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Skjeggedal

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Selje church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Selje church is a wooden longchurch located north of the Seljesanden beach in the municipality of Selje. The church, with a seating capacity of 500,...

Leikanger church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Leikanger church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Leikanger on the eastern side of Stadtlandet in the municipality of Selje. The churc...

The fishermen monument at Bremanger

People and Society
Fiske / Fishing 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...

Forest and memorial stone at Ersholmen

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen
On the small island of Ersholmen between the mainland and the island of Selja the first attempt at afforestation at Selje was carried out by the vicar...

Dragseidet

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
Dragseidet occupies a famous place in Norwegian history due to one major event: the christening assembly in 997, when King Olaf Tryggvason assembled i...

Farmers and Settlements

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
From 4,500 to 5,000 years ago most of Hordaland was a landscape of forest, right out to the coast and the islands. With our inner eye we can see old o...

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...

Lykling - soapstone

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Øystein Jansen
SOAPSTONE FOR BERGEN'S CHURCHES ...

Rosesmuggrenden

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik Trygve Fett
THE COMMUNITIES AROUND SANDVIKEN...

Kvernhusvågen

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

Dale power station

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In 1923 Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap (BKK) expropriated large areas for power plants and development of hydropower started soon afterwards. ...

Lavik

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Karl Egil Johansen
THE LAYMAN CHIEFTAINS FROM LAVIK...

The old warning beacons in Selje

Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen
In former times burning beacons formed part of a network of warning system that the enemy was on their way. At times of unrest and national emergencie...

Hamn

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

Ålmerket

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
LARS KINSARVIK AND TROND LARSSON HUS I stova si på Ålmerket i Kinsarvik dreiv Trond Larsson Hus (1806–1878) i mange år ei blømande handelsverksemd. H...

Selje vicarage

Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen
The vicarage at Selje has long-established traditions dating back to the Middle Ages, with the first written reference about 1350. The old name of the...

Hovdanes

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

Støle

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
High above the sea and the beach flats, on one of the wide terraces shaped by the sea and the ice, lies the farm Støle (Stødle). The Old Norse name of...

Slåtterøy

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

Bømlahamn

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024

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...

Hæreid - archaeology

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland
The biggest prehistoric burial site in Hordaland is situated at Hæreid. On top of the terrace expanse, inside the fine birch garden, is where they lie...

Kjeåsen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
High up above the fjord, at a height of 600m lie the two holdings at Kjeåsen. Today you can drive there by car, through a new tunnel that the power en...

Vingen rock-carving site

Archaeology
Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
The Vingen site is today the second biggest rock-carving field in Norway with some 2000 figures. Nevertheless, it was a stroke of good luck that made ...

The Bakkejekta sloop

Communications
Båt / Boat Hamn / Port Handel / Trade
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gaute Losnegård
To commemorate a time when all transport of goods between the Dalsfjorden and Bergen went by sea on vessels powered by the wind, the Bakkejekta sloop ...

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...

Mountain farming in the valley of Skogadalen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
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 1920s,...

Agastølen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Whoever wanders the mountain plateau will form time to time hit upon old mountain summer farms, with solid old stone sheds, half sunk into the ground;...

Cultural monument of the church site on the island of Silda

People and Society
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On the island of Silda there was a church from about 1320 to 1580. It was a chapel church in the parish of Selje. It was no longer in use after a new ...

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...

Memorial stone for Konrad Byrknes at Mjømna church

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
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 at Ålfoten for Rasmus Nyvoll

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 02.07.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Rasmus Nyvoll, born 1909 at Ålfoten, fell in action in Italy in 1944. In 1951, a memorial stone dedicated to him was unveiled at Ålfoten church. It w...

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 Ola Espedal

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 13.07.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
People in the county of Sogn og Fjordane have honoured at least seven persons with memorial stones for their achievements in song and music. Two m...

Memorial stone for Sigurd Fossen

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 13.07.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
People in the county of Sogn og Fjordane have honoured at least seven persons with memorial stones for their achievements in song and music. Two m...

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 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 ...

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. ...

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...

