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Skjeggedal

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

"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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Holsund

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Berge

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Olav Tveiten
Down by the fjord on the farm Berge in Tørvikbygd, is Stekkavika – a sheltered eastward facing harbour, protected against the fjord by headlands and r...

Herand - Tveiti sawmill

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Sverre Haugen Amund Tveiten
Tveiti sawmill in Herand is probably the last water-powered sash-saw in the country that has been in regular operation up to our time. There has been ...

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 Boat

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Arne Emil Christensen
Craftsmanship through two thousand years ...

Liarbø

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

Mørkhølen

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Statens vegvesen Nils Georg Brekke Ivar Bård Aadland

Turøyvarden

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Atle Ove Martinussen

Drageid canal

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kåre Dalland

Road building in Solund - scramble for state road

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
Funds for new public roads were in the 1930s mainly allocated to interior regions and to linking roads. The need for roads in the county of Sogn og Fj...

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...

"Folkelånsvegen" (the people's loan road) - in the connection Askvoll-Førde

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
State road 609 connects the Askvoll peninsula with Førde through Stongfjorden without ferry. The 16-kilometre-long section from Øygard in Førde to Sel...

Os station

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ralph Wilson Anders Kåre Engevik
On Sunday July 1st 1894 the Nesttun-Os railway was opened. “On the platform Consul Gade wished the railway the best of luck, whereupon the first train...

Fjøsanger road

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Munkebotn

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Garnes

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Bergensbanen

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T.Helleve Atle Ove Martinussen
Already at the beginning of the 1870s demands were made that there had to be a railway connection between Bergen and East Norway. The first section be...

Skålafjøro

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE SHIPYARD AT SKÅLAFJØRO...

Opposition to the Flåm Railway

Communications
Strid / Strife
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
When the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) in 1883 decided that the line for the Bergen Railway would go by way of Myrdal and Finse, the county counci...

Totland - Måløy - "a highly suitable road"

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
Totland-Deknepollen was the last remaining distance before there was a continuous road between Måløy and Oppland across the mountain pass of Strynefje...

Åkrafjorden

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Magnus Saltnes Ingvald Skålnes

Dyrskard

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Nils Nonås Harald Jordal
Right from the start the road across Haukelifjell was a road from “fjord to fjord”, from the bottom of Sørfjorden to Dalen in Telemark. The connection...

Staup

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve
The farm STAUP lies on a shelf in the terrain above Løno. From the highway E16 it is possible to glimpse the houses through the trees. The farm is wit...

Stalheimskleiva

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
From the oldest times on record in Norway one of the most important traffic arteries between west and east Norway has passed across Bolstad – Voss – S...

Stend station

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Reisete

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik
CROSSING THE GLACIER ...

Espe

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik
HORSE DEALERS AND CATTLE TRADERS...

Måbødalen - road construction

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per M. Bremnes
THE ROADS THROUGH MÅBØDALEN...

Strandebarm

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Atle Ove Martinussen
BOAT-BUILDING IN STRANDEBARM Doing work in addition to farming has long traditions in Strandebarm, and work connected to various craft activities has...

Fedje traffic office

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Frank Johnsen

Kossdalen

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Nils Nonås
KOSSDALSVEGEN (The Kossdal road) ...

Mjøsvågen

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Randi Andersen
Around Mjøsvågen here is still a compact marine use area. Some of the buildings are common boathouses, but most of them also house small enterprises ...

The Loftesnes bridge in Sogndal

Communications
Sund / Strait
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
The Loftesnes bridge was the first bridge and road project in the county to be financed by toll money. The bridge was completed in 1958. In a 20-year ...

Dalseid - Eidslandet road construction

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Brekkhus

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
BREKKHUS IN TEIGDALEN – A CRAFT CENTRE...

Gjernes

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ole Didrik Lærum
MAGNUS DAGESTAD ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Ygre

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak L.Helleve
Ygre Station lies hidden away for highway travellers, just below the road Vossevangen-Mjølfjell. The station building at Ygre was constructed at Nestt...

Isdalstø

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
POST AND TRANSPORT STATION ...

Odland

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Edvin Odland Johs. Fosse Atle Ove Martinussen
The auger smithies in Odland and Fosse were amongst those which had the largest production of augers in the period between the Wars. Martinus Fosse bu...

Spjutøy

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Gunn Nordal
At Spjutøy and Straumsosen there are three entrances from Lurefjorden to the fjord basin inside. Right up the end of the 1800s the ferry could not rea...

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...

The shirt factory at Selje

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 25.11.2002
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
"Selje Skjortefabrikk" is located in the centre of Selje. The factory was built in a village without any other industry after the Second World War. Th...

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 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...

Hardangervidda – Crossing the Uplands

Communications
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...