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The Loftesnes bridge in Sogndal

Communications
Sund / Strait
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
The Loftesnes bridge was the first bridge and road project in the county to be financed by toll money. The bridge was completed in 1958. In a 20-year ...

De Heibergske Samlinger - Sogn Folkemuseum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Museum / Museum
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Aage Engesæter
De Heibergske Samlinger - Sogn Folkemuseum is the cultural-historical museum for the people of Sogn. It is located at Kaupanger, comprising a large op...

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. ...

The Tingastad saw mill

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Sagbruk / Sawmill
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Aage Engesæter
Like a green oasis the farm of Tingastad lies in between steep and polished rocks and hostile screes on the shore under the mountain of Storehogen and...

Plaque commemorating the missionary Hans Schreuder at Kjørnes

Plakett / Plaque
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The missionary Hans Schreuder - the apostle of the Zulu people - was born in Sogndal. In 1992, mission friends erected a memorial stone in his honour....

Norum church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Norum church is a so-called longchurch (basilica type) made of wood and located on the area belonging to the farm Ylmeim in the municipality of Sognda...

The Slinde birch tree

Plante / Plant
Published: 29.04.2002
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The famous Slinde birch blew down in an autumn storm in 1874, but thanks to many painters, it is still very much ¿alive". Thomas Fearnley¿s painting...

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 ...

Mo

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The farms in Modalen are situated on old, fertile sediment beds from the river or the sea – between Mofjorden and Steinslandvatnet. As far back as the...

Vaksdal

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Leif Grung
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Christopher Harris

Dale

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Haaland
THE INDUSTRIAL SETTLEMENT OF DALE ...

Straume - maritime environment

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE FRAME-BUILT BOATSHEDS AT STRAUME ...

Dalseid - Eidslandet road construction

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Høvik

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
NECK RINGS FROM HØVIK ...

Brekkhus

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
BREKKHUS IN TEIGDALEN – A CRAFT CENTRE...

Byrkjehaugen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
On the farm Bø, close to the highway between Bulken and Voss lies Byrkjehaugen, one of the largest burial mounds in West Norway. Originally it was aro...

Lydvo

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
LYDVALOFTET ...

Olavskrossen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Johannes Gjerdåker

Fleischers Hotel

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve

Ole Bull-akademiet

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jostein Mæland
Sigbjørn Berhoft Osa and Ole Bull - Akademiet...

Sverrestigen

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
In the year 1177 king Sverre was travelling from East Norway towards Bergen, but at Voss he was met by an army of farmers who forced him to turn round...

Sledasteinen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
“THE DANCERS” ON THE SLEDA STONE...

Rekve

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jostein Mæland
FIDDLERS FROM REKVE...

Gjernes

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ole Didrik Lærum
MAGNUS DAGESTAD ...

Women's graves at Skaim- settlement for 15 centuries

Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 08.12.2005
Author: Svein Indrelid
In the spring of 1964 there was some cultivation work going on at the farm of Skaim. This work included removing some rock heaps left from clearing th...

Mula

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Johannes Gjerdåker
MULA – A DESERTED FARM FROM THE MIDDLE AGES...

Nesheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve
NESHEIMSTUNET ...

Myrkdalen

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
SJUR BYGD...

Gjøstein

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Brekke

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
PER SIVLE ...

Seberg

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
HALLSTATT - LEKVE ...

Ulvik church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
CROSS CHURCH AND STAVE CHURCH...

Hallingskeid

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
THE MARKETPLACE AT HALLINGSKEID ...

Sponheim

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Vallaviki

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Bjarne Sørensen
When Anders Paulson Wallevik (1874-1965) took over the sloop “Haabet” after his father around 1900, he established a wide-ranging business, merchant, ...

Trå

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland
A WOMAN’S GRAVE FROM VIKING TIMES In a woman’s grave on the farm Trå remains of a bronze ladle and runic inscriptions were found many years ago. Buri...

Kjerland

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On the farms Kjerland and Røynstrond, east of the river that flows into the fjord, we find many decorative painters who belong to the so-called sòleki...

Ystås

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE JOINED HAMLET AT YSTÅS ...

Nedre Folkedal

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
For many years the Folkedal scythe had a good reputation. Immediately above the highway through Folkedal there is a long brick building, on the inner ...