Filippiner-Lund famous and loved missionary

People and Society
Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
David Olai Lund, better known as Filippiner-Lund, is regarded as one of our greatest missionaries. He saw early where he had to go and prepared very c...

War remnants at Rutledal

People and Society
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
As early as in May 1940, the Germans came to Rutledal and built a land-based facility for launching torpedoes. Later on they started building a coasta...

Brekke church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Brekke church is a longchurch built in wood, located in the village of Brekke on the Risnesfjord in the municipality of Gulen. The church has a seat...

Monument commemorating Georg Distad

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 19.04.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On an oval-shaped stone on a grave at Fjærland church we find this inscription: GEORG DISTAD * BORN 18. June, 1915 * DIED IN ACTION IN * VALDRES 2...

The mountain farm of Myklebustsætra at Ålfoten

People and Society
Støl / Mountain farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
On the road between Ålfoten and Svelgen is the valley of Myklebustdalen with the mountain farm of Myklebustsætra located close to the lake of Sætrav...

Måbø

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen
Måbø is the uppermost farm in Måbødalen. This narrow and steep mountain valley has been one of the routes from the fjord communities up to the mountai...

"Knut" and two other six-oared boats

Communications
Båt / Boat Transport / Transport
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
The "Sunnfjord boat" used to be the common boat type in the Sunnfjord area, but already 150 years ago, it was beginning to lose ground to a modified...

Memorial for the poet vicar Claus Frimann

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Claus Frimann, born 1746, was vicar at Davik for 42 years. He is known as the poet vicar in Nordfjord, best known perhaps for his book "Almuens sanger...

The German coastal artillery fortifications at Tangane

People and Society
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
In the autumn of 1940, The German navy started the construction of a coastal fort at Tangane. The construction work was led by Germans, but much work ...

German coastal fort at Gottraneset

People and Society
Krigsplass / War site Minne / Reminder
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
In 1942, the landowner of Gottraneset had to move from his farm to Berle. The following year the Germans moved their guns from Berle out to new positi...

Memorial stone over Christen Jenssøn

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Around 1950, a big slab of stone with an old inscription was found in the Askvoll churchyard. The carved letters CIS matched Christen Jenssøn, vicar...

The burial mounds at Botnane

People and Society
Gravplass / Cementery Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
On the mainland side of Bremanger, close to the border to the municipality of Flora, lies the hamlet of Botnane with the farms of Øvrebotnen, Sørbotne...

Hjølmo

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In the steep hillside in Hjølmodalen, a small side valley from Øvre Eidfjord (Upper Eidfjord), which has been a key entrance to the Hardanger Plateau,...

Vetvik - the big farm that was deserted

People and Society
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
On the northwest coast of Bremangerlandet - with the ocean as its neighbour, we find the deserted hamlet of Vetvik. Earlier this was a small rural com...

The fisherman shacks at Liset

People and Society
Fiske / Fishing Grend / Hamlet
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
On the western side of the farm Liset at Bremanger, there is a peaceful place. Only a few old foundation walls remain, bearing witness to hectic ac...

Memorial stone for Jon J. Hop

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 10.01.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Jon J. Hop was the first person from Solund to lose his life in the war 1940-1945. He was a crew member on a vessel on its way to pick up flour at V...

Årskog

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Arne Tislavoll
Årskog farm is situated in a typical coastal landscape in a gentle terrain that slopes down from the outlying heaths down towards the fjord. The farm ...

Engesund

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Stein Erik Gilj
For more than 350 years Engesund has been a place for hostelries and trading in the Fitjar islands. The place is centrally placed in the shipping lane...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Kvalvåg

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Kvalvåg on Stolmen is first mentioned as a trading post in 1655, and in 1731 the owner Jens Meyer, was granted a royal trading privilege....

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...

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...

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...

Rimsvarden

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Rimsvarden lies high and unencumbered, an enormous stone mound on the highest top with a wide view of the Fitjar rural community. With its 30 meters a...

Bakholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ronny B. Skaar
On Austre Bakholmen, a small islet of around 15 acres between Hundvåko and Drøni, lies the oldest trading centres in Austevoll. For a long time this w...

