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Cholera gravesites in Gulen

Gravplass / Cementery

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In the 19th century, there were two outbreaks of cholera in Norway, in 1831 and 1848. The first one did not reach western Norway but the second one ...

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 fallen soldiers from the Davik "sokn"

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 02.07.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On 17 May 2000, a memorial stone at the Davik church commemorating three men who lost their lives during the Second World War. Two of them died on a j...

Memorial stone for Konrad Byrknes at Mjømna church

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 10.06.2001

Author: Hermund Kleppa

After the mobilization on 9 April 1940, men from the whole county of Sogn og Fjordane mustered at Bømoen at Voss. From 19 April, some 2000 men were tr...

Memorial stone for war victims at Byrknesøy

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 14.02.2002

Author: Hermund Kleppa

By the school at Byrknesøy stands a memorial for eight men who lost their lives during the Second World War. They were all from Mjømna "sokn" (sub-p...

Memorial stone at Eivindvik for bailiff Bredvik

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Augustin Bredvik (1868-1952) was bailiff in Gulen for more than 40 years. "One of the pillars of western Norway" as the newspaper Firda put it in an o...

Memorial stone for Edvin Færøy

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 13.10.2006

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Edvin Færøy lost his life in action in Valdres on 20 April 1940. He was first buried in Valdres but was later moved home and buried on the churchyard ...

Memorial stone for Ivar and Andrine Svardal

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 13.10.2006

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In the summer of 1956, the temperance people in the municipalities of Brekke and Gulen met at Rutledal. There was a special solemn atmosphere that day...

Memorial stone at the Bremanger church for those who died in action

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

At the Bremanger church at Bremangerlandet there is a memorial stone commemorating those who died in the Second World War from the former municipality...

Memorial stone for war victims at Eivindvik

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The municipality of Gulen has four memorial stones for war victims from the Second World War. One stands at Byrknesøy, one on the churchyard at Mjøm...

Memorial stone for soldier Halvard Trædal

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Halvard Benjamin Trædal from Indre Oppedal lost his life in action in Valdres on 26 April 1940. He was first buried in Valdres, but his remains were...

Memorial stone for - Niels Griis Alstrup Dahl

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

"Bread of stone and spirit of 'Striile' (local people), Dahl forced at Eivindvik". These are the frequently quoted words by Henrik Wergeland about the...

War grave at the Frøya church - seaman Dagfinn Frøyen

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 04.05.2005

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Dagfinn Frøyen escaped to England and served in the merchant marine. While working as a seaman on SS Balduin, he fell ill and died in the spring of 19...

The old church yard at Grotle

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Gravplass / Cementery

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In the year of culture 1997, the people of Bremanger decided that the old churchyard at Grotle should be the memorabilia of the county. The church of ...

The Wergeland monument at Verkland

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

"Forget not, you are dust! Forget not, you are more than dust!" With these words from Henrik Wergeland Dagne Groven Myhren unveiled the new memorial...

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