Øystese - Ingebrigt Vik museum

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Reidar Storaas
INGEBRIGT VIK – A CLASSICIST WITHIN NORWEGIAN SCULPTURE ...

Ålvik

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
BRONZE FIND FROM ÅLVIK...

Rosseland

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Around 50 years ago a runic stone came to light in a barn wall at Rosseland. On one of the flat sides 25 runic signs had been carved. The letters are ...

Sandven

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE COASTAL COMMUNITY AND SANDVEN HOTEL ...

Hardanger Maritime Museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Geir Madsen

Tveit

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Reidar Storaas

Nedstryn church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Nedstryn church is a wooden longchurch on the farm of Kyrkjeeide in the municipality of Stryn. The church, with a seating capacity of 400, was conse...

Oppstryn Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Oppstryn church is a wooden longchurch situated on the farm of Fosnes in the municipality of Stryn. The church has a seating capacity of 300, and wa...

Innvik church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Innvik church is an octagonal wooden church situated in the village of Innvik in the municipality of Stryn. The church has a seating capacity of 350...

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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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 ...

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...

The burial mounds at Ytre Moa

Archaeology
Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 24.01.2008
Author: Kari Larsen
In addition to six house sites, 20 burial mounds and a menhir (memorial stone) are located on the Moa terrace. Some of the burial mounds are found in ...

Hopperstad stave church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Arne Inge Sæbø
Hopperstad stave church in Vik was built in the latter half of the 12th century. In order to save the church from demolition, the Society for the Pres...

The village of Fresvik

Archaeology
Bygd / Village
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The village of Fresvik is located on the southern side of the Sognefjord close to the entrance to the Aurlandsfjord. The village now belongs to the mu...

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)...

From riding path to road - between Kaupanger and Sogndal

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
Kaupanger has always been an important historical place in Sogn. There is a reference to the place in the saga literature and it has been used as a ma...

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 ...

Stedje church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Stedje church is a so-called longchurch (basilica type), built of wood and located at "Øvre Stedje" in the municipality of Sogndal. The church has a s...

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...

The runic stone at Stedje

Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Aud Ross Solberg
About 100 metres to the east of the Stedje church in Sogndal there is a runic stone measuring 1.89 metres in height and 0.39 metres in width. The st...

Fjærland church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Fjærland church is a so-called longchurch built of wood situated on the farm of "nedre Mundal" in the municipality of Sogndal. The church was built in...

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...

The bailiff's estate at Askelund

Bolig / Residence
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
About one kilometre from Balestrand towards Kvamsøy we find a beautiful building by the fjord. This is the old Bailiff residence - called Futegarden -...

The artist Hans Dahl

Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
Hans Dahl from Granvin in Hardanger, built a summer resort in Balestrand in 1893. From 1919 he lived in Balestrand all year round. Dahl painted the sp...

Villa Lorna

Bolig / Residence
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
Villa Lorna is the only "Swiss" villa in Balestrand, which is built above the main road. However, the fjord is only a short distance away and the view...

The Artist Eilert Adelsteen Normann

Bolig / Residence
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
Eilert Adelsteen Normann (1848-1918) was going to be a merchant like his father, but ended up in Düsseldorf as an artist. He stayed in Germany for the...

Gertrude Abbott

Bolig / Residence
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
Gertrude Abbott (1866 - 1951) came from Philadelphia, USA. When she came to Norway and Balestrand, she fell in love with the place. She returned every...

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...

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 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 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...

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 county quay and the house called Haffen

Kai / Quay
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Harald J. Stavang
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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...

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...

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...

The fishermen monument at Bremanger

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...

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...

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...

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 Schreuder monument in Africa

Monument / Monument
Published: 06.04.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The missionary bishop Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder (1817-1882), born in Sogndal, was the first Norwegian missionary in Africa. He started his missiona...

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...

Sogns Tidend - local newspaper 1877-1947

Avis / Newspaper
Published: 06.06.2003
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The local newspaper 'Sogns Tidend' was published in the years between 1877 and 1947 - the first few decades in Lærdal, but from 1903 in Sogndal. Durin...

The memorial stone from Nornes at Sogn Folkemuseum

Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 18.06.2002
Author: Hermund Kleppa
At Nornes in Sogndal there used to be three ancient memorial stones. Bishop Neuman refers to three of these in the early 19th century. I. C. Dahl pain...