The small town of Undredal

Historier om migrasjon
Bygd / Village Utvandring / Emigration
Published: 25.09.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
Undredal is a very special small town, located about half-way into the Aurlandsfjord. Until the late 1980s, the town could only be reached by boat. To...

Fitjar - the King's farm

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
In front of Fitjar Church there is a memorial stone, sculpted by Anne Grimdalen and erected in 1961, for the thousand-year memorial of one of the most...

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 at Holmedal for fallen soldiers in the World War 1939-1945

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Six men from the Holmedal parish (earlier Fjaler municipality, now Askvoll) lost their lives during the World War 1939-1945: three on Norwegian me...

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 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 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 on the grave of Martin Luther Storm, principal of agricultural school

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 03.02.2003
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Martin Luther Storm, born 1836, is one of the most important names in the history of the agricultural schools in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. When ...

Sunnfjord folkehøgskule - memorial stone for principal

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In front of the oldest building at the Sunnfjord folkehøgskule there is a memorial stone. The stone was erected in 1933, in memory of Rasmus Øvrelid, ...

Sunnfjord Folkehøgskule - memorial stone over house fire fatalities

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
"In memory of the fatalities at Solvang" is cut into a stone in the churchyard of Førde parish church. Between 1 and 2 o'clock in the night of Saturda...

Memorial stone for - Niels Griis Alstrup Dahl

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
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...

Memorial stone at Eivindvik for bailiff Bredvik

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
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...

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024
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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
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
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...

Cultural Heritage and Cultural Landscapes

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Svein Indrelid
The development which culminated in the great west Norwegian clustered communities in the 18th and 19th centuries, such as we see at Havrå on Osterøy...

Memorial at Måløy commemorating fishermen lost at sea

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the years between 1756 and 1955, 84 fishermen in all from the municipality of Sør-Vågsøy were lost at sea. In 1957, a memorial was unveiled close t...

Fishermen monument at Nord-Vågsøy church

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
At Nord-Vågsøy church, there is a memorial for fishermen who are lost at sea. It was erected by local people in 1998....

Memorial for those who died in the war at the marketplace in Måløy

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the former municipality of Sør-Vågsøy, 17 men and women died in wartime actions during the Second World War. 16 of these lost their lives due to wa...

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...

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...

War memorial at Florølandet

People and Society
Krigsplass / War site Minne / Reminder
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
Only in the spring of 1942 did the major influx of German soldiers start at Florølandet. At the same time, an extensive construction of fortifications...

The canal through the strip of land called Florø-eidet

Communications
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...

Memorials for war airmen at Askvoll

People and Society
Plakett / Plaque
Published: 03.12.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On Midsummer Eve, 23 June 1943, an Allied airplane crashed on the shore near the home of Chester Saltskår at the point of Stavenes. The two Norwegian ...

The old schoolhouse at Hardbakke

People and Society
Skulehus / School building
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
Hardbakke was the second place in Solund which had a schoolhouse. From 1870 onwards, the schoolchildren could climb up the stone steps to a spacious c...

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 at the farm of Ytre Ålen for fallen soldiers in the war 1940-1945

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
A short distance from the sea at the farm of Ålen in Askvoll, there is a memorial stone for three young boys who lost their lives in the war 1940-...

Memorial stone at Askvoll church for fallen soldiers 1940-1945

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the churchyard at Askvoll, there is a memorial stone with 16 names, - all from the municipality of Askvoll, who lost their lives during the war...

Memorial stone for Andrias Bryn at Gudvangen

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Close to the main road at Gudvangen there is a memorial stone commemorating the seaman Andrias Bryn, born 1918. He went to sea before the Second World...

Memorial for flight sergeant Erling Julin Olsen

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On the churchyard at Midtgulen there is a memorial dedicated to Erling Julin Olsen. The stone was erected in 1947 by the people of Svelgen c/o "Svelge...

Memorial stone commemorating those who lost their lives during the Second World War from Selje.

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
18 persons from Selje lost their lives as a consequence of the Second World War. Many of these were seamen. The people of Selje erected the memorial...

