...

Eikefjord church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

Eikefjord church is a cruciform church built in wood located in the village of Eikefjord in the municipality of Flora. The church - with 350 seats - w...

Nordal church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Nordal church is a wooden longchurch located on the farm of Nordalen far to the north-east in the municipality of Flora. The church, which can seat ...

The fishing village of Rognaldsvåg

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Trond Strømgren

Rognaldsvåg is the main village on the island of Reksta, in the westernmost part of the municipality of Flora. The settlement on Reksta probably goe...

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...

Sunnfjord folkehøgskule - memorial commemorating a pioneer

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Sunnfjord folkehøgskule (folk high school)at Førde in Naustdal was established in 1902. "Ungdomsskolen i Søndfjord" was the headline in an announcemen...

Memorial stone at the point of Saltverkneset at Svanøy

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

"The youths from Sunnfjord will some time in the 20th century spend time and efforts in erecting a stone by the shores of Svanøy in memory of Hans N...

Sunnfjord folkehøgskule - memorial stone for principal

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In front of the oldest building at the Sunnfjord folkehøgskule there is a memorial stone. The stone was erected in 1933, in memory of Rasmus Øvrelid, ...

Sunnfjord Folkehøgskule - memorial stone over house fire fatalities

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

"In memory of the fatalities at Solvang" is cut into a stone in the churchyard of Førde parish church. Between 1 and 2 o'clock in the night of Saturda...

Askrova "bedehus" chapel

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Bedehus / Chapel

Published: 14.12.2000

Author: Harald J. Stavang

Askrova "bedehus" chapel was consecrated by bishop Ragnvald Indrebø on 14 April, 1957. However, the planning was started much earlier, actually as far...

The trading post of Korssund

Hamn / Port

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

Korssund is situated in the bay of Korssundosen, north of the Åfjord and south of the Vilnesfjord. With smaller boats it is possible to sail into the ...

Memorial stone commemorating Andreas Hesjedal

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 02.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Beside the church at Eikefjord there is a memorial stone commemorating Andreas Hesjedal who died in a terrible accident in Florø on 1 September 1945...

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...

The families Landmark and Lillingston at Tysse

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gaute Losnegård

Throughout a period of nearly two centuries the farm of Tysse was the property of the upper middle-class families of Landmark and Lillingston....

The private graveyard of Fredensborg

Gravplass / Cementery

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Gaute Losnegård

Fredensborg is situated in a beautiful park close to a small lake, about half-an-hour's walk from the Lillingston residence. This used to be the priva...

Stavang Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 05.12.2002

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Stavang church is a longchurch in brick at Stavang in the municipality of Flora. The church, with a seating capacity of 312, was consecrated on 16 J...

Batalden "bedehus" chapel

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Bedehus / Chapel

Published: 05.12.2002

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Batalden "bedehus" chapel is an extended "bedehus" built in wood on the island of Fanøya in the municipality of Flora. The "bedehus" chapel, which has...

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 ...

The bailiff farm at Bruland

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

The bailiff farm at Bruland is held to be one of the best preserved examples of a high-ranking official¿s residence in western Norway. The main buil...

Kirkevollen

Bolig / Residence

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

Kirkevollen is one of two listed public officials' buildings in Førde, the bailiff residence at Bruland being the other. It is beautifully situated at...

The storehouse at Fletene

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Gardshus / Farm house

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

With the year 1524 marked into a log, we have factual evidence for the age of this small house at Fletene at Holsen. Most likely Fletene is also the...

The captain farm

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

Of all the farms at Skei the captain farm Ytre Skei has been owned by public officials, most of them military officers, for the longest uninterrupted ...

The old bank building

Bank / Bank

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

"Gamlebanken" is the popular name of the house which Førde Sparebank (Førde Savings Bank) had built in 1901 and moved into in 1902. Its address is K...

The vicarage in Førde

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

The vicarage in Førde has most likely always stood on the site where the old vicarage now stands, 350 metres south-east of the church, on the edge o...

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...

Førde Hotell

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Losji / Accommodation

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

Førde Hotell is today the smaller of the two hotels in Førde, but has a longer tradition. In older photos of Førde the hotel is always there, both b...

Førde church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Førde church is a basilica church in wood located on the farm Skei in the centre of Førde. It has 600 seats and was consecrated on 1 October, 1885 b...

Haukedalen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Haukedalen church is a basilica church in wood located at the farm of Gjerland in Haukedalen in Førde Municipality. The church, which accommodates 1...

Holsen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Holsen church is a basilica church in wood located at Holsen in the municipality of Førde. The church, which accommodates 200 people, was consecrate...

Førdehuset community centre

Forsamlingshus / Assembly house

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

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The agricultural school at Mo

Skule / School

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

The farm Mo became an agricultural school in 1858, and it is now the second oldest agricultural school in the country still in operation. The farm i...

The road along the fjord between Naustdal and Eikefjord

Communications

Veg / Road

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

The public road between Naustdal-Vevring-Stavang-Eikefjord was completed section by section, and not without discussions. The road between Stavang and...

"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...

Yellow central road stripe between the two Sunnfjord cities

Veg / Road

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

In the summer of 2005, the Minister for Transport Torild Skogsholm opened the section Storebru-Knapstad on highway (RV) 5 between Førde and Florø. Thi...