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 ...

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 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...

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 ...

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...

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...

The hamlet of Bakka

Weather and climate
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 07.10.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The small hamlet of Bakka consists of the farms Bakka and Tufto. In the Nærøyfjord these two farms on the right-hand side are the last two farms that ...

The village of Gudvangen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 06.10.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
Gudvangen is located at the very head of the Nærøyfjord, covering a distance from Stalheim in the western part of the valley of Nærøydalen to Dyrdal f...

The farm of Ytre Moa – farming and the use of resources

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 11.10.2007
Author: Kari Larsen
The means of subsistence at Ytre Moa were based on the same natural resources that people have used until fairly recent times; the soil, the forest an...

The steep hairpin bends of "Stalheimskleiva"

Veg / Road
Published: 03.05.2007
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
"Stalheimskleiva" is the name of the spectacular road in the steep mountainside in the innermost part of the valley of Nærøydalen leading up to the ...

The hamlet of Frønningen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Bygd / Village
Published: 23.10.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The hamlet of Frønningen is located between Revsnes and the entrance to the Aurlandsfjord in the municipality of Lærdal. The hamlet borders to Kaupang...

The Stegastein Lookout Point

Utsiktspunkt / Viewpoint
Published: 18.09.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The lookout point and the adjacent car park of Stegastein are located on the old mountain road between Aurland and Lærdal - county road 243 - has been...

The waterfalls in the Nærøyfjord

Weather and climate
Foss / Waterfall
Published: 15.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
There are as many as 25 waterfalls of various sizes along the Nærøyfjord. The waterfall called Kjelfossen is the most impressive of these, but there a...

Textile tools and textile production

Verktøy / Tool
Published: 24.01.2008
Author: Kari Larsen
There is a relatively high occurrence of textile tools in the finds at Ytre Moa. With our knowledge of grazing conditions, finds of tools for gatherin...

Ytre Moa – Life in and among the houses

Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 24.01.2008
Author: Kari Larsen
A rich selection of objects has been found at Ytre Moa, both meant for ornaments and ordinary use. The objects tell us something about the life and wo...

Jewellery and personal objects

Tilbehøyr / Accessory
Published: 24.01.2008
Author: Kari Larsen
Few but various types of jewellery and personal objects have been found at Ytre Moa. These objects demonstrate that the people who lived at Ytre Moa p...

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 ...

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...

Korsfjorden

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Nils Georg Brekke
IN DEEP WATER...

Hisøya

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ove Gjerde
"I am going to prove to you that I am right". That is what the idealist and county doctor Christian Heitmann is supposed to have said in the early 189...

Sørøyane

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Knut Fægri
SØRØYANE - THE MOST IMPORTANT SEABIRD LOCALITY IN HORDALAND ...

Selsøya

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid, Arne Tislavoll

Hallaråker

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: John-Inge Svendsen
RAISED BEACHES BY HALLARÅKER-SØNSTABØ ...

Neshamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Neshamn must be an ancient place for meeting and spending the night for travellers. The place blossomed in connection with the times of economic expan...

Moster amfi

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE LIME INDUSTRY IN MOSTER...

Erslandsvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
CANADA GEESE - AN IMPORT WITH AN AFTER TASTE ...

Bergesfjellet

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
Both in its appearance and origin, Bergesfjellet mountain resembles Hårteigen on Hardangervidda, even though Hårteigen is a bit bigger. ...

Hiskjo

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Bjørn Moe
THE TRADING POST AT HISKHOLMEN...

Outer Håvika

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen

Ånuglo

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Harald Salvesen Stein Byrkjeland
Take a tour to Ånuglo on a warm summer's day. You can anchor up in Skipavågen and go exploring along the beach. Or, you can find giant holly trees and...

Klinkholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ernst Berge Drange
Kubbervik, or Vikjo as it was known colloquially, must have been established as a trading post under the farm of Håland some time around 1600. The rea...

Espevik

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
220 million years ago, glowing hot molten rock masses intruded into fractures in the earth's crust in the outer parts of Hordaland. Some of these are ...

Årbakka - The prehistoric site

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
The prehistoric site at Årbakkasanden with menhirs and burial mounds has been visited, described and illustrated by many learned researchers through t...