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 ...

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...

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...

Paul Berstad - local singer and folk-tune collector

People and Society
Musikk / Music Person / Person
Published: 28.09.1999
Author: Liv Fridtun (1970 - )
Paul Berstad (1908-1993) was an excellent local singer, and, in addition, he was an important source for the folk-tune tradition in the western part o...

Hardangervidda – Crossing the Uplands

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per M. Bremnes
Slepa, the ancient “drove roads” across the plateau, date back to prehistoric times. Through the centuries cattle have been driven to the markets in t...

Hordaland – a historic region

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Geir Atle Ersland
“It was on such a chilly, silver-grey morning that the Hørde folk, the Harudes of Caesar and Tacitus, must have come running in from the sea on the wi...

Demographic Growth – A Drive to Development

Themes
Utvandring / Emigration
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ståle Dyrvik
The cultural landscape or that part of it which is still green and inviting to the eye has been shaped by the farmers’ toil down through the generatio...

The Great Landowners, Gentry and Monasteries

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ernst Berge Drange
REGIONS, ESTATES AND A GOOD MARRIAGE “The aristocracy is a gang of rough, impudent blokes. They came here to the country and make a lot of themselves...

Ryvarden

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In the Islandic Landnåmabok there is a story that the explorer Floke Vilgjerdsson built a cairn “where meetest Hordaland and Rogaland” and the cairn w...

Ænes

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
Ænes has been one of the prosperous farms at the Mauranger Fjord in medieval times. At the time of Harald Gilles, around 1130, we hear of GAUT at Ænes...

Årsand

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Below a south facing, steep rock at Årsand, there is one of the strangest ancient relics in the whole of Hordaland. The jutting rock wall forms a shal...

Espevær - the Trading Post

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kari Shetelig Hovland
In the sea west of Bømlo lies Espevær, half an hour’s rowing trip across the sound from Vespestadvågen. This is a well-run and well-maintained local c...

Rubbestadneset

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE ENGINE FACTORY AT RUBBESTADNESET...

Moster - The old church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Liden
Moster is mentioned as a church site already in the time of Olav Tryggvason. According to the sagas the king is supposed to have laid the foundations ...

Mosterhamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Mosterhamn is one of the old privileged trading posts situated centrally in the shipping lane, whether the ships sailed on Langenuten, Nyeleia through...

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...

Memorial stone for Bernt Askevold

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 31.10.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Close to the church at Askvoll there is a three-meter-high memorial stone commemorating Bernt Askevold. Into the back is carved: "Venner paa begge...

Brandasund

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On Gisøya Island, on the west side of Brandasund Sound, there is a very privileged trading post and traveller's Inn from the 1600s, with the North Sea...

Leirvik - The prison

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
The district prison in Leirvik officially started operations in 1863. Together with the corresponding institutions in Voss and Bergen, this was Søndre...

Sagvåg

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Egil Nysæter
The pit saw on the property of the farm Valvatna, is the origin of the name Sagvåg. The sawmill is mentioned as early as 1564. The name of the place a...

Litlabø

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
The first finds of pyrite at Litlabø in Stord came to light in 1864. Forty years later sulphuric ore was mined from an open mine. From 1874 to 1880 it...

Hystad - burial mounds

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
The biggest collection of prehistoric burial relics in Stord is to be found in Hystadmarka. There are still 16 burial mounds and two stone rings visib...

Sørhuglo

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
The tax collector’s farm at Sørhuglo is one of the many farms for state employees in Hordaland. According to history, “Futastovo” was built by the tax...

Tjernagel

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
For almost three thousand years Tjernagelshaugen (the Tjernagel cairn) has lain as a landmark at the Bømlo fjord. The poet Torarin mentions the cairn ...

In Memory of Fartein Valen

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ronny B. Skaar Bjarne Kortsen
“Fartein Valen is the key figure within newer Norwegian music. Not by way of being more popular than other younger composers, but because he aims at t...

Einstapevoll - the farm

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Einstapevoll (from einstape: “bregne” (fern)) lies on the west side of the Tittelsnes peninsula. Up to 1831 the farm was a vicarage belonging to Stord...

