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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...

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...

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...

Liarbø

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Arne Tislavoll Ivar Skre

Færøysund

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Harald Johan Sandvik
The old trading post lies at the sound between Stord and Færøy in Langenuen. There was a country store and steamship forwarding agent up to 1964. The ...

Smedholmen

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

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...

1905 - Gjert Holsen, member of the Storting

People and Society
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...

Førde Hotell

Settlements, Villages, Towns
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...