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Skjervet - road construction

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Knut Kjerland Johannes Gjerdåker
The road between Eide in Granvin and Voss is one of the oldest roads mentioned in the Middle Ages. In a diploma from 1343 from Voss regarding distribu...

Kongstun

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In the Middle Ages the farmers were under obligation to transport state officials. The bishops were entitled to 18 horses when they travelled about on...

Øvre Folkedal

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Folkedal, which today is like a small “detour” from the main highway, was in the Middle Ages centrally situated in one of the most important roads bet...

Trå

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland
A WOMAN’S GRAVE FROM VIKING TIMES In a woman’s grave on the farm Trå remains of a bronze ladle and runic inscriptions were found many years ago. Buri...

Kjerland

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On the farms Kjerland and Røynstrond, east of the river that flows into the fjord, we find many decorative painters who belong to the so-called sòleki...

Ystås

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE JOINED HAMLET AT YSTÅS ...

Nedre Folkedal

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
For many years the Folkedal scythe had a good reputation. Immediately above the highway through Folkedal there is a long brick building, on the inner ...

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 ...

Memorial stone for Anna Myklebust at Bryggja

People and Society
Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 18.07.2002
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Anna Myklebust (1868-1942) from Bryggja put down an unusually high number of hours for the temperance movement. She established a children's lodge at ...

Memorial commemorating shipwreck at Vågsøy 1931

People and Society
Plakett / Plaque
Published: 16.09.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In December 1931, the Panama-registered wessel "Venus" was wrecked off Vågsøy. Only two out of a crew of 13 were rescued. Nine men hailed from Shetlan...

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...

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 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...

Storegraven

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
The first mention of Granvin church in written sources is in 1306, but the church location must be far older than this. The farm Storegraven is centra...

The Måløy Bridge - Norway's longest bridge in 1974

Communications
Bru / Bridge
Published: 02.09.2005
Author: Kristin Ese
The Måløy Bridge was officially opened for traffic in the summer of 1974. The bridge project was realized by means of a strong local involvement and i...

1905 - Vågsøy municipality

People and Society
Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 16.03.2005
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
In 1905, Norway became a completely free and independent country. The union with Sweden was dissolved by a parliamentary resolution of the Norwegian S...