Haugsbø

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The single unit farm without a road to it, Haugsbø, is situated on the east side of the Tittelsnes peninsula facing Ålfjorden. As far back as the Mid...

Borgåsen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Bjørn Myhre
In Etne there are no less than four defensive refuges. They are all situated in strategic positions, so that they have served as places of refuge and ...

Helgaberget

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Helgaberget – the holy hill – is a little rocky crag which thrusts itself a few metres above the terraced surface of Støle. The surface of the rock is...

Sæbøtunet

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Mo
When you come into the well-tended farm steading at Sæbø just above Etne centre, you get the impression of a Sunnhordland farm from well before the ti...

Rosendal Barony

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Per Jahn Lavik Anne Grete Honerød
The Barony of Rosendal lies in the grounds of the old noble estate of Hatteberg, on the north side of the Hatteberg river, around one kilometre up fro...

Kvinnherad Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Liden
The stately Kvinnherad Church with its characteristic profile set out against the mighty Malmangernuten in the background, gives you a rare feeling of...

Skånevik - the trading post

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen
There are only two buildings left of the old trading and guesthouse settlement in Skånevik. They are in the centre, close to the main road passing thr...

Kyrping

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen
The trading post down by the fjord at Kyrping does not belong to the oldest group of trading posts from the 1600s and 1700s. It was only after the lib...

Halsnøy Monastery

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
Halsnøy Monastery is situated in the midst of the lush fjord country in Sunnhordland, on one of the old spits, or “necks”, that has given name to the ...

Fjelberg

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The beautiful vicarage on the Fjelberg Island lies a few minutes walk up from the fjord, in a compact enclosure with the church south of the main buil...

Sunde

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Geir Røssland
In 1852 Haktor Thorsen erected two large warehouses on one of his farms in Sunde and started trading and salting herring. This was the start of an ind...

Rød

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In 1969 Sigurd and Margreta Dønhaug donated a collection of around 170 historical cultural objects to Kvinnherad municipality. They wanted their gift ...

Names in the Landscape

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Botolv Helleland
A tale of man and the environment...

Støle church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
The stone church at Støle may have been built around 1160 probably as a private chapel for the mighty Stødle clan. It is likely that it was Erling Ska...

Grindheim church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
The first church at Grindheim was a stave church with a free-standing steeple. The church was first mentioned in 1326, but was probably built long bef...

Civil Servants in Small Societies 1650 – 1850

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Anne-Hilde Nagel
The white painted Rococo building on Hesthamar, the magistrate’s estate just north of Utne in Hardanger, with its steep, pointed gable roof stands out...

Årstad

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Alrekstad (later Årstad) is the birthplace of Bergen. The estate was an estate for Harald Hårfagre and several of his descendants: Eirik Blodøks, Håko...

Håkonshallen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
In 1266 “brann hallin i Biorgyn” (the hall in Biorgyn burned down) the Icelandic annals recount. The building we call Håkonshallen must be one of the ...

The Rosenkrantz tower

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
In the Scholeus engraving (section on the right) from the 1850s the fortified king’s estate at the entrance to Vågen has become a modern Renaissance p...

Mariakirken

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Apart from the king’s estate at Holmen, Håkonshallen and the lower floors of the Rosenkrantz tower, the three parish churches in the centre of Bergen ...

Bryggen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
In the 1300s Bergen was a trading centre of European dimension. The town is thought to have had around 7000 inhabitants and was the largest and most i...

Vågsbunnen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Vågsbotn was the name of the innermost part of the eastern part of town from Auta-almenning (today’s Vetrlidsalmenning), skirting the bottom of Vågen ...

Strandsiden

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
During the 1300s Strandsiden changed from a rural area with a monastery to a pulsating trading centre with boathouses, storehouses and embankment....

Verftet

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Today the name “Verftet” is linked to both a district and conglomeration of buildings lying protected by Fredriksberg castle. The original shipyard wa...

