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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...

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