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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...

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...

Hordaland – a historic region

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Geir Atle Ersland

“It was on such a chilly, silver-grey morning that the Hørde folk, the Harudes of Caesar and Tacitus, must have come running in from the sea on the wi...

Støle

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

High above the sea and the beach flats, on one of the wide terraces shaped by the sea and the ice, lies the farm Støle (Stødle). The Old Norse name of...

Memorial stone for Johannes Haarklou

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 04.12.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Johannes Haarklou (1847-1925), born at Hårklau in Haukedalen, is one of the most versatile music composers Norway ever had. He studied in Germany an...

The Great Landowners, Gentry and Monasteries

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Ernst Berge Drange

REGIONS, ESTATES AND A GOOD MARRIAGE “The aristocracy is a gang of rough, impudent blokes. They came here to the country and make a lot of themselves...

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...

Memorial stone for fallen soldiers - from Værlandet and Bulandet

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 07.07.1999

In the churchyard at Værlandet there is a memorial stone for fallen soldiers from Værlandet and Bulandet. The stone stands on the grave of one of them...

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...

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...

Memorial stone for Ragnar Melvær

People and Society

Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person

Published: 05.09.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

"Youths erected this stone in gratitude for your loyalty to many good causes". These words are carved into the memorial stone for Ragnar Melvær on t...

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...

Memorial at Måløy commemorating fishermen lost at sea

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In the years between 1756 and 1955, 84 fishermen in all from the municipality of Sør-Vågsøy were lost at sea. In 1957, a memorial was unveiled close t...

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 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...

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 burial mounds at Botnane

People and Society

Gravplass / Cementery Historisk plass / Historical site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Årstein Svihus

On the mainland side of Bremanger, close to the border to the municipality of Flora, lies the hamlet of Botnane with the farms of Øvrebotnen, Sørbotne...

Vetvik - the big farm that was deserted

People and Society

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Årstein Svihus

On the northwest coast of Bremangerlandet - with the ocean as its neighbour, we find the deserted hamlet of Vetvik. Earlier this was a small rural com...

The fisherman shacks at Liset

People and Society

Fiske / Fishing Grend / Hamlet

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Årstein Svihus

On the western side of the farm Liset at Bremanger, there is a peaceful place. Only a few old foundation walls remain, bearing witness to hectic ac...

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...

The mountain farm of Myklebustsætra at Ålfoten

People and Society

Støl / Mountain farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Årstein Svihus

On the road between Ålfoten and Svelgen is the valley of Myklebustdalen with the mountain farm of Myklebustsætra located close to the lake of Sætrav...

Memorial for the poet vicar Claus Frimann

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Claus Frimann, born 1746, was vicar at Davik for 42 years. He is known as the poet vicar in Nordfjord, best known perhaps for his book "Almuens sanger...

The German coastal artillery fortifications at Tangane

People and Society

Krigsplass / War site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge

In the autumn of 1940, The German navy started the construction of a coastal fort at Tangane. The construction work was led by Germans, but much work ...

Cultural monument of the church site on the island of Silda

People and Society

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On the island of Silda there was a church from about 1320 to 1580. It was a chapel church in the parish of Selje. It was no longer in use after a new ...

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 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 commemorating those who died during the Second World War - at Stavang church

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Close to the road up to the Stavang church there is a memorial stone. The names of five men are carved into the more than two-metre-high stone. Three ...

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...

Memorial in Florø commemorating those who died in the war 1940-1945

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In the park by Florø church stands a towering memorial in commemoration of those who lost their lives in the war 1940-1945. "Our dead deserve a dign...

Memorial stone on the grave of Martin Luther Storm, principal of agricultural school

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 03.02.2003

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Martin Luther Storm, born 1836, is one of the most important names in the history of the agricultural schools in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. When ...

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...

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 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...

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...

Memorial for Anders Askevold

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 13.11.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The painter Anders Askevold (1834-1900) is best known for his animal motifs. "A specialist of high rank in the painting of animals", is the characte...

Memorial stone at Ålfoten for Rasmus Nyvoll

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 02.07.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Rasmus Nyvoll, born 1909 at Ålfoten, fell in action in Italy in 1944. In 1951, a memorial stone dedicated to him was unveiled at Ålfoten church. It w...

Memorial stone for fallen soldiers from the Davik "sokn"

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 02.07.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On 17 May 2000, a memorial stone at the Davik church commemorating three men who lost their lives during the Second World War. Two of them died on a j...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 Andrias Bryn at Gudvangen

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Close to the main road at Gudvangen there is a memorial stone commemorating the seaman Andrias Bryn, born 1918. He went to sea before the Second World...