Bergen – The Urban Community

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Bergen - our first royal residence city – has for centuries been Norway’s, and for long periods, Scandinavia’s biggest city. The historical monuments ...

The City and the Stril country

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Anders Bjarne Fossen
The relationship between Bergen and its neighbouring districts, normally known as “Strilelandet”, has, over the centuries, given rise to greater confl...

Sandviken

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik Trygve Fett
Close to the tunnel opening at Amalie Skrams vei in Ssandviken, there is a cultural monument of European dimensions; a rope making works that produced...

Alvøen

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Alvøen is one of the oldest industrial places in Norway. As early as the 1620s a gunpowder mill was built here. The place itself was well situated for...

Damsgård

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
As a fairytale castle Damsgård Hovedgård lies on the slope rising up from the Puddefjord. The old connection between the farm and the sea, as we see i...

Salhus

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Salhus has been a connecting point for sea travellers far back in time. The name probably derives from the Old Norse word sáluhús, “house for travell...

Hufthammar

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Karl Johan Haugland
Farming in Austevoll has nearly all been in combination with fishing as the main industry. The farms in the district are therefore small, even in a we...

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...

Krosshamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Krosshamn lies in the shipping lane northeast of Hundvåkøy, near Sandtorv. The name probably derives from the fact that this is Austevoll’s harbour si...

Grødalshaug

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
At the bottom of Vargavågen on Halhjem lies Grødalshaug, a 30 metres high rocky outcrop between the bay and a moist valley cleft. On the south side of...

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...

Ferstad

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Ferstad is well worth a visit. The farm lies on a little hillock south of Lekven: a beautiful official residence from the 1700s....

Osøyro

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The coastal settlement of Os begins to take form in the middle of the 1800s. This is when craftsmen and traders begin to settle at the river delta....

The village of Vassbygdi

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
"The people who live above this lake are called 'Vassbygder' and the parish stretches eastwards up to the road leading to the valley of Hallingdal in ...

The village of Flåm

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Bygd / Village
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

Gåssand

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The 28th November 1914 was a day to remember for the Os inhabitants. This was the day they could turn the switch on the wall and have electric light i...

Aurlandsvangen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Bygd / Village
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The place name of Aurlandsvangen comprises a large area, corresponding to the Vangen "sokn" (sub-parish). This includes the farms along the fjord from...

Lyse chapel

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
The small white-painted chapel with the red brick tiled roof just south of the monastery ruins at Lyse was built in 1663 as a local chapel for the mon...

The hamlet of Stalheim

Archaeology
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The hamlet of Stalheim consists of the farms Stalheim, Brekke, Sivle and Sivlesøy in the municipality of Voss. The hamlet can be looked upon as a gate...

Lyse Monastery

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Marit Nybø

Lysøen

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jostein Mæland Stephan Tschudi Madsen
Lysøen, this fairytale castle with its Russian-inspired onion dome on the corner turret, stands as a reminder of the diversity of the period called Hi...

The waterfalls in the valley of Nærøydalen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Foss / Waterfall
Published: 15.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The impressive waterfalls in the innermost part of Nærøydalen - Sivlefossen and Stalheimsfossen are famous tourist attractions. They are both examples...

The Church and the Monastery

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Hans Emil Lidén
THE MOVING FORCE IN LOCAL SOCIETY “I recall the church’s exterior, the black tar-clad timber walls with the black pan tiles; I remember it made a glo...

Engevik

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Kåre Engevik
Halfway into the Sævareidfjord lies the officer’s farm Engevik. In the beginning of the 1700s the farm was in part estate of the crown and owned by fa...

The waterfalls in Flåm and along the Aurlandsfjord

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Foss / Waterfall
Published: 15.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
In the valley of Flåmsdalen and along the Aurlandsfjord the landscape is dominated by a number of waterfalls. Some of them are among the most famous t...

Engevikhavn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Kåre Engevik
The guesthouse activity in Engevik in the 1700s could not have been very extensive. But a hundred years later a trading and guesthouse centre develope...

Beitelen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Fjell / Mountain
Published: 15.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
Beitelen is one of the most famous landmarks in the Nærøyfjorden World Heritage area. The characteristic mountain top offers an excellent view of the ...

