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The school at Svanøy

Skule / School
Published: 24.06.2004
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The Svanøy school is located in the centre of the island. There are two buildings, the old school from 1874, and a new, modern building from 1982, wit...

Johan Schumann - sheep farmer at Hovden

Person / Person
Published: 27.09.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On a crag on the island of Hovden to the west of Florø stands a three-metre-high stone in commemoration of Johan Schumann. The memorial stone was e...

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...

The Ytterøyane lighthouse

Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Harald J. Stavang
The Ytterøyane lighthouse, the biggest in Sunnfjord, was built in 1881, and has withstood hurricanes and airplane attacks. This lighthouse is one of...

The Stabben lighthouse

Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Harald J. Stavang
In 1866/87, a sturdy lighthouse with a solid reinforced stone and mortar foundation was built on a slippery, rounded-off skerry in the middle of the...

The Kvannhovden lighthouse

Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Harald J. Stavang
In 1895, a lighthouse was built at Kvannhovden, and it became operational on 5 November the same year. It had a common wick lamp, and only in 1932, ...

The county quay and the house called Haffen

Kai / Quay
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Harald J. Stavang
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The canal through the strip of land called Florø-eidet

Kanal / Canal
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Harald J. Stavang
Before the city of Florø was established in 1860, the trade at Florelandet was located in the bay of Gaddevågen and at Eidet. In 1872/73, a canal wa...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 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 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 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 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...

The churchyard at Svanøy

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Gravplass / Cementery
Published: 24.06.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa

The Kinna church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Harald J. Stavang
The Kinna church is built in stone, probably some time in the 12th century. It is the oldest and the only one of its kind in the region of Sunnfjord, ...