Memorial for flight sergeant Erling Julin Olsen

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On the churchyard at Midtgulen there is a memorial dedicated to Erling Julin Olsen. The stone was erected in 1947 by the people of Svelgen c/o "Svelge...

Demographic Growth – A Drive to Development

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Ståle Dyrvik

The cultural landscape or that part of it which is still green and inviting to the eye has been shaped by the farmers’ toil down through the generatio...

Kvilekvål

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker Aslak L.Hellev

The story of Knute Nelson is like the story of Jack the Dullard. From narrow and poor conditions in his home country he worked his way up to become go...

The School

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Asbjørn Tveiten

The little white painted school house, the village school, often set between knolls and little woods in the outer fields, placed as centrally as possi...

The Women in Farmhouse Life

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Eldbjørg Fossgard Ågot Gammersvik

Kvinnene hadde ein sentral plass i det gamle bondesamfunnet. Fiskarbonden på kysten og langs fjordane var ofte ei kvinne, og i mangesysleriet på garda...

The Norwegian Language Movement and the Two High Cultures

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Wigdis Jorunn Espeland

The year 1849 was the breakthrough year for the National Romantic movement in Norway. It was in that year that Ole Bull, the renowned fiddler brought ...

Civil Servants in Small Societies 1650 – 1850

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Anne-Hilde Nagel

The white painted Rococo building on Hesthamar, the magistrate’s estate just north of Utne in Hardanger, with its steep, pointed gable roof stands out...

Tælavåg

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ronny B. Skaar

Tælavåg has a significant place in the history of the German occupation in WWII. The small community by the sea, where for centuries people had made a...

Herdla farm

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen

Numerous finds show that the settlement at Herdla goes back to prehistoric times, and the large estate at Herdla has enjoyed a central place in the na...

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 ...

Orninggård

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Stord Teacher Training College

People and Society

Skule

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

In 1838 Stordøens Seminarium was established by the parish priest Claus H. Daae as head. This was the first seminary in West Norway and likewise one o...

Ask - The king's estate

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen

Memorial stone at Leikanger church in Selje

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 09.08.2002

Author: Hermund Kleppa

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Ulven camp

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Finnås rectory

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe

WOODEN CLOGS AND POTATOES ...

The pioneers who discovered the natural history of Hordaland

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Knut Fægri Hilde Sandvik William Helland-Hansen Bjarne Meidell Dagfinn Moe

When Professor Emeritus Knut Fægri (1909-2001) was asked to write the book's chapter about the natural science pioneers of Hordaland, he answered uneq...

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...

Seim

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

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...

1905 - The municipality of Selje

People and Society

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 - 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...

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 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...

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...

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...

1905 - The Storting representative Ivar Lind

People and Society

Person / Person Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution

Published: 06.12.2004

Author: Hermund Kleppa

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

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....

Memorial stone on the war grave at Reksta - shipmaster Bernhard Reksten

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 13.04.2005

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In the spring of 1942, 10 Norwegian ships left Gothenburg heading for England. Only two managed to break through the German blockade. Many ships were ...

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...

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 for Edvin Færøy

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

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 ...

Memorial stone for Ivar and Andrine Svardal

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

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 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...

Road stone monument at Standal - and road history source material

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 29.06.2005

Author: Odd Standal Hermund Kleppa

On the boundary between Øvre (Upper) Standal and Nedre (Lower) Standal there is a road stone monument. The year 1904 and the number 230 are carved int...

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...

Anchor at Værlandet - memorial of shipwreck

People and Society

Ulukke / Accident

Published: 30.11.2005

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In the night of 30 December 1919, the SS "Orm Jarl" ran aground to the west of Alden. Two salvage vessels arrived at the disabled ship, and for some t...

Memorial stone commemorating women's graves at Skaim

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 08.12.2005

Author: Hermund Kleppa Svein Indrelid

On the northern side of the church at Aurlandsvangen there is a stone linked to a prehistoric find of a grave at the farm Skaim. The stone has been er...

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. ...

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)...

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 ...

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...

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...

1905 - Vågsøy municipality

People and Society

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...

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...

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...

1905 - The municipality of Bremanger

People and Society

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 - Gulen municipality

People and Society

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...

Mountain farming in the valley of Skogadalen

People and Society

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 1920...

Onarheim

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ernst Berge Drange

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