Holdhus church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anne Marta Hoff
The old church at Holdhus is one of the oldest timbered churches left in the west of Norway. The new church at Eide, built in 1889, replaced the churc...

Øpstad

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Samson L. Øpstad
The post house at Øpstad stands out in the landscape. An ochre yellow house with a loft and a white-painted house in Swiss style with ochre edgings, b...

Holsund

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Arnatveit

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
On the farm of Arnatveit, high up on the slope above the highway, an old smokehouse remains standing in the courtyard of the main farm property, in th...

Stend

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Garden Stend høyrde i mellomalderen til Nonneseter kloster. Etter reformasjonen var han i eiga til Vincents Lunge fram til 1680. Då overtok generaltol...

Transport and Communication

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bård Kolltveit Erling Virkesdal Anders K. Engevik
THE FJORD STEAMER BOAT “On the quay at Bergen, there lay a boat, So beautifully polished that it shone, With fine masts and a funnel with tone...

Fana church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Frederik Konow Lund
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
In the Middle Ages the stone church in Fana was a place for pilgrimage, containing a miraculous silver crucifix that could heal the sick. A hill to th...

Farmers from the Fjords

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Anders Kåre Engevik
Eitt av dei store samferdsleprosjekta på Vestlandet mot slutten av 1800-talet var opninga av Nesttun-Osbanen i 1894 – ei oppbløming av lokalhandel, tu...

From “Spearway” to National Highway

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Johannes Gjerdåker
1. “SPEARWAY (public road), tracks to the mountain pasture and cattle tracks shall remain as they were from ancient time). 2.When the spearway runs ac...

Strusshamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen
On the south side of Askøy, just west of Bergen, lies Strusshamn. The sheltered bay is one of the best harbours in Byfjorden, on the route south. At t...

Sailing Sloops and Boat Building

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Kolle
Marine activities expanded greatly throughout the 19th century, and provided a livelihood for many people. Fishing and shipping were probably the subs...

Hop - Thomas Erichsens Minde

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen
From the 1500s Hop was noble estate for the law speaker in Bergen and Gulen judicial districts. Several of the law speakers were of noble descent, suc...

Notaholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The fishnet shed at Notaholmen stands as a reminder of the days when people used to row out on the fjord to set their nets. On Notaholmen the nets wer...

Water level marks in Solund

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Plakett / Plaque
Published: 19.12.2001
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
Along the entire Norwegian coast, so-called water level marks were chopped into the rock in the 19th century. 123 such marks are known today, and two ...

Clip fish-drying in Solund

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 19.12.2001
Author: Hans H. Steinsund

Ådland

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Ådland, innermost in the Samnanger Fjord is an old church centre and transport centre; a nodal point in the transport from sea to land. The white pain...

Church Art – a Message in Pictures

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Henrik von Achen
In the still and dim church interiors of the Middle Ages the performances of belief came to life in the gleam from the wax candles. Here the essential...

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 ...

The Women in Farmhouse Life

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Eldbjørg Fossgard Ågot Gammersvik
Kvinnene hadde ein sentral plass i det gamle bondesamfunnet. Fiskarbonden på kysten og langs fjordane var ofte ei kvinne, og i mangesysleriet på garda...

The Warp-Weighted Loom - A thousand year tradition in weaving

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ivar Skre
The art of spinning, the art of weaving and the art of dyeing wool is knowledge which has been an important resource in the natural household for seve...

Vernacular arts and crafts

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
“Stay in the Peace of the Lord from the evil Eye of Envy as the Envied Earth will not let itself be ploughed. Here I eat my bread here I fear my ...

The Wooden Calendar - Tradition and popular belief

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Brynjulf Alver
The old Norwegian farmers’ calendar, the wooden calendar staff, follows the Norse system of reckoning time, and divides the year into a summer half, a...

Folk Music and the Hardanger Fiddle

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Jostein Mæland
It is in Hordaland County that we find the oldest traces of a folk music stemming from our national instrument, the Hardanger fiddle. And it is still ...