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Boat-landing facilities at Kråkenes

Plass / Spot
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
The people of Kråkenes have always been faced with bad landing sites. There were five known sites: Storehola, Keila, Stiksvika, Bleke and Synstestøa...

Mountain farming in the valley of Skogadalen

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...

The old Kvalheim road

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
The village of Kvalheim has the ocean as its next-door neighbour and the landing conditions have always proved difficult in bad weather. There was a s...

The old road between Rimstad and Berstad

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
Between the farms of Rimstad and Berstad there used to be an old road, used by pilgrims, postmen and local people alike. There are still many traces o...

The pilots on the island of Silda

Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
In former times pilots lived on the island of Silda. The northern harbour was a "waiting harbour" for ships heading north past Stad. In bad weather ...

The stone walls at Kvalheim

Steingjerde / Stone fence
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
The village of Kvalheim is situated north of the bay of Kvalheimsvika on the western shoreline of the island of Vågsøya. In 1900, 188 persons lived th...

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...

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 -...

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...

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...

The stone house at Åsnes

Gardshus / Farm house
Published: 19.02.2001
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
At Åsnes between Bryggja and Lefdal there is a two-storey house with stonewalls all the way up to the roof ridge. Malvin J. Aasnes used to own the f...

The fire at Refvika in 1872

Brann / Fire
Published: 21.02.2001
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
The village of Refvika is located between the beach of Refviksanden to the northwest and the lake of Refvikvatnet to the southeast. Up until 1872, a...

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...

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...

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 ca...

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 - 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...

Kråkenes lighthouse

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
In 1906, a lighthouse station was built at Kråkenes under pressure from the Kristiansund Skipper Association. The lighthouse is located to the west of...