Dalland

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Harald Dalland Arne Emil Christensen

Årbakka - The trading center

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE TRADING CENTRE...

Solstråleøya

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Hopssundet

Published: 03.06.2025

Godøysund

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ernst Berge Drange
The old hostelry centres were strategically placed with good harbours and anchoring conditions where people travelled. GODØYSUND, or Gøysundet, as it ...

Lokksundet

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Herman G.Gade
If you should happen to be in a small boat in Lokksundet sound when the ocean currents from the fjord meet the counter currents in the sound, you will...

Færavåg

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ernst Berge Drange
The main house at Færavåg was built in 1599. History tells us that a German came to Færavåg and built the house. He divided the land between his two s...

Nedrevåge

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Vågsbygdo was severely hit by landslides and rock falls in the decades around 1700, in addition, the rivers transported masses of loose sediment, both...

Espevikpollen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Endre Skaar
OYSTER DAMS ...

Flakkavågen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
BLOOD SUCKERS...

Flakka

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Harald Dalland

Midt-Våge

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: William Helland-Hansen
VISIT FROM THE UNIVERSE ABOVE ...

Hovdanes

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE WHEELHOUSE AT HOVDANES ...

Vika

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The old smokehouse still left in the farmyard at Vikjo a little south of Omastrand, was protected in 1924. The smokehouse is from the 1500's. ...

Skjervet - road construction

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Knut Kjerland Johannes Gjerdåker
The road between Eide in Granvin and Voss is one of the oldest roads mentioned in the Middle Ages. In a diploma from 1343 from Voss regarding distribu...

Ygre

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak L.Helleve
Ygre Station lies hidden away for highway travellers, just below the road Vossevangen-Mjølfjell. The station building at Ygre was constructed at Nestt...

Hamn

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
THE BOATSHED AT HAMN ...

Langavassmyrane

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
The Ruff lek on Langvassmyrane is the only known phenomenon of its kind on Hardangervidda. Every year it attracts hens from the whole plateau. The mar...

Geitaknottane

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Morten Hage Bjørn Moe
Many travellers between Mundheim and Gjermundshamn are captivated by the expansive view toward Øynefjord, Varaldsøy and Folgefonna. The barren pine fo...

Vernøya

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Anders Lundberg
If you smell a foul smell out in nature, you mustn't immediately think that the reason is cloaca from houses or cabins. The reason can be an entirely ...

Onarheim

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ernst Berge Drange

Vevatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland

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 ...

Eldsfjellet

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Håkon Austrheim
The eclogites in western Norway were formed when Precambrian basement rocks were squeezed and pressed down under great pressure deep under the Caledon...

Boga

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In the lightly undulating landscape at Boga there lies an old house with several rooms on a small rise. In fact it looks like three houses built into ...

Alverstraumen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The hostelry in Alverstraumen was in operation in 1660, but we do not know for certain how old the place really is. From the time of the sagas the inn...

Bjørsvik

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Stein Byrkjeland
The industrial settlement Bjørsvik...

Eikangervågen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
TUFTED DUCKS IN EIKANGERVÅGEN BAY ...

Verås

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
VERÅS – A FARM IN THE HEATH...

Fosnstraumen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Anne Karin Hufthammar Knut Andreas Bergsvik
At the southern end of the bridge between Radøy and Fosnøy archaeologists found an unusual Stone Age settlement. There was a thick “cultural layer” he...

Fossevatna

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Fossevatna, some few kilometres north of Alversund, is one of the finest wetland areas in Lindås. Especially the birdlife has made this place well kno...

Isdal

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Isdal one of the few clustered settlements left in the Hordaland communities, after the extensive changes taking place around the turn of the former c...

Husebø

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth Stein Byrkjeland
When the Corncrake returned to Nordhordland, it came as no surprise that Husebø was the place it chose. Here, remnants of the old cultural landscape a...

Håøy

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Birger Odland
Håøy lies centrally in one of the main shipping lanes going into Bergen --- with Håyøsund on the south side facing Meland, and Hagelsundet facing Lind...

Holmeknappen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ture Andersen
If you come by sea to Bergen and come up the Herdle Fjord, the yellow ochre marine shed at Holmeknappen is a well known landmark to starboard as you c...

