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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...

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 ...

Monument commemorating Georg Distad

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

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...

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 commemorating - the county governor Hans Seip

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

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 ...

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 the museum founder - landowner G. F. Heiberg

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 27.11.2003

Author: Hermund Kleppa

At the entrance to the museum "De Heibergske Samlinger - Sogn Folkemuseum" at Kaupangerskogen there is a memorial commemorating the founder, landowner...

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 stone commemorating the teachers training college student - Tomas Fondenæs

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 24.06.2005

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On the oldest part of the churchyard at Norum church there is a somewhat tall, obelisk-shaped memorial stone. The inscription indicates that a student...

Memorial stones commemorating Bolette Pavels Larsen

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The Bergen author Bolette Christine Pavels Larsen died on 8 December, 1904. Mrs Pavels Larsen was born in Sogndal, lived in Bergen, and over a long pe...

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...

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...

Memorial stone commemorating Anna Cathrine Schreuder

People and Society

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

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...

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 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 ...

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...

The Tingastad saw mill

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Sagbruk / Sawmill

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Aage Engesæter

Like a green oasis the farm of Tingastad lies in between steep and polished rocks and hostile screes on the shore under the mountain of Storehogen and...

Fjærland church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Fjærland church is a so-called longchurch built of wood situated on the farm of "nedre Mundal" in the municipality of Sogndal. The church was built in...

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