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...

Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane

Forretningsbygg / Commercial building

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

Starting in the 1960s, comprehensive mergers of banks into larger units have taken place. This process started only in the 1970s in the county of So...

Sogn og Fjordane central county hospital

Sjukehus / Hospital

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

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Sunnfjord Hotell

Losji / Accommodation

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

Sunnfjord Hotell opened for business in 1968. The initiative was local, many local shareholders were behind it, and the inhabitants of Førde have al...

Firda - the local newspaper for the whole county

Dialects and arts

Avis / Newspaper

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

The newspaper Firda is today by far the biggest newspaper in the county, and the only daily. The circulation in 2000 was 14,628. The newspaper cover...

Sjøahola

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

Sjøahola is the name of the first built-up area in Førde, and throughout several centuries it was the centre of the community, of communication, com...

The boat stop Steinen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

Steinen became the port of call for Førde. Several activities grew up here, for example the first manufacturing industries. Yet, like so many other bo...

Firda Billag

Billag / Bus company

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

Firda Billag is the biggest automobile company in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. It is owned by 13 municipalities and has its headquarters in Førde...

Hjalmar Christensen - culture critic and author from Førde

Person / Person

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

Hjalmar Christensen was a culture critic and author from Førde. He was most active in the capital, but all his life he held on to his childhood roots....

The altarpiece in Førde church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkjekunst / Church art Måleri / Painting

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Quite a few people have become interested in the altarpiece in Førde church once they have seen it. It is unique, rich in motif, fine in the carving...

The Inner Sogn Automobile Company 1916-1933 - Car services in the inner Sogn area

Billag / Bus company

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

In 1916, the first company was established for car services in the municipalities of Sogndal, Hafslo, Luster and Jostedalen. At first the car services...

The inn Hellevik

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 14.02.2002

Author: Anders Gjerde

The Hellevik farm is situated at the strait of Stongasundet just to the north of Stavang in the municipality of Flora. From the late 17th century un...

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...

1905 - The municipality of Førde

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 6 June...

War grave memorial in Førde - Torberg Haaland

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 03.02.2003

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Engineer and pilot officer Torberg Haaland was one of two from Førde who lost their lives in the service of their country during the Second World Wa...

1905 - Gjert Holsen, member of the Storting

People and Society

Person / Person Politikk / Politics Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution

Published: 06.12.2004

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In 1905, Norway became a free and independent state. The union with Sweden was dissolved by resolution in the Storting on 7 June. This article is abou...

1905 in Florø - memories from that year written 40 years later

People and Society

Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution

Published: 29.01.2005

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In 1905, Norway became a completely free and independent nation. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Norwegian Storting's resolution of 7 June....

The school at Svanøy

Skule / School

Published: 24.06.2004

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The Svanøy school is located in the centre of the island. There are two buildings, the old school from 1874, and a new, modern building from 1982, wit...

The artist Oddvar Torsheim

Person / Person

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Rolf Braadland

Oddvar Torsheim was born in 1938. He grew up in Naustdal but made Førde his home. He is known as a popular graphic artist, painter, and in later years...

The county quay and the house called Haffen

Kai / Quay

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Harald J. Stavang

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The point of Stakaldeneset

Historisk plass / Historical site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Harald J. Stavang

Stakaldeneset is a barren and west-facing point that rises steeply from the Eikefjord at the strait of Helgøysundet. In the late 1970s, Svein Brands...

The canal through the strip of land called Florø-eidet

Kanal / Canal

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Harald J. Stavang

Before the city of Florø was established in 1860, the trade at Florelandet was located in the bay of Gaddevågen and at Eidet. In 1872/73, a canal wa...

The statue of the Sars brothers

Monument / Monument

Published: 06.06.2001

Author: Harald J. Stavang

At the centenary of the city of Florø on 16 May 1960, a double bust of the brothers Johan Ernst and Georg Ossian Sars was unveiled. The bust stands ...

The newspaper Firdaposten

Avis / Newspaper

Published: 20.06.2005

Author: Rolf Orheim Hermund Kleppa

Firdaposten issued two papers in 1948, and this is then the year the paper was established. During the first few years, the paper was published twice ...

Mate from Florø - on a memorial plaque in Bergen

Plakett / Plaque

Published: 24.01.2006

Author: Hermund Kleppa

During the First World War from 1914 to 1918, more than 2000 Norwegian seamen lost their lives at sea. Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab (BDS - The Berge...

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 Ladder - Laksetrappa i Osen

Laksetrapp / Salmon ladder

Published: 22.07.2008

Author: Charles Thomas-Stanford

If "whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before" would deserve well of man...

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...

Langebrua

Communications

Bru / Bridge

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

The bridge across the river Jølstra was named after the shopkeeper Hans Christian Fr. Lange, one of the people who took the initiative to build the ...

War memorial at Florølandet

Krigsplass / War site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge

Only in the spring of 1942 did the major influx of German soldiers start at Florølandet. At the same time, an extensive construction of fortifications...

Florø Hospital

Sjukehus / Hospital

Published: 25.11.2002

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

The first county hospital in Sogn og Fjordane was completed in Florø in 1933. It was based on the old Red Cross Hospital from 1926, which again was es...

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