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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 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...

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...

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...

"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 ...

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 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 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...

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...

Førde church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Førde church is a basilica church in wood located on the farm Skei in the centre of Førde. It has 600 seats and was consecrated on 1 October, 1885 b...

Førdehuset community centre

Forsamlingshus / Assembly house
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
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The main road at Bremangerlandet

Communications
Veg / Road
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...

Firda - the local newspaper for the whole county

Dialects and arts
Avis / Newspaper
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
The newspaper Firda is today by far the biggest newspaper in the county, and the only daily. The circulation in 2000 was 14,628. The newspaper cover...

The boat stop Steinen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Grend / Hamlet
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...

The altarpiece in Førde church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkjekunst / Church art Måleri / Painting
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Quite a few people have become interested in the altarpiece in Førde church once they have seen it. It is unique, rich in motif, fine in the carving...

War grave memorial in Førde - Torberg Haaland

Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 03.02.2003
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Engineer and pilot officer Torberg Haaland was one of two from Førde who lost their lives in the service of their country during the Second World Wa...

The vicarage in Førde

Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
The vicarage in Førde has most likely always stood on the site where the old vicarage now stands, 350 metres south-east of the church, on the edge o...

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....

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 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 ...

Memorial at Rugsund church for war victims in the Second World War

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 16.12.2003
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The 19-year-old Johan Friis from Rugsund died in the first Norwegian shipwreck after the Second World War broke out in 1939. In 1994, the Rugsund "sok...

Førde Hotell

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
Førde Hotell is today the smaller of the two hotels in Førde, but has a longer tradition. In older photos of Førde the hotel is always there, both b...

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...

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...

The bailiff farm of Volden

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
The bailiff farm of Volden is the only residence for high-ranking public officials in Førde which is even today the residence of a public official. ...

1905 - The municipality of Førde

Unionen oppløses 1905
Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 29.11.2004
Author: Kjerstin Risnes
In 1905 Norway became a free and independent state. The union with Sweden was dissolved by resolution of the Norwegian Storting (Parliament) on 6 June...

1905 - The municipality of Bremanger

Unionen oppløses 1905
Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 29.11.2004
Author: Karianne Schmidt Vindenes
In 1905, Norway became a completely free and independent country. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Norwegian Storting's (Parliament) resolut...

1905 - Gjert Holsen, member of the Storting

Unionen oppløses 1905
Person / Person Politikk / Politics Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 06.12.2004
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In 1905, Norway became a free and independent state. The union with Sweden was dissolved by resolution in the Storting on 7 June. This article is abou...