Fløksand

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
THE MEAT KNIFE FROM FLØKSAND...

Frekhaug

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Frekhaug has been a large farm with well-off owners through many generations. The main house, a two storey building with a hipped roof, must have been...

Iden

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
IDEN – A NOBLE ESTATE ...

Lure Fjord

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Both Lure Fjord and Lindåsosane to the inside give good living conditions for rare marine organisms: jellyfish, shellfish and fish. These include anim...

Lurekalven

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Mons Kvamme
Lurekalven is an unpopulated island of heather moor which is a part of the wilderness belonging to the five farms on Ytre Lygra. Between the two islan...

Kolåseidet

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Asbjørn Toft Gunnstein Kolstad
The little cowshed which lies on the fence at Kolåseidet, constructed in connection with the stone fence, has put its mark on the cultural landscape. ...

Isdalstø

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
POST AND TRANSPORT STATION ...

Litleoksa

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE LONGHOUSE AT LITLEOKSA...

Leiro

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth

Lurøyane

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
SOAPSTONE FROM LURØYANE ...

Landsvik

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE CHIMNEY ROOM FROM LANDSVIK ...

Bruknappen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aud Karin Skagen
The hostelry place in Bruknappen is situated north in Radsundet, just south of Festo, by a sheltered idyllic bay, close to the main lane. Sloops both ...

Rylandvassdraget

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
There is a lot of trout and a large char population in Lake Rylandsvatnet. The lake was stocked with char, probably in 1907. The promoters of the proj...

Myking

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Anders Lundberg Stein Byrkjeland
Between Lake Kvalheimsvatnet and Lake Mykingsvatnet, north of Grindheim, we find one of the biggest continuous lowland bogs in Hordaland. It is 500-60...

Manger

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
Mangerite is a rock type that was first made famous in a treatise by the Bergen geologist Carl Fredrik Kolderup in 1903. The rock type got its name fr...

Odland

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Edvin Odland Johs. Fosse Atle Ove Martinussen
The auger smithies in Odland and Fosse were amongst those which had the largest production of augers in the period between the Wars. Martinus Fosse bu...

Lygra

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Mons Kvamme
The heath landscape on outer Lygra, Utluro and Lurekalven will in future become part of a landscape protection area, to be maintained through traditio...

Mangersnes

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Bård Kolflåth
SMALL BOATS IN THE IRON AGE At Mangersnes, in a bog just by the sea, there is a layer about one metre thick with wood that has traces of cutting, sh...

Salhusfjorden

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Herman G.Gade
When the debate about building a pontoon bridge over Salhus Fjord was raging, some were afraid that the bridge would disrupt the ecology of the fjord ...

Stall

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
The Bergen Arcs have an unusually sharp boundary to the bedrock in the east. Geologists think that this was caused by movements in the earth's crust d...

Spjutøy

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Gunn Nordal
At Spjutøy and Straumsosen there are three entrances from Lurefjorden to the fjord basin inside. Right up the end of the 1800s the ferry could not rea...

Øvre Tveiten

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On an east-facing slope above Halllandsvatnet lies the farm hamlet of Øvre Tveiten, two kilometres north of Manger. The stone hayshed lies with its ga...

Seim

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland
Sæheim (Seim) at Lygrefjord is mentioned as one of the royal farms of Harald Hårfagre. Several of the first Norwegian national kings had their seat he...

Skaråsmyri

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
PEAT EXTRACTION IN SKARÅSMYRI...

Sylta

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Romarheimsdalen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth

Toska

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Anders Lundberg Stein Byrkjeland
The peat bogs on Toska have been mined for peat since 1946, when the island got electricity. In this treeless coastal landscape, peat was the most imp...

Vollom

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Stein Byrkjeland
On Vollom, northwest of Seim, we find the only natural beech forest in Western Norway, which is also the most northerly of its type in the world. Beec...

Vassel

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Skule
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aud Karin Skagen
The small, white-painted schoolhouse at Vassel is a modest, but worthy representative for the school in the rural community – an institution for knowl...

Vågenes

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
On Vågenes, on one of the prominences out toward Eitrevågen, one finds garnets in anorthosite. The garnets are both older, and not least bigger, than ...

Ystebøtræet

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Tofting

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke