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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...

The mines at Grimelia

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...

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...

Vårdal 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 warehouses and boathouses at Kalvåg

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

Kalvåg enjoys a sheltered location on the eastern side of the island of Frøya. Throughout many centuries this was a good harbour for fishermen in the ...

Hydroelectric power and industry at Svelgen

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

In Bremanger the water resources formed the basis for the development of the industrial town of Svelgen. It took some time before any establishment ...

Road and ferry between Byrknesøy and the mainland

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

The road connection between the islands of Mjømna and Byrknesøy was officially opened on 13 September 1997. This was 40 years after the county governo...

The road connection Værlandet-Bulandet

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 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 old bank building

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...

Førdehuset community centre

Forsamlingshus / Assembly house

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

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Road building in Solund - scramble for state road

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

Funds for new public roads were in the 1930s mainly allocated to interior regions and to linking roads. The need for roads in the county of Sogn og Fj...

The main road at Bremangerlandet

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

A continuous road connection along the Bremangerlandet with ferry across to Måløy came in 1949. In 1977, the island of Frøya was connected to the high...

Road between Villevika in Flora and Midtgulen in Bremanger

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

The farms on the mainland between Florø and Midtgulen had to wait for a long time before they got any road. Up until 1993, people in this area did not...

The road along the fjord between Naustdal and Eikefjord

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

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...

Late road connection to the outside world for the industrial town of Svelgen

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

It was the development of hydroelectric power that created the industrial growth in Svelgen from 1914. However, it took a long before any road constru...

The ferries on the Dalsfjord

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...

The road Oppedal-Instefjord - an important part of the main road network

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

The road construction between Instefjord and Oppedal was an important link in the so-called Coastal Highway between Stavanger, Bergen and Ålesund, the...

Yellow central road stripe between the two Sunnfjord cities

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

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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The boat stop Steinen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

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...

The composer Johannes Haarklou

Musikk / Music Musikkverk / Musical work Person / Person

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

Johannes Haarklou (1847 - 1925) won for himself a prominent position in Norwegian music in the period 1880 - 1925. He was a composer, a music review...

The author Kristian Elster the Elder

Person / Person

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

Kristian Mandrup Elster (1841-1881) was the first of four authors whose background was in the senior public official environment in Førde, and who a...

The author Ole Wilhelm Fasting

Person / Person

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

Ole Wilhelm Fasting (1852-1915) was a vicar's son from Førde. He was an engineer, and worked for many years at Bergens Tekniske Skole (school of eng...

The author Kristian Elster the Younger

Person / Person

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

Kristian Elster the Younger (1881-1947) had deep roots in the upper public officials circle in Førde. Evidence of this can be found in his writings....

Mannseidet - royal road and national cultural site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

In former days travelling along the Norwegian coast took mostly place on sea. The old roads across the strips of land called Mannseidet and Dragseidet...

The "Trondhjemske" postal road in Gulen

Published: 26.09.2005

Author: Kristin Ese

The postal road in Gulen was formerly a part of the "Trondhjemske" postal road. In 1868, the road was no longer used as a postal road as the post was ...

The Royal Postal Road Bleiklindi - Styvi in the Nærøyfjord

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

The present main road between Oslo and Bergen follows more or less the same route as the old postal roads did. However, from Lærdal it no longer follo...

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...

Road from Florø

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

Florø was founded in 1859, and was for close to 150 years the only city in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. What was highly unusual was the fact that t...

Opposition to the Flåm Railway

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

When the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) in 1883 decided that the line for the Bergen Railway would go by way of Myrdal and Finse, the county counci...

Totland - Måløy - "a highly suitable road"

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

Totland-Deknepollen was the last remaining distance before there was a continuous road between Måløy and Oppland across the mountain pass of Strynefje...

The Flåm Railway - built 1923-1940

Jarnbane / Railway

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

On 10 July 1908, the Norwegian Parliament - Stortinget - decided to build a railway line between Myrdal and Flåm. The work was not begun until 1923, a...

The Kråkenesveg road in Vågsøy

Published: 11.07.2006

Author: Kristin Ese

Far to the west towards the ocean lies the hamlet of Kråkenes. A cart road to this place was built in the 1940s. The road could hardly be used in the ...

The first ferry connection in western Sogn

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

One of the most important road and ferry connections today with a high volume of traffic is the connection between Lavik and Oppedal in western Sogn. ...

The Loftesnes bridge in Sogndal

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 ...

From riding path to road - between Kaupanger and Sogndal

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...

The struggle for bridge across the Dalsfjord

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

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 Måløy Bridge - Norway's longest bridge in 1974

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...

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...

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....

Løkeland cannery at Atløy

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

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...

The cannery at Askvoll

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

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...

Cannery at Sauesund

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

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...

Helle Factories

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Fabrikk / Factory

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

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The shirt factory at Selje

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Fabrikk / Factory

Published: 25.11.2002

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

"Selje Skjortefabrikk" is located in the centre of Selje. The factory was built in a village without any other industry after the Second World War. Th...

Sunnfjord Hotell

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

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...

The road through the Flåmsdalen valley - construction road and tourist road

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

In 1893, the Norwegian Parliament - Stortinget - decided that the Oslo-Bergen railway line would go by way of Voss and Myrdal. The construction of the...